MediaWiki User's Guide
This guide is designed to help you get started with common tasks like creating an account, making a character page, and formatting your content using MediaWiki syntax. This guide assumes a basic familiarity with HTML/CSS.
Creating an Account
To edit or create pages, you’ll need a registered account. Open registration on this site is not currently supported, so to get started, send a +request in-game with the following information:
- Your desired wiki screen name
- Your email address (this will only be used to create your account).
A staff member will create your account and then you will receive an email with login instructions. The automatically generated email can take some time to kick in, so pleae be patient. Your account will have a generated one-time use password which will be emailed to you. When you log in, you will be prompted to make your password something of your own choosing and then you can continue.
Creating a Character Page
Once your account is approved and you're logged in, you can navigate to the URL for your character's page. Use underscores instead of spaces if you want your character name to have them. Example: https://retro.darcness.net/index.php/Mister_Bojangles
If the page doesn’t exist yet, you'll see a link that says 'Create this page'. Click it. Then, enter your content in the editor. Use the formatting tips below to enhance your page, or the templates provided.
When you create a character, don't forget to add categories: "Category:Characters" and "Category:Active PC" should go on the bottom of the page in double square brackets, e.g. [[Category:Characters]] and [[Category:Active PC]]
MediaWiki Formatting Basics
MediaWiki uses its own markup syntax you can search for in-depth guides about online. Here are the most commonly used things to get you rolling:
''double quotes'' will make your font italic
'''triple quotes''' will make your font bold
'''''stacking double and triple quotes''''' is how to make it bold and italic at the same time.
== Headings == have two equal signs on either side.
=== Subheading === have three equal signs on either side. You can keep chaining them to drill down into subheadings.
To make a bullet list, start each new line with "*".
To make a numbered list, start each new line with "#".
To make a link to another page within the wiki, surround the link with [[double square brackets]]. If you want to give that link custom text, do it like this: [[Page Name|Link Text]] e.g. Click Here to read the theme page!.
To link to another website, you just need single square brackets, e.g. [http://www.youtube.com YouTube] will look like this: YouTube.
Images
Upload images first using the "Upload file" link (usually in the sidebar), then use:
[[File:filename.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Caption text]]
HTML & CSS
While most formatting is done with wikitext, MediaWiki supports basic HTML and scoped CSS. You cannot add CSS to the site's global stylesheet as a regular user, but you can use inline styles (e.g. <div style="color: red; border: 1px solid black;">) and you can make local CSS by wrapping your css with {{#css: /* your css here */ }}. If you make a syntax error then the thing fails silently, so punctuate all your statements!