Help:Getting Started

Create a new page

• First search for your intended page, when it does not exist you will be prompted to create it

Creating Headings

To Create a Contents box like the one above, Create headings throughout your article between "="

See this article as an example:
Help:Lab template

= Introduction =
= Section 1 =
== Subsection ==
= Section 2 =

Formating Text

bold and italics

Description	You type	You get
character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
Italic text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Strike text	<strike> strike text </strike>	strike text

lists

wikitext	rendering
* Lists are easy to do: ** start every line * with a star ** more stars mean *** deeper levels	Lists are easy to do: start every line with a star more stars mean deeper levels
*A newline *in a list marks the end of the list. Of course *you can *start again.	A newline in a list marks the end of the list. Of course you can start again.
# Numbered lists are good ## very organized ## easy to follow	Numbered lists are good very organized easy to follow
* You can also **break lines **like this	You can also break lines like this

Creating Links

Description	You type	You get
Link to a page on this wiki	[[Test]]	Testing Times
Link to a wikipedia page	[[wikipedia:FluidFS]]	wikipedia:FluidFS
Link to a wiki category	[[:Category:Labs]]	Category:Labs
Link to an external webpage	http://support.dell.com/	http://support.dell.com/
Display an image	[[File:Example.jpg]]
Link to an uploaded pdf with alt text	[[Media:680-074-001.pdf | FS8600 Deployment Guide]]	FS8600 Deployment Guide

Formating Code

Description	You type	You get
Marking text as code without any formatting	<pre> #!/bin/bash fileCount=800000 b=0 while [ $b -le $fileCount ] do echo B = $b dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/nfs/file$b.txt bs=2k count=1 ((b++)) done </pre>	#!/bin/bash fileCount=800000 b=0 while [ $b -le $fileCount ] do echo B = $b dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/nfs/file$b.txt bs=2k count=1 ((b++)) done
Highlighted line 6	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" highlight="6" style="display: inline-block;"> #!/bin/bash fileCount=800000 b=0 while [ $b -le $fileCount ] do echo B = $b dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/nfs/file$b.txt bs=2k count=1 ((b++)) done </syntaxhighlight><br><br>	#!/bin/bash fileCount=800000 b=0 while [ $b -le $fileCount ] do echo B = $b dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/nfs/file$b.txt bs=2k count=1 ((b++)) done
do this	looks like this	get this