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* '''LINK''': A simple link looks like '''<nowiki>[</nowiki>'''http://www.address-so-and-so.com so and so'''<nowiki>]</nowiki>'''
 
* '''LINK''': A simple link looks like '''<nowiki>[</nowiki>'''http://www.address-so-and-so.com so and so'''<nowiki>]</nowiki>'''
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Better link to contents of camerapedia first. External links are usually put at the end of an camerapedia text.
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* '''LINK''' inside camerapedia: '''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>so and so'''<nowiki>]</nowiki>'''
  
 
* You can link to a singular version of a page with a plural word by doing this '''<nowiki>[[lens]]es</nowiki>''' which renders like this [[lens]]es.
 
* You can link to a singular version of a page with a plural word by doing this '''<nowiki>[[lens]]es</nowiki>''' which renders like this [[lens]]es.

Revision as of 17:39, 17 April 2006

Helpful Wiki Syntax

Better link to contents of camerapedia first. External links are usually put at the end of an camerapedia text.

  • LINK inside camerapedia: [[so and so]
  • You can link to a singular version of a page with a plural word by doing this [[lens]]es which renders like this lenses.
  • If you'd like to link to a category, you can do something like this [[:Category:lens makers|lens makers]] which renders like this lens makers.
  • If you want to stop the wiki from turning certain text into "wiki text", you can use the <nowiki></nowiki> tags. Anything between these tags shouldn't be altered by the wiki software.

Pics

The most important feature in a photographic wiki is the placement of Pictures. This wiki has no special tags for images. Use

<div class="floatright"> image-address </div> for images on the right side of the browserwindow,

and

<div class="floatleft"> image-address </div> for images on the left side of the browserwindow

remind the page Camerapedia.org:Adding_Images when you want to offer an image