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Authors
The UltraFractal wiki is not public at this stage, so it can only be edited by users who have been granted "Author" privileges.
It takes a lot of work to look after a public wiki so it's likely that it will stay that way for the time being.
If you find any errors or wish to contribute something to the wiki, please contact Don Berendsen with the correction.
Lots of the content on this wiki has come from the UF mailing list, so contributions could also be posted there, along with a note to Don that you would like it to be considered for the wiki.
Help elsewhere on the web
There is some great help out there for MediaWiki syntax:
- Wikipedia's How To Edit a Page is a great resource and has a lot of examples.
- MediaWiki Help page about editing
Links
Links are an integral part of any website, and wiki's are no exception. The key thing to know is the difference between internal (wiki) and external (url) links. The difference between the link target (what is linked), and the link text (what is displayed) is also important.
Internal Links
Internal links simply use double square brackets, and the pipe character to delineate the link target from the link text:
* [[Main Page]] * [[Main Page|The Main page of the UF wiki]]
makes this:
If the target page does not exist the link will be displayed in red and users will be taken to the edit page when the link is clicked.
External Links
URL's are automatically detected and made into links by mediawiki.
Other external links use single square brackets, and a space to separate the linktext like so:
http://www.google.com [http://www.google.com] [http://www.google.com Google It]
Looks like:
External Internal Links
It is possible to make an external link where an internal one would have been better, this is discouraged as it is confusing when the link looks like it is on another site but leads back to the same wiki.
[http://ultrafractalwiki.fractalforums.com/Main_Page Uf Wiki Main Page]
Looks like:
To fix this problem, just remove the first part of the URL, add an extra pair of square brackets, and if the link is named (as it is here) add a pipe:
[[Main_Page|Uf Wiki Main Page]]
Looks like:
Naming new pages
It is important to realize that a page is named by the text in the link, so chose your link targets carefully. It doesn't matter what you put as the link text though, as that is purely for display purposes.
Moving Pages
Pages can be moved using the lik at the top of the page.
Moving a page actually renames it and creates a redirect at the old page name.
If you notice that a page is badly named you might as well go ahead and move it.
Sections
Adding sections to a page is really easy and can make the page a lot easier to navigate, read and edit.
When a page has sections you automatically get a table-of-contents at the top to help navigate. Links can also be made to a section of a page, for example, here is a link to this section of this page.
To add sections to a page, wrap a word or sentence that describes the section, in two or more equals signs, like so:
==Section 1 Name== ===SubSection 1.1 Name==- ==Section 2 Name== ===SubSection 2.1 Name=== ====SubSection 2.1.1 Name==== ====SubSection 2.1.2 Name==== ===SubSection 2.2 Name=== ==Section 3 Name==
Try to remember not to use just one equals sign, as that makes a title the same size as the page title. This special size should be is reserved for special situations (where you basically want to rename a page inside the page.)
UPR Pages
Example UPRs are an important resource for learning UF and are frequently included in the wiki even without accompanying article text. The following naming convention is used for such pages: 'Author first name' "_" 'Initial of author last name' ":" 'name of image file without extension'. For example an example page with the image file Challenge6_db1.jpg by Don Berendsen would be 'Don_B:Challenge6_db1'. Note the corresponding naming convention for image files below. This naming makes it easier to create references and entries in galleries.
Always add a [[Category:Artist's Name]] tag at the bottom of each UPR page.
Avoiding wiki formatting (where appropriate)
The 'pre' Tag
The <pre> tag is used to place text on a page without interpreting formatting tags (ie interpreted as plaintext).
On this wiki, the 'pre' tag is used extensively to enclose UPR blocks so that they appear as plain unformatted monospaced text.
This tag is like html in that it needs to be opened, using <pre> and then closed with the 'slashed' version of the tag, </pre>
here is an example:
<pre> blah de blah </pre>
which produces this:
blah de blah
This tag runs over multiple lines too, ennabling it to work on a whole block of text.
