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Contents 1 A Wiki Tutorial 2 Create A New Page 3 Create A New Heading 4 Insert a link 4.1 External Links 4.2 Internal Links 5 Insert an Image 6 Adding and Removing the Table of Contents

A Wiki Tutorial

We will go through how to do the following:

• Creating a new blank page
• Creating a new heading.
• Insert a link
• Insert an image
• Making Bulleted and Number lists
• Bold and Italicizing Text

Create A New Page

To create a new wiki entry or page simply:

1. Enter the name of the page you want to create in the "SEARCH" box.
2. Click the 'Go' button.
3. In the resulting search query you will see, "There is no page titled :The Page Name You Chose. You can create this page."
4. Click "create this page."
5. You will be brought to a new page in edit mode.
6. Begin editing the page.
7. Press the "Save page" button at the bottom of the editing page to finish.

• To edit the page in the future:

1. Log into CTLPedia.
2. Browse to the page.
3. Press the edit tab above the page body.
4. Begin editing the page.

Create A New Heading

To create a new heading (editable division in body)

1. In edit mode, press the button or type:

   == The New Heading Name ==

2. Type the name of the new heading.
3. Press the "Save page" button.

• Note: To create lower level headings simply add an "=" to each side of the heading name. For example to have a Level 4 heading I would type:

  ==== Example Header ====

Insert a link

There are two types of links in MediaWiki

1. External links
2. Internal wiki links

External Links

External links are those that link to sites or pages outside of CTLPedia. To create such a link:

1. In edit mode, press the button or type

   [http://www.example.com link title]

   with

   "http://www.example.com"

   being the address of the webpage and "link title" being the text a person would click on.
2. Type in the web address and the link title respectively.
3. Press the "Save page" button when complete.

Internal Links

Internal wiki links are those that link to other wiki pages inside CTLPedia. To create such a link:

1. In edit mode, press the button or type [[Link title]] with "Link title" being the name of the page you intend to link to.
2. Replace "Link title" with the name of the page.
3. Press the "Save page" button when complete.

Insert an Image

To insert an image:

1. In edit mode, press the button or type

   [[Image:Example.jpg]]

   with "Example.jpg" being the name of the image.
2. Replace "Example.jpg" with the name of the image.
3. Press the "Save page" button when complete.
4. Click the link that is in the place where the intended image belongs.
5. Browse for the image file using the "Browse" button next to the Source filename box.
6. The Destination filename box should already be filled in.
7. Enter a summary of what the image is in the Summary textfield.
8. Press the "Upload file" button when complete.

Adding and Removing the Table of Contents

If there are fewer than four headers in an article Mediawiki does not automatically add a table of contents. If you would like to add a table of contents simply edit the article, locate where you want the table of contents to appear and add the following:

__TOC__ (with two underscore characters "_"
preceding and following the text)

If you do not want a table of contents regardless of the number of headers you have in an article simply edit the article and at the top of the article place:

__NOTOC__ (with two underscore characters "_"
preceding and following the text)