VirtualMV/Quick WikiCode guide

Quick tips for editing
A resource for cutting and pasting stuff into a page instead of remembering it

New page template
Copy the following code when creating a new page:

Boxes
with the type of box in text

type

or without the type of box

type

For a centered box with a caption (useful for images)

Note problems if an embedded = sign

Adding images

 * Note adding images from WikiMedia Commons has been enabled. So if you find an image that you would like to include you can do it in just the same way as adding an image hosted by vMVwiki. Take care to check that it is CC and SA and if Attribution is required make sure you add that too. (The following image is in wiki commons)




 * center, left right also available
 * seems to work better than Image
 * when you upload the image see what the width is

When you want to force the text to start below the image use

You can create a hyper graphic as...

or adding a gallery

Adding links to web sites
The wikitext syntax is

e.g.

Adding computer source code
Example

Copy the following lines _____________________________________

or^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To highlight a line (or lines) use

}}

Widgets
Widgets allow you to insert special features into the wiki Two widgets that have been installed are


 * YouTube video (this code will add the url and description before the embedded video)


 * And to center the video


 * Flickr slideshow (darn I put a capital W in widget!!)
 * Vimeo video
 * Prezi
 * Refer to http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Prezi

Note - make sure you use the correct case (widgets not Widgets - except for Flickr) or you'll get an error

Others

iFrame
iFrames are not supported in WikiEducator

Project template

 * Refer to Template:ProjectNav

Topic template

 * Refer to Template:TopicsWithSubpages
 * For a description of the syntax see Templates_for_structured_content