Automatic Copy-to-Clipboard button for UPRs
If the text inside the <pre> tag contains a curly opening brace "{" it is considered as an Ultrafractal Formula block and a "Copy To Clipboard" Button appears.
Space at the start of the line
Another way to get this effect is by placing a space at the start of the line, like so:
This line will be monospace and unformatted
Nowiki tag
The nowiki tag is similar to the pre tag, but does not apply the special monospaced formatting.
an example:
<nowiki>[[FractalsAreCool]] ''ThisShouldBeItalic'' '''This Should Be Bold''' </nowiki>
makes this:
[[FractalsAreCool]] ''ThisShouldBeItalic'' '''This Should Be Bold'''
Images
To add an image, firstly upload it using the Upload file page. A link to the upload page is on the sidebar (which is usually to the left of the page).
Unless the UPR name is long, when naming an image use the name on the UPR with "+" and other characters that are prohibited in files names replaced with a "-". So '20070513-cube_martsam+Brykk.jpg' is changed to '20070513-cube_martsam-Brykk.jpg'.
Inserting an image
To insert the image into a page use an image link, which looks like this: (nb I have used the extra "|256px" control here but that is not needed if you wish to display the image at its natural resolution)
[[image:Image:Sceptre midget 2 toby.jpg|256px]]
gives the following:
Copyright © 2008 by Toby Marshall
Always include a copyright notice whenever an image is displayed except when the author has explicitly stated that the image is in the public domain. The copyright for tweaked images remains with the original author unless the author has stated otherwise.
Floating Thumbnail Image with Caption
There are lots of other formatting controls that can be added to the image tag, the image floating to the right (with a caption that contains a link) is added using the following code:
[[Image:Bud 2 toby.jpg|256px|thumb|right|This is one of Toby Marshall's fantastic [[Deep_Zooms#Bud_2|deep mandelbrot zooms]]]]
Redirection
Redirection is when one pagename is mapped onto another one so that navigating there, navigates directly (and almost transparently) to the new target page.
To make a redirection page, put a redirect tag at the top of the page, as follows:
#REDIRECT [[targetPage]]
When you arrive at targetPage you will see a small line at the top that says redirected from OtherPageName you can use that link to get back to the redirect page and edit it, if neccesary.
Double Redirects
A redirect page is automatically created for the old pagename whenever you move a page.
Watch out though because if you then move the page again, you will have created a so-called Double-Redirect.
This is a problem that needs to be fixed because redirects only work one level deep (to avoid infinite loops).
What you need to do is go to the initial redirect page and point it at the final target page, skipping over the redirection page in the middle.
There is lots of helpful info on wikipedia about this too.
Bullets
Organizing lists using bullets and numbering is also a very helpful way to organize things.
Bullets
Bulleted lists can be created by using the star character,
* item * item ** subitem * item ** subItem *** subSubItem * item
makes this:
- item
- item
- subitem
- item
- subItem
- subSubItem
- subItem
- item
Numbered Lists
Numbered lists are similar to bulleted lists but instead of star you use the "hash", "pound" or "number" character '#'.
# item ## subitem ## subitem ### subsubitem ## subitem # item ## subitem # item
makes:
- item
- subitem
- subitem
- subsubitem
- subitem
- item
- subitem
- item
Definition Lists
If you want a list of definitions, you use the semicolon and colon characters, and an extra star on the inbetween lines, like so:
*; item: definition * *; item: definition ** **; subitem: subdefinition *** ***; subsubitem: subsubdefinition ** **; subitem: subdefinition * *; item: definition
makes:
- item
- definition
-
- item
- definition
-
- subitem
- subdefinition
-
- subsubitem
- subsubdefinition
-
- subitem
- subdefinition
-
- item
- definition
Divider
To add a divider like this one:
Simply put 4 or more dashes on a line, like this:
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