User blog:Omeri/Useful Pages and Wiki Coding

Okay so the last Wiki I was on that I had a similar Blog post on... ate my Blog. So, the only thing to do is to start over (especially since some of the Wiki coding has been updated and improved!!) After working out some bugs, here is my starting list that is sure to grow over time. :) ~ Fish

Useful Pages

 * Templates
 * Using Citation Templates in References
 * Category:Templates
 * Scarred Lands Wiki:Templates
 * Help Pages
 * Help Contents
 * Help With Wikitext
 * Index of the Help
 * Random Pages
 * Category:Help
 * Special:Categories
 * Category:Disambiguations
 * Special:AllPages
 * Hadarus → Has a pull down for DM only
 * Scarred Lands Wiki Home Page → Has Table of Contents and Headings
 * Old Calendar → I figured out how to create a notes section here
 * You can also pull down the insert function on the visual editor and place a comment

Coding Examples
→ Hard Return at the bottom above the page categories needs to be there. Please leave it alone.
 * It is better to use a template here Scarred Lands Wiki:Templates
 * The one
 * Category:Random → How to link to Category pages
 * The Name That Shows → How to have the link show a different name than where it goes
 * ==Heading== or ===Heading=== → to separate stuff
 * Use the pull down to find the heading1, heading2, etc. to help you out
 * & → Strikethrough Text
 * Keyboard Shortcut → CTRL + SHIFT + 5
 * :indent & ::indent x2 → shift text over a little in a block

Sage Advice

 * Sometimes Wiki makes no sense or comes up with new code. My suggestion in that scenario is to try out what you want to do in the Visual editor and then switch to the Source editor. By switching back and forth, I have gained a greater understanding of the simplicity of Wiki code, as well as some of its quirks.
 * Wiki does not have auto save. This can be both a good and a bad thing
 * Good Thing: You can go into a page you are curious about and edit it. As long as you DO NOT SAVE and hit cancel, you can learn all of the interesting coding goodies on that page. You can also copy from that page and use it as a kind of "template" if you want. Use this Wiki's templates when setting up your pages though.
 * Bad Thing: If you have to make long edits and you lose your internet, all of your work will be gone. Take edits in manageable bites.
 * Make sure you PREVIEW before you PUBLISH.