User:Bethcottam/sandbox/Wikitext lesson 1-9

Wikitext lesson 1-9

(Find and display screenshot of circles.. outside HTML, inside is WIKITEXT, center smaller circle is Visual Editor) Showing dynamics of different programs/codings

Lesson 2: Introduction
 * Tell differences between Edit and Edit Source... show how to use section edit vs. Edit Source at top of page

(don't confuse quotation marks with apostrophies... sometimes we use multiple apostrophies.) We'll be going over how to use the different symbols. Tell about not using &....
 * Show symbols in Wikitext

Show how to split screen. May want to use 2nd monitor

Lesson 3: Headers

REview from Lesson
 * Go over NOTOC
 * Go over different coding for different Headers
 * Open a locality page and show Title and different Headers and sub-headers
 * Experiment in sandbox using header sizes.... Start with Header 2 telling we don't want to use header #1 (because it will make Title disappear and make page think the new header #1 is the new title)....So don't use header 1's in your editing!


 * Header #2 has underline....
 * Header #3 has no underline, is bold faced and gets smaller.
 * Tell that when you create a header or sub header and SAVE it automatically creates (edit) (edit source) by the header/sub-header. (The only time they show up is when page is saved)


 * If you have more than 3 headers or sub-headers the system automatically creates a TOC

Demonstrate how there is no TOC with 3 headers/sub-headers.... Demonstrate how there is a TOC when a 4th header is added. You usually won't have TOC's on State or Country pages, but they will show up on County or parish pages... If you don't want TOC's to show up on page  ''??????? look up in lesson on TOC's''

Lesson 4: Lists

Refer to Lesson and go over
 * ordered and
 * Apples
 * Oranges
 * Cherries

and demonstrate....
 * unordered lists  SHOW EXAMPLE OF LISTS ON A LOCALITY PAGE


 * 1) Apples
 * 2) Oranges
 * 3) Cherries

Lesson 5 Nesting Lists:
 * Nesting Lists (similar to the way outlines are created)


 * Apples
 * Granny
 * Golden Delicious
 * Red Delicious

THE NESTED PART OF LIST HAS 2 Astricts.


 * 1) Apples
 * 2) Granny
 * 3) Golden Delicious
 * 4) Red Delicious

You can nest ordered lists inside of other ordered nested lists, but they will all have numbers instead of letters or roman numerals.

Make certain info in lesson is covered.

Lesson 6: Links

There are two kinds of links...REFER TO LESSON

We can build our pages accessing both kinds of links.


 * External links ... Refer to lesson, copy coding for external link and place in sandbox...

Wikipedia

NOTICE one square bracket on either side of the link. NOTICE space between org and Wikipedia.

? What if I wanted to change the name of the link? (The name would change, but the link would go to the same external site)

NOTICE the little box to the right with the small arrow point upwards. That little box tells you that the link is an external link. Html7.jpg

All links whether internal or external are blue. If you put your mouse over the link an underline will appear as well. If the link is red or black something is wrong, which we will cover in the next chapter.


 * Internal Links: copy and paste coding from lesson

Missouri

(no box with arrow going out of it)

NOTICE the double square brackets on either end of the link. NOTICE the pipe separating the page name and the name of the link. A pipe is required not a space. Tip You do not need to give a name to an internal link in FamilySearch Wiki if you think the page name itself is okay. You can simply use Missouri, United States Genealogy. Either form will get you to the page "Missouri, United States Genealogy"


 * Linking to Headers:

Missouri Genealogy

NOTICE the pound sign (#) between the page name and the name of the section. This is how it appears on a page:

Missouri Genealogy#Additional Resources

(SHOW HOW TO GO DIRECTLY TO A HEADER ON A PARTICULAR PAGE... DEMONSTRATE)

[mailto:other site@browser.com Site Name]
 * E-mail links  ... SHOW CODING:            Don't really use this much... (some family history pages have it)

NOTICE the "mailto:" inside single square brackets used in external links.

Lesson 7: Broken Links:

REFER TO LESSON AND SHOW THE DIFFERENT KIND OF LINKS/BROKEN LINKS

Demonstrate having a link and changing it and showing how it shows up.....

'''GO THROUGH EACH TYPE OF BROKEN LINK IN LESSON AND DEMONSTRATE EACH.... AND THEIR FIXES....'''


 * External link with no name


 * Another example of link with no name


 * External link with URL as the name

TRY COPYING THEM AND PUTTING THEM IN SAND BOX TO SHOW HOW THEY SHOW UP....

(They may go to a correct place, but look ugly on the page
 * External link shows in HTML coding

Broken Internal Links[edit source] There are a lot of different ways to break an internal link


 * Using a space instead of a pipe

Lesson 8 : Comments: cut and paste coding...

!--Your comment-->

NOTICE the < plus the ! mark. NOTICE two dashes following the ! mark. You have to have at least two dashes but you can have as many as you want. NOTICE the two dashes and the > at the end. You have to have at least two dashes but you can have as many as you want.

Your comment can be as long as you want. It is more noticeable if the coding extends across the page with line breaks before and after:

You can never have too many comments[edit source] Comments2.jpg Comments are far easier to find than looking for headers. Use them often and as much as you like. Again, the browser completely ignores them so don't worry about inserting too many or think you will mess up the coding.

Lesson 9: Categories:

Refer to Lesson and explain: You always find categories at bottom of page.

Go to Locality Page and show....Categories and placement.

How to place a page into a category[edit source] Categories are internal links and use the same double square brackets. They are placed at the bottom of the page.

The Wikitext coding is:

Refer to Lesson

You are advised to never make a new categtory....share that our Senior Wiki Missionary had just revamped the categories (it took them months). They started with Library of Congress standards and adapted info National archives???? (check info with Henny). They made modifications so categories could be more topic and location oriented. etc...  Our primary job in mission is to police and monitor all 85,000 plus pages so they made modifications making them logical and user friendly for family research. So no one will create new categories unless assigned or approved by governance council.

IF YOU HAVE A PAGE AND WANT TO ADD A CATEGORY GO TO YAMMER 911 AND ASK WHAT THE CATEGORY SHOULD BE!