Appropedia, like all wikis, allows you to edit almost any page. It's super simple, just click the Edit button! If you make a mistake, don't worry! You can always revert any edit by clicking undo in the page history.
There are two main ways to edit pages: the visual editor and the source editor. The visual editor is generally easier and often enough. However, learning the source editor will give you finer control of the final output and is essential for more advanced editing.
Visual editor[edit | edit source]
The visual editor is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) tool to edit pages. Activate it by clicking on the blue Edit button on the top right or on the pencil icon on the top bar and selecting Edit. Once you've finished editing, click on save page and you are done.
- 00:00 To enable the visual editor click on the blue Edit button or on the pencil icon on the top bar and select Edit.
- 00:07 Click on "Paragraph" and you’ll be able to manage the titles within your text in a simple and intuitive way.
- 00:14 Click on the format tool to choose between bold, italics and many other settings.
- 00:20 Click on the paper clip icon to add a link to another Appropedia page or to an external address.
- 00:27 Click on "Cite" to add a reference to another source. A footnote will be generated automatically at the bottom of your page.
- 00:36 Click on the bullet icon to make bulleted or numbered lists.
- 00:41 Click on the "Insert" button to add images, media, templates, tables and many other options.
- 00:48 Click on the special characters icon to ad special characters
Source editor[edit | edit source]
The source editor allows editing pages via wikitext (and some HTML). Activate it by clicking on the Edit source button on the top right or on the pencil icon on the top bar and selecting Edit source.
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''italics'' '''bold''' |
italics | ||||||
[[Appropriate technology]] [[Appropriate technology|AT]] | |||||||
https://www.example.com [https://www.example.com Example] [https://www.example.com] | |||||||
== Section heading == === Sub-section heading === ==== Sub-sub-section heading ==== |
Section headingSub-section headingSub-sub-section heading |
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* Banana * Apple * Orange |
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# Do this # Do that # Do more |
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{| class="wikitable"
! Item
! Price
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| Banana
| USD 1
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| Apple
| USD 2
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Advanced[edit | edit source]
Wikitext markup supports much more advanced formatting. However, try to keep it simple! Less markup generally makes your content easier to read, fix, improve, maintain, port and reuse by other people and software.[1]
| You type | You see | Comment |
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<s>strike</s> text<sup>sup</sup> text<sub>sub</sub> <big>BIG</big> <small>small</small> <code>code</code> <nowiki>no [[markup]]</nowiki> |
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[[Wikipedia:Sanitation]] [[Wikiversity:Sustainability]] [[Greenlivingpedia:Recycling]] |
Wikipedia:Sanitation |
See all available interwiki prefixes here. |
<pre> multi line code </pre> |
multi line code |
Use <pre> tags for multiline code and other content that needs monospace font and spacing. |
<math>\alpha^2 + \beta^2 = 1</math> |
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See all available TeX markup here. |
; Term : Definition ; Another term : Another definition |
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Definition lists are generally useless. However, colons : are often used for indenting text, especially in talk pages. |
# Fruits #* Apple #* Banana # Vegetables #* Carrot #* Spinach |
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Lists can be nested and combined. However, nesting more than once can be confusing to readers. |
~~~~ |
User:Lonny (talk) 19:32, March 29 2023 (UTC) |
Signatures are added automatically when using the [reply] button. |
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Horizontal lines are generally unnecessary and should be avoided. |
Some HTML tags are allowed too, for example <div>, <span> and <table>.
Page history[edit | edit source]
Every page allows you to view the history of edits. This allows you to undo any changes that you have done to a page, and even to revert the page back in time to a previous version.
To compare two versions of any wiki page, you can use the Difference to current and Difference to last buttons (i.e. diffs). A diff page shows two columns with the text removed on the left and text added on the right and the more recent revision of the page displayed below the columns.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Wikipedia:How to edit a page
- Wikipedia:Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia
- All help pages on Wikipedia
- mw:Help:Formatting
- mw:Help:Contents