How to

How to use this Wiki

Once you have created an account, you are ready to start using the club wiki!

How to edit a page

For most pages, you can just click the edit button in the upper right hand side. You're IP address will be stored so we can see who's editing what. If you like, you can create a account as well.

Editing pages are done via HTML. You can make text bold , insert links and insert links by placing * in front of the word.

How to create a page

To create a page, just search the name of the page you want to create in the upper search bar and click "Create page"

How to add a page to the menu

If you've created a new page, edit the main page and insert your link so other people can find it

How to insert images

You can insert images that are hosted externally just by including the link to the image:

https://blog.xenproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Testing.jpg

Or you can upload an image file (Go to Tools > Upload File at the bottom of the navigation column on the left hand side of the page). Images uploaded here can be added to a document by adding the following code:

[[File:filename.jpg|100px|caption]]

The filename must match exactly and the width here is 100px. More options are available and can be viewed here: Link.

Further Formatting

You can find plenty of formatting information on the Media Wiki documents. These links may help:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet

Discussions

Want to talk about something? Click the discussion tab on a page.

Suggestions

Email Webmaster@ugmc.ie with suggestions.

Admin

User rights https://wiki.ugmc.ie/index.php?title=Special:UserRights

Sidebar https://wiki.ugmc.ie/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar