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Line 1: + tabogeto ==Browsing BattleTechWiki== ==Browsing BattleTechWiki== ===The navigation buttons=== ===The navigation buttons=== Line 4:
Line 5: ===The Main Page=== ===The Main Page=== − The Main Page is the best place to start out if you aren't sure what you're looking for or just want to start looking around. As BattleTechWiki grows, the Main Page will undoubtedly change in content and appearance. + The Main Page is the best place to start out if you aren't sure what you're looking for or just want to start looking around. As BattleTechWiki grows, the Main Page will undoubtably change in content and appearance. ===The search bar=== ===The search bar=== − If you know what you're looking for, the fastest way to get there is the search bar. If you know the exact title of the page you want, type it in and click '''Go''', and you'll automatically be taken to that page. If that page doesn't exist or you click '''Search''', you'll be taken to a results page with a list of all the pages containing your search terms. + If you know what you're looking for, the fastet way to get there is the search bar. If you know the exact title of the page you want, type it in and click '''Go''', and you'll automatically be taken to that page. If that page doesn't exist or you click '''Search''', you'll be taken to a results page with a list of all the pages containing your search terms. For example, typing in "New Avalon" and clicking '''Go''' will take you directly to the page for New Avalon, while clicking '''Search''' will show you a list of all the pages that contain the words "new" and "avalon". For example, typing in "New Avalon" and clicking '''Go''' will take you directly to the page for New Avalon, while clicking '''Search''' will show you a list of all the pages that contain the words "new" and "avalon". Line 14:
Line 15: On just about every page you look at, there will be numerous '''wikilinks''' - words or phrases colored blue or red. For example, the word [[Help:WikiLinks|wikilinks]] in this sentence is a wikilink. On just about every page you look at, there will be numerous '''wikilinks''' - words or phrases colored blue or red. For example, the word [[Help:WikiLinks|wikilinks]] in this sentence is a wikilink. − A <span style='color: blue; text-decoration: underline'>blue wikilink</span> will take you to another page covering whatever topic the linked words are about. A <span style='color: red; text-decoration: underline'>red</span> wikilink means that the corresponding page hasn't yet been created. Authors will sometimes link to a nonexistent page when they feel it needs to be created and plan to create it themselves later, or leave it for someone else to create. + A <span style='color: blue; text-decoration: underline'>blue wikilink</span> will take you to another page covering whatever topic the linked words are about. A <span style='color: red; text-decoration: underline'>red</span> wikilink means that the corresponding page hasn't yet been created. Authors will sometimes link to a nonexistant page when they feel it needs to be created and plan to create it themselves later, or leave it for someone else to create. − [[User_talk:Nicjansma|Contact Nicjansma]] if you want to use a tool that automatically creates Wiki-links for BattleTech articles (based on a long list of keywords, terms, characters, places, etc in the BattleTech universe).+ [[Category:Help]] − − − [[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]
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==Browsing BattleTechWiki== | ==Browsing BattleTechWiki== | ||
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===The Main Page=== | ===The Main Page=== | ||
| − | The Main Page is the best place to start out if you aren't sure what you're looking for or just want to start looking around. As BattleTechWiki grows, the Main Page will | + | The Main Page is the best place to start out if you aren't sure what you're looking for or just want to start looking around. As BattleTechWiki grows, the Main Page will undoubtably change in content and appearance. |
===The search bar=== | ===The search bar=== | ||
| − | If you know what you're looking for, the | + | If you know what you're looking for, the fastet way to get there is the search bar. If you know the exact title of the page you want, type it in and click '''Go''', and you'll automatically be taken to that page. If that page doesn't exist or you click '''Search''', you'll be taken to a results page with a list of all the pages containing your search terms. |
For example, typing in "New Avalon" and clicking '''Go''' will take you directly to the page for New Avalon, while clicking '''Search''' will show you a list of all the pages that contain the words "new" and "avalon". | For example, typing in "New Avalon" and clicking '''Go''' will take you directly to the page for New Avalon, while clicking '''Search''' will show you a list of all the pages that contain the words "new" and "avalon". | ||
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On just about every page you look at, there will be numerous '''wikilinks''' - words or phrases colored blue or red. For example, the word [[Help:WikiLinks|wikilinks]] in this sentence is a wikilink. | On just about every page you look at, there will be numerous '''wikilinks''' - words or phrases colored blue or red. For example, the word [[Help:WikiLinks|wikilinks]] in this sentence is a wikilink. | ||
| − | A <span style='color: blue; text-decoration: underline'>blue wikilink</span> will take you to another page covering whatever topic the linked words are about. A <span style='color: red; text-decoration: underline'>red</span> wikilink means that the corresponding page hasn't yet been created. Authors will sometimes link to a | + | A <span style='color: blue; text-decoration: underline'>blue wikilink</span> will take you to another page covering whatever topic the linked words are about. A <span style='color: red; text-decoration: underline'>red</span> wikilink means that the corresponding page hasn't yet been created. Authors will sometimes link to a nonexistant page when they feel it needs to be created and plan to create it themselves later, or leave it for someone else to create. |
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