Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tutorial





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LESSON STRUCTURE

 * This is a set of short lessons to teach you the fundamentals of Wikitext. Wikitext is the computer language of FamilySearch Wiki as well as all other Wikis.
 * The lessons are designed to help you learn the language in small easy-to-digest bites.
 * The exercise and/or questions at the end of each lesson are designed to help you learn how to apply the principles taught in the lessons. Please do not pass them up.
 * The lessons will help you to assimilate the knowledge necessary for you to edit and/or add content to FamilySearch Wiki.
 * The left sidebar will give you some idea of the items we will cover in these Wikitext lessons.

WHAT IS WIKITEXT?

 * Wikitext is the underlying language of all Wikis, whether it be FamilySearch Wiki, Wikipedia or Wikimedia.
 * However Wikitext has very limited capabilities.
 * Basically, all it can do is put black letters on a white background. It is very limited in what it can do to make a page interesting to look at. For that we need Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

CSS - CASCADING STYLE SHEETS

 * These are series of codes which can add a little character to a page such as borders and background colors. CSS basically controls how a page will look to our patrons.

HTML - LANGUAGE OF THE INTERNET

 * All internet sites including FamilySearch Wiki are based on the programming language called HTML, which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. There is a separate course for HTML programming.
 * Wikitext is actually a simplified version of HTML.
 * HTML will give you more capabilities than Wikitext.

SANDBOX PAGE

 * If you have not done so already, please create one or more sandbox pages where you can practice your Wikitext lessons.
 * You can review the instructions for creating sandboxes by going to the chapter on  Sandbox Creation.

TRY THESE OUT . . ..
 Quick Quiz
 * What is CSS?


 * A. Code to give character to wiki pages
 * B. Change color of text
 * C. Add background color to text
 * D. All of the above


 * What is Wikitext?


 * A. Simplified form of HTML
 * B. Language for all of the Internet
 * C. Language only for Wikipedia
 * D. None of the above


 * What is HTML?


 * A. Stands for Hyper Text Markdown Language
 * B. Language for all of the Internet
 * C. Created from wikitext
 * D. All of the above

Check your answers

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