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Contents 1 Before you can edit a page... 2 How do I edit a page? 3 How do I add or remove a table of contents? 4 How do I spell check my work? 5 How do I revert a page to an earlier version? 6 How do I create a "block quote?" 7 How do I change the text color? 8 How do I add an image to my wiki page?

Before you can edit a page...

This wiki is protected so that only members can edit the pages. Once you have an account, click the "Log In" button in the upper left corner to log in - then you will be able to edit pages

How do I edit a page?

1. Navigate to the page you want to edit.
2. Click the edit tab at the top of the page.
3. In the Edit window that opens, make your changes using the special Wiki Markup - info on this special language continues on this page below.
4. When finished making edits:
   1. The "Save Page" button saves your changes.
   2. The "Show Preview" button lets you see what your changes will look like before making any permanent changes to the page
   3. The "Show Changes" button
   4. The "This is a minor edit" checkbox adds a designation to the edit that allows others to see that no significant changes were made.
   5. The "Watch this page" checkbox adds the current page to your watchlist of pages you would like to keep tabs on.

How do I add or remove a table of contents?

A TOC is added automatically as soon as you have more than three headers. To add one with fewer than four headers, type __FORCETOC__ anywhere on the page or __TOC__ at the position where you want to have the TOC.

To remove a table of contents from a page, add __NOTOC__ to anywhere on the page.

How do I spell check my work?

Sorry - that is not available in Media Wiki. However, you could copy text composed in Media Wiki and paste it into Word, spell check it there, then paste it back here.

How do I revert a page to an earlier version?

1. Go to the page you wish to revert, click on the History tab at the top of the page, then click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur', 'last', or "Compare selected versions".
2. When the page displays, text similar to this: (Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003), will display. It appears below the page's title, in place of the From {project name}, usually seen.
3. Verify that you've selected the correct version, then click a link to edit the page as you would normally.
4. You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision.
5. Ignore the warning and save the page.

How do I create a "block quote?"

In case you were wondering - this is a blockquote.

1. When editing the page, simply leave one blank space at the beginning of the line.

How do I change the text color?

You use the Span Style tags to mark the color of text

This is <span style="color:red">red</span> text.
This is <span style="color:orange">orange</span> text.
This is <span style="color:blue">blue</span> text.
This is <span style="color:green">green</span> text.

produces:

This is red text. This is orange text. This is blue text. This is green text.

How do I add an image to my wiki page?

Sunset in Key West

To add your own images:

• Simply paste the URL of an image to the page. Flickr accounts come in handy for this. After all, you don't want to "steal" other peoples' bandwidth.