Thread:Flapdragon/@comment-6042046-20130622232404/@comment-6042046-20130623042302

This is a better step-by-step of the basics, Flap:

Create a new page by clicking the "Contribute" button and choosing the "Add a Page" option. (The "Contribute" button is located underneath your username in the upper right corner.) It'll prompt you for a page title. Once you're done with that, you'll be free to play in the editing screen.

There are two sides -- faces -- to the editing screen, the "Visual" tab and the "Source" tab. The Visual face is straightforward and beginner-friendly; you don't need to be familiar with web code to use it, and it looks like a bare bones MS Word offshoot. (Hovering your mouse over the buttons gives you descriptions of their uses.) The "Photo" button there is quite helpful as a search tool to browse and add images from our gallery.

(Photos Note: Quicklist page has a list of icons and their related items, qualities, etc. When in doubt, right-click the game icon and learn its web address through "View" or "View Image Info". The "***.png" at the end of the address is the file name and it should be the same name used here.)

Another good thing about the Visual tab is its automatic ability to add templates: http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Templates If you click the yellow link "Add other templates", a window will pop up with a list of commonly used templates and the option to search templates. They're pre-coded skeletons to liven up a page. You add the meat and bones. (As an example, add the "Action" template to a bare page. Preview it. Then click on the green jigsaw puzzle piece -- that's the template itself! -- to edit it. Fill in some blanks. Preview your new changes. See what I mean?)

In the "Source" side, you can see most or all of a page's code. It's the more intimidating face of the editing screen, but once you're familiar with the wiki's mechanics, you'll find yourself editing in Source often rather than Visual. Many of the editors here find it faster to add templates in Visual before editing the rest in Source mode, myself included.

If you're curious about how something is coded, go ahead and peek at a page's code. We won't charge you for looking. We charge for touching. ;)

Yeah, yeah, okay, this is a butchered cut-'n'-paste job from my post to Spacemarine9, but my heartfelt sentiments are the same! I'm glad you're willing and able to participate in the wiki more! :-] Don't be shy about asking questions, suggesting ideas, or simply chatting.

You should know that it's always okay to pester Jemann! Problems with your coded formatting? Find Jemann. Issues with your account? Dig out Jemann. Wondering where you lost minor valuables like your pocket change or your spare television remote controller? Complain to Jemann.