Beginners guide

From VirtualPsychologyWiki

Contents 1 Creating a Username 2 Editing an Article 3 Formatting(basics) 4 Starting a New Page 5 Uploading an Image 6 Bullets and Lists

Creating a Username

You have to create an account to edit, it's free, and very easy.

• Click on the "Create an account or log in" link in the top right of any page, or Click here
• Fill in your chosen user name and a password (remember, this user name will show against all your edits)
• Type in your password again in the "Retype password" box.
• If you want to, add your email. You don't have to add an email, but it will mean that you won't lose your account if you forget your password. Also it will enable people to send you messages about changes/updates to the Psychology Wiki - but don't worry, we don't let anyone see your email, so you can still be anonymous.
• Click the "Create new account" button.

Thats it your done!

Editing an Article

It is easy to edit an article;

• Click on the edit tab at the top of page.
• Type the info in the edit box.
• Either click 'Show preview' button and then the 'Save page' button or just click the 'Save page' button.

Hint: write out your information in Microsoft Word to check spelling and to keep of copy of info just in case you do not save it and loose the info in VPWiki.

Formatting(basics)

Icon	Description	What you type in	What is displayed
Bold link icon	Bold or strong emphasis	'''Hello'''	Hello
Italic link icon	Italic or emphasis	''Hello''	Hello
Internal link icon	Internal link	[[social]]	social
External link icon	External link	[http://www.google.com google]	google
Headline icon	Section heading	== zxy ==	zxy
Image icon	Insert image	[[Image:giraffe.jpg]]
Media icon	Insert media	[[Media:zxy.ogg]]	Media:zxy.ogg
Math icon	Mathematical formula	<math>zxy</math>	<math>zxy</math>
Nowiki icon	Ignore wiki formatting	<nowiki>hello ----</nowiki>	hello ----
Signature icon	Sign talk comments (with time stamp)	--~~~~	--Rcrosbie 18:50, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Horizontal line icon	Horizontal line	----

Starting a New Page

The easiest way, is to change the title of the page, in the address bar ('title=Main_Page' to 'title=whatever') then edit the new page.

Please Note: you need to be a member to do this.

Uploading an Image

Click on the 'upload file' on the left. If you want to use your image then this is what you type: [[Image:yourpicture.jpg|thumb|300px|Caption for your picture.]] or [[Image:giraffe.jpg]] Do not exceed 300px to keep the article tidy. Here is what you type to display the image to the right: [[Image:giraffe.jpg|thumb|300px|"Do you want fries with that?"]]

"Do you want fries with that?"

Bullets and Lists

Bulleted lists:

• Bullet 1
  • Bullet 2
• Bullet 3
  • Bullet 4
    • Bullet 5

Here is what you type:

 *Bullet 1
 **Bullet 2
 *Bullet 3
 **Bullet 4
 ***Bullet 5
 

Numbered Lists:

1. Numbered 1
   1. Numbered 2
2. Numbered 3
3. Numbered 4

Here is what you type:

 #Numbered 1
 ##Numbered 2
 #Numbered 3
 #Numbered 4
 

Indented Lists:

Indent 1

Indent 2

Indent 3

Indent 4

Indent 5

Here is what you type:

:Indent 1
::Indent 2
::Indent 3
::Indent 4
:Indent 5