How To

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1 Printing
2 Syntax Cheatsheet
- 2.1 Basic Editing
3 General MediaWiki Info
4 Using Trackback

Printing

Select the PGFSOA Draft 1.1 Public Release version (from the navigation links on the left). This is a single 'article' (in MediaWiki speak) that contains all of the PGFSOA sections on one page.
Then use the Printable Version 'toolbox' feature (on the lower left) for a page numbered printout.

You can use the 'Printable Version' feature of the toolbox on any article on the wiki.

Syntax Cheatsheet

Basic Editing

Making Links

A wikilink is embedded in one wiki article and links to another wiki article on the same wiki. It is made using the following syntax;
- [[Welcome | click here to go to the 'Welcome' article ]] and will be rendered in html by MediaWiki like this;
- click here to go to the 'Welcome' article
An external link is embedded in one article and links to a different Web site that is external to the wiki. It is made using the following Mediawiki syntax;
- [http://wikipedia.org| this is a link to Wikipedia] and will be rendered in html by MediaWiki like this;
- this is a link to Wikipedia

These are the only link types you need to know for basic editing. For more information, see the MediaWiki MetaWiki.

Auto Generated Table of Contents

= H1 =

== H2 ==

=== H3 ===

==== H4 ====

= H1 =

== H2 ==

The syntax above creates the autogenerated TOC you see at the top of every article (that uses these);

 1
 1.1
 1.1.1
 1.1.1.1
 (etcetera)
 2
 2.1

Just click on any 'edit' button, and you'll see how straight forward and easy this is.

Create a PGFSOA 'sidebar' (aka document 'callout')

Here is the syntax used for a right justified formatted sidebar:

{| align="right" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="30%" ! align="left" style="background:lightblue; color:black;" | '''TEXT GOES HERE''' |}

TEXT GOES HERE

The syntax above produces this result - you can do basic text alignment with article contents that will show up on the left of the sidebar or callout table.

Create PGFSOA tables

Here is the syntax used for a basic table with column names:

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%"

! style="background:blue; color:white;" | '''Column 1 Heading'''

! style="background:blue; color:white;" | '''Column 2 Heading'''

! style="background:blue; color:white;" | '''Column 3 Heading'''

! style="background:blue; color:white;" | '''Column 4 Heading'''

! style="background:blue; color:white;" | '''Column 5 Heading'''

| Row 1 Cell 1 text

| Row 1 Cell 2 text

| Row 1 Cell 3 text

| Row 1 Cell 4 text

| Row 1 Cell 5 text

|- align='center'

| Row 2 Cell 1 text

| Row 2 Cell 2 text

| Row 2 Cell 3 text

| Row 2 Cell 4 text

| Row 2 Cell 5 text

|- align='right'

| Row 3 Cell 1 text

| Row 3 Cell 2 text

| Row 3 Cell 3 text

| Row 3 Cell 4 text

| Row 3 Cell 5 text

|'''''Bold Italicized Table Name Below Table'''''

The syntax above produces the following table:

Column 1 Heading	Column 2 Heading	Column 3 Heading	Column 4 Heading	Column 5 Heading
Row 1 Cell 1 text	Row 1 Cell 2 text	Row 1 Cell 3 text	Row 1 Cell 4 text	Row 1 Cell 5 text
Row 2 Cell 1 text	Row 2 Cell 2 text	Row 2 Cell 3 text	Row 2 Cell 4 text	Row 2 Cell 5 text
Row 3 Cell 1 text	Row 3 Cell 2 text	Row 3 Cell 3 text	Row 3 Cell 4 text	Row 3 Cell 5 text

Bold Italicized Table Name Below Table

Here is the syntax used for a basic table with row and column names:

|'''''Bold and Italicized Table Name Above Table'''''

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%"

! style="background:white; color:black;" |

! style="background:lightgrey; color:black;" width="80%" | '''Column 2 Name'''

| '''Row 1 Name'''

| Row 1 Cell 2 text

! style="color:red;" align='left' | '''Row 2 Name (bold)''' (Cell 1)

! style="background:lightblue; color:purple;" align='left' | ''Row 2 text (italicized)''(Cell 2)

The syntax above produces the following table:

Bold and Italicized Table Name Above Table

	Column 2 Name
Row 1 Name (Cell 1)	Row 1 Cell 2 text
Row 2 Name (bold) (Cell 1)	Row 2 text (italicized) (Cell 2)

Uploading and formatting images

Here are a number of ways to display an image inline on a wiki article, from this [Wikipedia How To] article.
[[Image:{name}|{type}|{location}|{size}|{upright}|{border}|{caption}]]