Nitrome Wiki:Help index

This page lists various pages that contain information on basic editing of Nitrome Wiki.

• Help:Editing - Basic information on how to edit pages on the Nitrome Wiki
• Help:VisualEditor - How to use the visual editor, the most basic type of editor that is used and also the editor that is enabled when you first create your account
  • Help:Preview - How to use preview mode when editing a page
  • Help:Edit conflict - What to do when you get an edit conflict
• Help:Modifying text - How to modify text using visual mode
• Help:Formatting pages - How to create headings, bullet point lists, and indent and align text in visual mode
• Help:Links - How to add links in visual mode and source mode
• Help:Photos - How to upload a photo with visual mode
• Help:Uploading files - Different methods for uploading images
• Help:Multiple uploads - How to use the multiple uploads page
• Help:Image description page - Information on image description pages and how to edit them
• Help:Galleries, Slideshows, and Sliders - How to use galleries, slideshows, and sliders. How to create these using wikitext is listed in the below section.
• Help:Category - How to add and remove categories
• Help:New page - What to do when creating a new page
• Help:Profiles - How to edit the global masthead of your profile
• Help:Preferences - How to change your preferences

Source mode

Source mode can be used for more technical edits to pages. These help pages list how to do certain features in source mode.

• Help:Templates - Introduction to templates and how to use them
  • Help:Templates/Parameters - What template parameters are and how to use them
  • Help:Substituting templates - How to substitute templates
• Help:Cite - How to create references and footnotes
• Help:Redirect - What redirects are and how to use them
• Wikitext:
  • Help:Wikitext - An introductory page to wikitext. Several examples of wikitext are listed.
  • Help:Wikitext/more examples - More examples of wikitext
  • Help:Wikitext/table examples - Examples of wikitext used in collapsible tables
• Help:Links - How to create many types of links in source mode
  • Using source mode - Creating links in source mode
  • Type of internal links - The types of internal Wikia links, what they are, and how to use them
  • Advanced linking - The types of linking that are a little more complex, what they are, and how to use them
  • Help:Pipe trick - Linking to the same page but using a different name
• Help:Galleries, Slideshows, and Sliders/wikitext - How to create galleries, slideshows, and sliders using wikitext in source mode
• Help:Collapsing - How to create collapsible boxes
• Help:Magic words - Special words that can cause special changes on pages