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Author Tips
This page contains helpful tips for wiki contributors.
Page Links
Links to wiki and external pages are easy to create by typing manually or by using the handy tools in the editing toolbar.
Manual Links. To create a link, enclose either a URL or a wiki page name in doubled square brackets [[pagenamehere]]. To have a link title appear instead of the page name or URL, use this syntax [[pagenamehere|Text You Want to Appear]]. For example, use [[author_tips|Tips for Authors]] to create a link to this page: Tips for Authors
For pages on this wiki, please use local links rather than URLs.
Tagging Pages
You can add tags to wiki pages by adding the following to the bottom of a page:
{{tag>[list of tags]}}
Important Guideline
When tagging pages, don’t go overboard with tags. Generally, pages will only need a few tags at most. Using too many tags on pages can make tag indexes less meaningful. For example, if AUM is mentioned on a page but the page is really about something else, it doesn’t need to be tagged with AUM.
Visitors can do searches using words, too. So, one doesn’t need to tag every word of possible interest. Only tag the most key topic or category. People mostly will search by word.
Think of tags as a targeting tool that prevents too many search results or as aids to find pages that might not be found when searching by word.
YouTube Embedding
To embed a YouTube video the most basic syntax is:
{{youtube>L-WM8YxwqEU}}
You can also embed video content from other popular sites, too. There are additional options which you can read about here
Deleting pages
If you need to delete a page, just edit it, then erase the contents and save.
NoWiki markup
If you want text that would normally be “wiki-ized” to actually appear on the page, surround it with the tags
<nowiki>{{don’t wiki me> more stuff}}</nowiki>
This is handy if you need to display syntax that would normally be wiki-ized.
You can also precede a line with two spaces to have the wiki format it as “code” and ignore wiki syntax.
Wiki Author Tutorials
Uploading Files
If you want to upload files other than images, Audiobus presets or Audiobus controller profiles, and the uploader is rejecting the file type, you'll need to either contact Michael or package the file in a zip.