Difference between revisions of "Editing the mechatronics wiki"
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Revision as of 07:32, 21 April 2009
You can learn more about editing a wiki by going to wikipedia's help page. Below are some basic guidelines to get you started. You can click on "edit" at the top of this page to see the wiki code that generates this page. Experiment with the buttons at the top of the editing page to see what they do.
Level 1 Headline
Level 2 Headline
Level 3 Headline
If your wiki page has headlines, generated for example by the code
= Level 1 Headline =, == Level 2 Headline ==, and === Level 3 Headline ===
the page will automatically create a table of contents at the top of the page. Note the example above also makes use of the "nowiki" command that allows what you type to appear as you wish without wiki formatting.
Creating Internal and External Links
When you link to a page on this wiki, use an internal link such as this, generated by [[Main Page | this]], instead of an external link such as this, generated by [http://hades.mech.northwestern.edu/wiki this]. This is so the link will continue to work even if the wiki is moved to another server.
Including Images
Editor's Note: This example "Circuit" section contains multiple examples, each its own subsection. Yours need not. Images should be small. In cases where a large image is necessary to get sufficient detail, display the image as a smaller thumbnail, and when the reader clicks on it, they can see a larger version, as with the image to the right.
This example circuit section does not include any photos. This is fine if everything is perfectly clear from your circuit diagram. In many cases, however, it is helpful to see a photo of a neatly wired circuit, showing the connections from the PIC to the device. In summary, it is OK to have only circuit diagrams if they are clear, it is not OK to have only a photo, and it is often best to have both a circuit diagram and a photo. Do not use unnecessarily memory-hogging photos; just use the minimum resolution necessary to be clear.
Actual "Circuit" section begins below. Note the use of <br clear=all> statements to make sure descriptions line up with their associated images.
