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== Guidelines ==
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* Think very carefully before restructuring the default heading size etc- it's been well worked out with respect to the overall feel of the Mediawiki.
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* Emphasize clarity rather than style.
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* To access expanded editing toools, after logging in, go to "My preferences" at the top right. Then, clicking on the editing tab that appears in the new menu bar allows you to customize and expand the toolbar that appears when editing. Bullets, numbers for lists, headings, font sizes can be made available as well as access to special characters and more.
  
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== Hints ==
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* Use 4 tildes in a row to insert your name and the date of the edit.
  
== Guidelines ==
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== CSS tips ==
  
== Quick links ==
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=== Font size and color ===
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To do this: <span style="font-size:larger;color:orange">your text</span> do
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  <nowiki><span style="font-size:larger;color:orange">your text</span></nowiki>
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It's recommended though that you create a class in the [[MediaWiki:Common.css|shared CSS (see also link below, admin required).]] to do this:
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<nowiki><span class="big_and_orange">your text</span></nowiki>
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And you'll get this <span class="big_and_orange">your text</span> as well.
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== Links ==
  
  
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[[MediaWiki:Sidebar|Edit the navigation.]]
 
[[MediaWiki:Sidebar|Edit the navigation.]]
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[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo| Help on embedding videos.]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 14 September 2012

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[edit] Guidelines

  • Think very carefully before restructuring the default heading size etc- it's been well worked out with respect to the overall feel of the Mediawiki.
  • Emphasize clarity rather than style.
  • To access expanded editing toools, after logging in, go to "My preferences" at the top right. Then, clicking on the editing tab that appears in the new menu bar allows you to customize and expand the toolbar that appears when editing. Bullets, numbers for lists, headings, font sizes can be made available as well as access to special characters and more.

[edit] Hints

  • Use 4 tildes in a row to insert your name and the date of the edit.

[edit] CSS tips

[edit] Font size and color

To do this: your text do

 <span style="font-size:larger;color:orange">your text</span>

It's recommended though that you create a class in the shared CSS (see also link below, admin required). to do this:

<span class="big_and_orange">your text</span>

And you'll get this your text as well.


[edit] Links

Edit the shared CSS.

Edit the navigation.

Help on embedding videos.

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