Help:Contents

Is this your first visit to UOGuide? Be sure to read our introduction page on how you can help out the site.

• Watch the Video Tutorial - If you are brand new and have never edited a wiki before.
• Ask a Question - If you need any help, post a message in the UOGuide Discussion Forum. A reply will be made to your comment, so check back regularly.
• Sandbox - Feel free to use the Sandbox for getting a feel of the editing system. Don't worry about overwriting what is already there. It is meant as a playground to get you started.

Editing Toolbar

The toolbar makes it quick and easy to format articles.

When you are editing a page on UOGuide a helpful toolbar is located above the page text area. There are two modes for using the buttons:

• Insert - Place your cursor at the location you want and press the icon, the code will be inserted at the cursor location.
• Select - Highlight the text you want to format and press the icon, the code will surround the selected text.

Icons

- Bold Text
- Italic Text
- Opens a menu to create an internal or external site link
- Opens a menu to embed an image
- Opens a menu to create a cited reference

Advanced

Heading - Inserts a section heading of the size you select
- Create bullet list
- Create numbered list
- Prevent text being altered by wiki formatting
- Insert a line break
- Make text larger
- Make text smaller
- Raise text a little (superscript)
- Lower text a little (subscript)
- Creates an image gallery
- Inserts code to create page redirect
- Opens a menu to create a table
- Opens a menu to search and replace text in the article

Special Characters

Shows characters for many different languages. The symbols section is probably the most useful out of these.

Help

Shows a quick reference to explain common formatting code.

Wiki Formatting

Here are more detailed explanations and examples of how wiki formatting works.

Description	You Type	You Get
Applies anywhere
Italicize Text	''italic''	italic
Bold Text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and Italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal Link (within UOGuide)	[[Name of Page]] [[Name of Page|Display Text]]	Name of Page Display Text
External Link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.com] [http://www.example.com display text] http://www.example.com	[1] display text http://www.example.com
Escape Wiki Markup	''markup'' <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	markup no ''markup''
Line Break	one{{Line Break}}two	one two
Monospace Text	This text is not Monospace. {{Monospace|This text is Monospace.}}	This text is not Monospace. This text is Monospace.
Sign Posts on talk pages	~~~~	Username 10:55, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Image	[[File:Kingdom_reborn_icon.jpg]]
Thumbnail Image	[[File:Kingdom_reborn_icon.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]	Caption text
Applies only when placed at the beginning of a new line
Section Headings	==Level 1== ===Level 2=== ====Level 3==== =====Level 4=====	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Bulleted List	* one * two ** two point one ** two point two * three	one two two point one two point two three
Numbered List	# one # two ## two point one ## two point two # three	one two two point one two point two three
Indenting Text	Definition : item 1 : item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Create Table	{| !Weapon !Weight !Swing Delay |- |Katana |6 stones |2.5 seconds |- |Longsword |7 stones |3.5 seconds |} {| Table start |- Table Row ! Table Row for Header | Table Cell |} Table end	Weapon Weight Swing Delay Katana 6 stones 2.5 seconds Longsword 7 stones 3.5 seconds

Editing Guidelines

Important Note: If you are a new contributor it is not nesessary to read any of the following pages. You are encouraged to contribute as best you can. If you become a regular contributor and want to learn a lot more about UOGuide editing there is the following:

• Help:Article Layout - The ideal layout for articles
• Help:Creating an Item Page - A tutorial on creating a new page
• Help:Images - All about images
• Help:Categories - All about categories
• Help:Templates - All about templates
• Help: Guild Website Hosting - All a guild needs to know about their website
• Help: User Page - All a user needs to know about their own page