Help:Wiki University HTML-- Headers

Headers

 * First topic we'll cover is headers.
 * These are the large printed words that head a section on the page.
 * You will notice a small edit box to the right edge of the page for the header. Put your mouse over it to see the word "edit."
 * However, these are Wikitext headers, you see on this and other pages in FamilySearch Wiki.

The different sizes of headers
Header One Header Two Header Three Header Four Header Five Header Six

Uses of Headers

 * Header One - are reserved only for titles of articles as you see in the title of this lesson. Please, don't use them in articles.
 * Header Two - size used most often for headers. They have a problem in that they will not wrap around images or tables which will be explained later in the course. Sometimes you have to use .....
 * Header Three and Header Four which are able to wrap around images and tables.
 * Header Five and Header Six are small and are rarely used, but they do have their uses.

HTML Headers
HTML headers are different. Header One Header Two Header Three Header Four Header Five Header Six Header One Header Two Header Three Header Four Header Five Header Six
 * They are constructed with header "tags".
 * Here is the "tag" we use to make header tags:
 * This is how the HTML headers show on a page in the Wiki:
 * NOTICE there is NO little edit box off to the right of these headers.

HTML and Wikitext
Here are the codes for headers for HTML and Wikitext


 * NOTICE the number following the "h" in HTML is equivalent to the number of equal signs in Wikitext.

Try these out


 Exercises Click on the Check your answer link below and compare your answers. The proper coding will appear in the answers as well. Check your answers
 * Using HTML header tags:
 * 1) Make a title header from the words: "Kentucky Genealogy”
 * 2) Make a Header Two from the words: "History”
 * 3) Make a Header Two from the words; "Vital Records”
 * 4) Make a Header three from the words: "Birth Certificates”

 Quick Quiz
 * We don't use Header One in FamilySearch Wiki articles
 * True
 * False


 * Header Five and Six are rarely used
 * True
 * False


 * Header Two works well in FamilySearch WIki
 * True
 * False


 * Avoid using Header Three and Header Four in articles
 * True
 * False

Check your answers