Cheatsheet/Editor
Editors
The true earth wiki now features two editors that you can use when creating and editing pages. You can even toggle back and forth between the two editors if needed.
- The Visual editor is a more modern editor that has a docked toolbar and lets you edit & see the formatted text together.
- The Source wikitext editor is the classic editor that has a toolbar and a textbox where you enter wikitext.
Visual Wiki Editor
ℹ️ Note: This toolbar stays "docked" at the top of the page.
| # | Description | How to use |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undo | Undo the last change. |
| 2 | Redo | Redo the last undone change |
| 3 | Paragraph | Insert a heading, sub-heading or a block quote. |
| 4 | Style Text | Stylize the selected text (Bold, Italic, Superscript, Strike-through, etc.) |
| 5 | Link | Click in the document where you wish to insert a link then Click the Link button. You can select if you want a wiki page link or an External link. Once finished you can type the text/friendly name to display. |
| 6 | Cite | Click in the document where you wish to include a reference then click the Cite button. The editor will insert <ref></ref> into your document. This will become a numbered link to a References section that must also be created. You can provide a short description of the reference in the first box. You should provide a short name for each reference in the Use this group box (Example: <ref name=spaceisfake>Space is Fake</ref>) |
| 7 | List | This will insert a bulleted or numbered list at the position you are in on the page. |
| 8 | Insert | Insert an Image, Media, Table, Gallery, Chemical or Math formula, or the References list. |
| 9 | Special Character | This toggles showing/hiding the "Special characters" selection. You can browse through special characters, click the character you wish to insert into the page. (Example: ♥♦△βp५) See Special character section below |
| 10 | Help | Shows a menu where you can select "Read user guide", "Keyboard shortcuts". "Read user guide" will open a tab showing help on Visual editor. "Keyboard shortcuts" will show a popup with a list of keyboard shortcuts. (Example: Ctrl-B = Bold) |
| 11 | Page Options | Shows a menu with "Options", "Page settings", "Find and Replace", etc. Using page options is generally not necessary. |
| 12 | Switch Editor | This button drops down a menu allowing you to select which editor to use. Visual Editing or Source Editing. In this section, You are reading about the Visual Editing option. |
Special character
Show/Hide this section of the toolbar by pressing "Special Characters". (See #7 above)
Source Wikitext Editor
ℹ️ Note: you may have to scroll the page up/down to reveal the toolbar and editor section on the page you are editing.
| # | Description | How to use |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bold Text | Highlight your text that you wish to show in bold then click the Bold button. |
| 2 | Italic Text | Highlight your text that you wish to show in italics then click the Italic button. |
| 3 | Link | Click in the document where you wish to insert a link then Click the Link button. You can select if you want a wiki page link or an External link, as well as the text/friendly name to display. |
| 4 | Images and Media | Click in the document where you wish to insert media then Click the Media button. From here you can Upload a media file to add to your page. You can enter the size (Example: 200px), select the Alignment, and a Format for your Image (typically "Thumb" or "None") |
| 5 | Reference | Click in the document where you wish to include a reference then click the Reference button. The editor will insert <ref></ref> into your document. This will become a numbered link to a References section that must also be created. You should provide a short name for each reference (Example: <ref name=spaceisfake></ref>). |
| 6 | Advanced | This toggles showing/hiding the "Advanced" toolbar items. It is recommended that you show the advanced buttons. (These are shown in the image below as buttons # 10 to 22) See Advanced section below |
| 7 | Special characters | This toggles showing/hiding the "Special characters" selection. You can browse through special characters, click the character you wish to insert into the page. (Example: ♥♦△βp५). See Special characters section below |
| 8 | Help | This toggles showing/hiding the "Help" menu. You can browse for help in different categories and view examples (Example: "Formatting" category shows how to type wikitext to make Italic and Bold text). See Help section below |
| 9 | Switch Editor | This button drops down a menu allowing you to select which editor to use. Visual Editing or Source Editing. In this section, You are reading about the Source Editing option. |
Advanced
Items # 10 to 22 are only shown when "Advanced" is visible. (See #6 above)
ℹ️ Tip: You should show this section while editing. These button's are commonly used and are not just "advanced" items.
| # | Description | How to use |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Heading | Click in the page where you wish to insert a header then select from the "Heading" menu different levels of headings. (Typically Level 2 is used as a title of the page. Level 3 is a major section. Level 4 is a sub section.) |
| 11 | Bulleted list | Bullets are a nice way to show multiple items in a list. |
| 12 | Numbered list | A nice way to show multiple items in a list, each line will automatically become numbered. |
| 13 | No wiki formatting | If you need to show something that is normally reserved for wikitext. (Example if you type ''' Test ''' it will show as Test . However, if you really wanted to show the pair of ''', you can highlight this text and click No wiki formatting. This will insert <nowiki> and </nowiki> around your text). |
| 14 | New Line | If you find your text is not starting on a new line, you can use the New Line button before your text. this will insert a <br> tag. |
| 15 | Big | If you want some of your text Big, select the text then press the Big button. |
| 16 | Small | If you want some of your text Small, select the text then press the Small button. |
| 17 | Superscript | If you want some of your text in superscript, select the text then press the Superscript button. |
| 18 | Subscript | If you want some of your text in subscript, select the text then press the Subscript button. |
| 19 | Picture Gallery | A picture gallery shows thumbnails of multiple pictures in a grid with a description below the image. |
| 20 | Redirect | I don't know what this is for. Redirecting seems unnecessary to me. Seems you could just fix the link to go to your new page. |
| 21 | Table | click in your page where you want a table then click the table button. You can select how many rows and columns and some table formatting options. (Example: this table has 12 rows and 3 columns, not sortable). |
| 22 | Search and replace | allows you to find and replace a word in your page with another word. |
Special characters
Show/Hide this section of the toolbar by pressing "Special Characters". (See #7 above)
Help
Show/Hide this section of the toolbar by pressing "Help". (See #8 above)
Summary area
Below the toolbar and the editor box is a summary section, used for finalizing your edit:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Summary text box | Allows you |
| Save Page | This will save your changes, and they will be "live" on the internet. |
| Show preview | This will load a preview of the page (with your edits) and allow you to continue editing with the editor just below the preview. |
| Show changes | This will show a comparison between the original page and the changes you made. |
| Cancel | Cancel your edit without saving any changes. |