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The Wiki

The Z-Node Wiki is a collaborative website. It allows ANY user to read, edit and search articles. Articles are individual web pages containing text and links. The Wiki software also manages: changes to pages (history), comments on pages (discussions), user settings (accounts), images (upload file) and more.

The Sandbox

You might want to experiment with the Wiki-system before participating. We have created a Sandbox page, which is a place to experiment. Feel free to try to edit and format text in the Sandbox page. To access the Sandbox, simply click on the "Sandbox" link and then the "edit" tab to start modifying the page.

Creating an Article

Wiki means "Fast" in Hawaiian - so creating a new article is very easy and can be done quickly from any page of the Wiki.

Simply remember: To create a page, link to it and access the link.

Method 1 to create an article

1. Click the edit tab at the top of any existing page.
2. Add a link to your new page in the text area.
3. Save the page.
4. Now you can click the link you have just create to access a new, empty Wiki page.

A link is made by putting double square brackets around a word like this: [[NewPage]].

Method 2 to create a page

1. Go to the Main Page of the Wiki. Your browser shows this URL:

http://www.z-node.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

1. Edit the URL and replace the word "Main_Page" with the name of your new page. Hit Enter.

http://www.z-node.net/wiki/index.php/NewPage

1. Your browser will jump to a new, empty Wiki page.

Notes:

• Make the name of the new page descriptive, as it can be used when you search.
• If the Name of your page contains spaces, you can replace them with underscores ("_").
• You may want to create a favourite or a bookmark of the pages you create for quick access.
• Have you lost the page you created? Try searching for it in the search box located at the left.

Editing an Article

Once you created a new page, you want to put content into the page. The Wiki allows for online content editing at any time by using the "edit" function available for every Wiki page.

• Click the "edit" tab located at the top of the page.
• Type your new or modified content into the box.
• Save page.

Formatting Text

Common Formatting

To make your text more readable, emphasise words and structure it you have some simple formatting commands available. Since the Wiki is not a word-processor, simple syntax rules control formatting.

• If you type 2 apostrophes on either side of text it will be in Italics: typing ''Italics'' results in Italics
• If you type 3 apostrophes on either side of text it will show in Bold: typing '''Bold''' results in Bold
• If you type 5 = 2 + 3 apostrophes on either side you will get text in Bold and Italics.

Headings

The Wiki will automatically create all the headline formatting and an index of a content page. All you have to do is to create the headings:

• If you type 2 equal signs on either side of text it will become a top level heading: example ==Top level heading==
• If you type 3 equal signs on either side of text it will become a sub heading: example ===Subheading===
• Add more equal signs for more levels: example ====Another level down====

Look at the source for this page to see how it is structured with headlines by clicking on the "edit" button at the top.

Bullets

• If you type 1 asterisk you will create a bullet: example * Bullet
• If you type 2 asterisks you will create a sub bullet: example ** Sub Bullet
• Add more asterisks for more levels: example *** Sub-Sub Bullett

• Bullet (1 star)
  • Sub Bullet (2 stars)
    • Sub-Sub Bullet (3 stars)

# will create numbered bullets.

1. Subject (1 number sign)
2. Subject (1 number sign)
   1. Sub Subject (2 number signs)
      1. Sub-Sub Subject (3 number signs)
      2. Sub-Sub Subject (3 number signs)

Indenting

• If you type 1 colon you create an indent: example :
• If you type 2 colons you create a second level indent: example :
• Add more colons for more levels.

Indent (1 colon)

Double Indent (2 colons)

Triple Indent (3 colons)

Timestamp

Sometimes it is useful to show the originator of a text and the time it was created. Let the system add a timestamp to your content.

• If you type 4 tilde symbold, the system will add a timestamp when the page is saved

You type ~~~~ which will be viewed like this 65.93.57.236 15:42, 26 Oct 2004 (EDT)

Listed are the hostname/IP of the PC editing or the currrently logged in user and the current server time and date.

Creating Links

Wiki Links

Wiki links connect one Wiki page to another. The "Main Page" for example links to the various sections of the Wiki.

• To create a Wiki link simply double square brackets around a page name which already exists like this:

[[Link]] which will appear as Link

OR

• You may change the text by creating the link then adding | inside the double square brackets like so:

[[Link|Alternate Text]] which will appear as Alternate Text

If your page does not exist yet, a new Wiki page is automatically created for you.

You can also reference subsections within a Wiki page using # after the Link like this:

[[Link#Subsection|Link to Subsection]] which will appear as Link to Subsection

WWW Links

You can easily create a link to a web page which is external to the Wiki site.

• Simply include the full address. For example if you would like to like to Google, you type:

http://www.google.ca/

• To make the link appear as a footnote put square brackets around the link.

You type [http://www.google.ca/] which will show as [1]

Notes on Links

1. The Wiki does not support opening a link in a new window (i.e. a popup).
2. External links need to start with http:// or ftp://. The following will not work:

[file://Z:/fileserver/documents/mydocument.doc]

Formatting Text

==New section==

===Subsection===

====Sub-subsection====

A single [[newline]]
generally has no effect on the layout. 
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the ''diff'' function
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines<br>
without starting a new paragraph.

* Lists are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars means deeper levels.
**** A newline in a list
marks the end of a list item.

* An empty line starts a new list.

# Numbered lists are also good
## very organized
## easy to follow

* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* like this

; Definition list : list of definitions
; item : the item's definition
; another item
: the other item's definition

: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.

IF a line starts with a space THEN
it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code;
* ASCII art;
* chemical structures;

 IF a line starts with a space THEN
 it will be formatted exactly
 as typed;
 in a fixed-width font;
 lines won't wrap;
 ENDIF
 this is useful for:
 * pasting preformatted text;
 * algorithm descriptions;
 * program source code;
 * [[ASCII art]];
 * chemical structures;

<center>Centered text.</center>

A [[horizontal dividing line]]:
this is above it
----
and this is below it.

Creating a Table

Tables

A table is defined by {| ''params'' |} which equals <table ''params''>Insert non-formatted text here </table>

Careful: You must include the space between '''{|''' and ''params'', or the first parameter gets ignored.

|-

<tr>

|- params

<tr params>

|cell1
|cell2
|cell3

|cell1||cell2||cell3

<td>cell1</td><td>cell2</td><td>cell3</td>

|params|cell1||params|cell2||params|cell3

<td params>

!params|cell1

|+ Caption

<caption>Caption</caption>

|+ params|Caption

<caption params>Caption