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Editing a page

To edit a page, simply click on the "edit" tab above. Note, that for the CLUG wiki, you need to be logged in to edit pages. You will be able to register / log in at the top right corner of the screen (assuming you're using the default theme).

Wiki markup

Formatting text in an entry is somewhat different compared to what you would normally do in a typical word processor.

The wiki can accept some html tags, but most people use the built-in wiki markup language, which is designed for ease of editing.

Bold and italics

The most commonly used wiki tags are bold and italics. Bolding and italicizing is done by surrounding a word or phrase with multiple apostrophes ('):

• ''italics'' is rendered as italics. (2 apostrophes on either side)
• '''bold''' is rendered as bold. (3 apostrophes on either side)
• '''''bolded italics''''' is rendered as bolded italics. (2 + 3 = 5 apostrophes on either side)

Headings and subheadings

Headings and subheadings are an easy way to improve the organization of an article. If you can see two or more distinct topics being discussed, you can break up your article by inserting a heading for each section.

Headings can be created like this:

• ==Top level heading== (2 equals signs)
• ===Subheading=== (3 equals signs)
• ====Another level down==== (4 equals signs)

Templates

Templates are special pages that allow you to include template pages into other pages. For example, if we want to include a part in new pages that warn users that it's a new page, and it might contain technically incorrect information, then we can use a template to be included in all these pages.

A template is created by using double curly braces around your template name, for example: {{future}} will create a template called "future". This specific template will warn users that a page isn't meant for current use, and has a future purpose. Visit the Templates page for more templates and for their uses.