How do I create a new page?
You need to be logged in first, then hit the [edit] link at the top of an existing page. If you type anything in [square brackets], it creates a link to the new page named by the text in the square brackets. Now when you 'Save' the page, the new link is available. Click the link and you can enter text for the new page.
How do I create a link to an existing page?
Of course, you can link to existing pages by putting their full name in square brackets.
If you actually want [square brackets] in your text, 'escape' them by putting a backslash in front: \[like this\].
How to get bold, italics, etc in your text?
Beyond simply typing text and having it looking nice on the page courtesy of SnipSnap, you can modify the appearance yourself to get bold, italics, etc. All you need to do is put __underscores__ either side of some text for
bold, and ~~tildes~~ for
italic.
How to create a table?
Use a {table} macro like this:
{table}
heading1|heading2
cell1|cell2
cell3|cell4
{table}
which looks like this:
| heading1 | heading2 |
|---|
| cell1 | cell2 |
| cell3 | cell4 |
How to include images on the page?
Hit the [add file] link on the top of the page, next to [edit]. You may then browse to your local copy of the image and upload it. It is then available to be referred to anywhere in your page when you [edit] it. For example, picture.gif can be seen by typing {image:picture.gif}. The image is associated with that particular page. [If you take an image off the web to upload, please at least put a link to its source right next to it.]
How to get headings?
Just put a '1' (number one) in front:
1 Like this
How to get bullet lists
Just put a '-' in front:
- like this
which looks:
How to get numbered lists
Just put a '1.' (number one followed by a dot) in front:
1. like this
1. and this
which looks:
- like this
- and this
How do I create nested lists?
Example:
* one
*- two
*- three
* four
Which looks like this:
How to post links to the external sites?
Here's an example: {link:Google|http://www.google.com}, which looks like this:
Google. Further, merely putting a URL in the text creates a link:
http://www.google.com.If you want a link to an external image to include on the page, type something like: {image:http://www.google.com/images/logo.gif}.
How do I post code fragments?
Just wrap your code fragment with the {code} macro, for example:
System.out.println( "user account:"
+ userAccount.id
+ " is emabled since:"
+ userAccount.activationDate")How to post a BLOG message?
Log in first, then push the 'post blog' link at the top of each page. Add a title and some text, then when you save it, the entry is added to the front page (called 'start' in SnipSnap) under today's date. You can edit individual entries again by going through the 'Permalink' icon next to the title of that entry.
How to create a page related BLOG?
Every page might have a relative BLOG. Just put a {weblog} macro on the page. While viewing this page click on
post blog link in the right top corner. The
blog entrys will appear on the page in place of the {weblog} macro.
How do I create a nested pages?
The structure of the wiki is similar to a file system. If there is a wiki page called
dmitry at the top level all I do to refer to it is to put [dmitry] in the square brackets. If I want
dmitry to have a child I create a link like this [dmitry\child1]. Only the word
child1 will appear as the link, but it will point to the
child1 of
dmitry. Evidently other pages might have relative children named
child1 that will not clash with each other.
How can I get notified if there is something new posted?
The best way to get notified is to configure RSS feed in RSS reader like Thunderbird.
RSS XML link should be used by the RSS reader to get recentrly changed articles/blogs.
What should I do if I see some word misspelled?
Just fix it.
Where to find more information?
