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This Section contains some useful bits of code for enhancing your pages.
=Basic Formating=
== Text formatting markup ==

{| class="wikitable"
!
Description
! width=40% |
You type
! width=40% |
You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" |  
Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere'' 
|-
|   
Italic text 
| <pre>
''  
italic ''
</pre>
|
''italic''
|-
|  
Bold text 
| <pre>
''' 
bold '''
</pre>
|
'''bold '''
|-
|   
Bold and italic 
| <pre>
'''''bold & italic '''''
</pre>
|
'''''bold & italic '''''
|-
|   
Strike text 
| <pre>
<strike>  
strike text  </strike>
</pre>
|<strike>  
strike text  </strike>
|-
|   
Escape wiki markup 
| <pre>
&lt;nowiki&gt; 
no ''markup'' &lt;/nowiki&gt;
</pre>
|
 
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki> 
|-
|  
Horizontal rule 
| <pre>
 
Text before 
----

Text after 
</pre>
|

Text before 
----

Text after 
|-
|   
Bullet list 
|
<pre>
  

* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
 
</pre>
|

* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
 
|-
| 
Numbered list 
|
<pre>
  

# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines


# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
 
</pre>
|
  

# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines


# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
 
|-
| 
Definition list 
| <pre>
  

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
 
</pre>
|
  

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
 
|-
|  
Indent text 
| <pre>
  

: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
 
</pre>
|
----
  
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
 
|-
| 
Mixture of different types of list 
|
<pre>
  

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <br />of &lt;nowiki><br />&lt;/nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
 
</pre>
|
----

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
 
|-
|}
  
== Paragraphs ==

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <code>&lt;br></code>.

=Picture Boxes=
Picture boxes are templates that can be used to insert images in to articles on a consistant way
==Picture Box==
Insert the following code and fill in the infomation:
<pre>
{{Picture Box
|Image= Name of Image file you uploaded using the upload file option on the left
|Text= Caption to go under image
}}
</pre>
So the following code:
<pre>
{{Picture Box
|Image= Smiley.png
|Text= This is a smiley face
}}
</pre>

{{Picture Box
|Image=Smiley.png
|Text= This is a smiley face
}}Produces this:
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

==Left Picture Box==
Insert the following code and fill in the infomation:
<pre>
{{Picture Box Left
|Image= Name of Image file you uploaded using the upload file option on the left
|Text= Caption to go under image
}}
</pre>
So the following code:
<pre>
{{Picture Box Left
|Image=Smiley.png
|Text= This is a smiley face
}}
</pre>

Produces this: <br>

{{Picture Box Left
|Image=Smiley.png
|Text= This is a smiley face
}}
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
==Big Picture Box==
Insert the following code and fill in the infomation:
<pre>
{{Picture Box Big
|Image= Name of Image file you uploaded using the upload file option on the left
|Text= Caption to go under image
}}
</pre>
So the following code:
<pre>
{{Picture Box Big
|Image= Smiley.png
|Text= This is a smiley face
}}
</pre>

Produces this: <br>

{{Picture Box Big
|Image= Smiley.png
|Text= This is a smiley face
}}

=Box Outs=
These are useful for including additional infomation, along side your text
==Left Hand Text Box==
Insert the following code and fill in the infomation:
<pre>
{{Left Box
|Title= Box Title
|Text= Text to include (note can include normal wiki markup, for link etc)
}}
</pre>
So the following code:
<pre>
{{Left Box
|Title= Left Hand Text Box
|Text= This is a text box that is aligned to the left hand side, so that your main article will go next to it.
}}
</pre>
Produces this: <br>
{{Left Box
|Title= Left Hand Text Box
|Text= This is a text box that is aligned to the left hand side, so that your main article will go next to it.
}}
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

==Right Hand Text Box==
Insert the following code and fill in the infomation:
<pre>
{{Right Box
|Title= Box Title
|Text= Text to include (note can include normal wiki markup, for link etc)
}}
</pre>
So the following code:
<pre>
{{Right Box
|Title= Right Hand Text Box
|Text= This is a text box that is aligned to the Right hand side, so that your main article will go next to it.
}}
</pre>
Produces this: <br>
{{Right Box
|Title= Right Hand Text Box
|Text= This is a text box that is aligned to the Right hand side, so that your main article will go next to it.
}}









==Quote Box Right==
Insert the following code and fill in the infomation:
<pre>
{{Quote
|Quote= The Text of the Quote
|Attribution= Who said, location date etc
}}
</pre>
So the following code:
<pre>
{{Quote
|Quote="I have said a thing"
|Attribution=Person who said a thing, M.31
}}
</pre>
Produces this: <br>
{{Quote
|Quote="I have said a thing"
|Attribution=Person who said a thing, M.31
}}






==Quote Box Left==
Insert the following code and fill in the infomation:
<pre>
{{Quote Left
|Quote= The Text of the Quote
|Attribution= Who said, location date etc
}}
</pre>
So the following code:
<pre>
{{Quote Left
|Quote="I have said a thing"
|Attribution=Person who said a thing, M.31
}}
</pre>
Produces this: <br>
{{Quote Left
|Quote="I have said a thing"
|Attribution=Person who said a thing, M.31
}}