Editing SMBC Wiki:Getting started (section)

== How to... ==
;[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages ...edit a page]
: Click '''Edit''' in the page tab at the top of the page. Make any changes you would like to see, write a short explanation in the '''Summary''' box (e.g. <code>grammar, added transcript</code>), and click '''Save changes'''.

;[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page ...make a page]
: Type your page name (e.g. ''Tiny ponies'') in the search bar, click the red link in ''Create the page [[Tiny ponies]] on this wiki!'', then add some content and save.

;[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page ...add a category to a page]
: Type <code><nowiki>[[Category:Your_category_here]]</nowiki></code> at the bottom of the page. For a list of categories to which comics are added manually, see the [[SMBC Wiki:Categorization |Categorization ]]page.

;[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages#When_using_wikitext_on_talk_pages ...create a new topic on a talk page]
: Click '''Add topic''', add a summary such as <code>Guacamole</code> in the '''Subject''' box, then type something like <code><nowiki>Can we double the guacamole? ~~~~</nowiki></code> in the large text box below. The <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> will transform into your username and an Eastern Time timestamp, for example, <span style="background:#eee">[[User:TinyPonies|TinyPonies]] ([[User talk:TinyPonies|talk]]) 06:09, 20 April 2024 (EDT)</span>.

;[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages#When_using_wikitext_on_talk_pages ...reply to a comment on a talk page]
: Click '''Edit''' (or '''Create''' if the talk page is blank), then add two line breaks after the comment you want to reply to, and type something like <code><nowiki>:Can we double the guacamole? ~~~~</nowiki></code> The colon <code>:</code> will indent your comment — if you're replying to a reply, or a reply to a reply, add more colons for each level in.

;[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting ...use wiki markup]
: Wiki markup or wikitext is the code wikis are written in. For the most part, you can write plain text, but if you want to know more:
: {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|- 
! How to insert !! Using this code
|-
|'''Bold''', ''italic'', or '''''both'''''
|<code><nowiki>'''Bold''', ''italic'', or '''''both'''''</nowiki></code>
|-
|Headings, lists, and more
|[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#Text_formatting_markup See MediaWiki]
|-
|[[Zach Weinersmith|Link to a wiki page]]
|<code><nowiki>[[Zach Weinersmith|The great Weiner]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Zach Weinersmith]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|[[:Category:Characters|Link to a category]]
|<code><nowiki>[[:Category:Characters|SMBC has many characters.]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|{{w|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|Link to Wikipedia}}
|<code><nowiki>{{w|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|SMBC}}</nowiki></code>
|-
|A comment visible only to editors*
|
<code><nowiki>&lt;span style="display:none">please help i'm trapped in a weiner zachtory&lt;/span></nowiki></code>
|-
|An <code>inline &lt;code> block</code>**
|<code><nowiki>&lt;code>&lt;nowiki>here it is!&lt;/code></nowiki></code>
|-
|A <pre width=20>full &lt;code> block</pre>**
|<code><nowiki>&lt;pre>&lt;nowiki>where it is?&lt;/nowiki>&lt;/pre></nowiki></code>
|-
|<blockquote width=20>A blockquote</blockquote>
|<code><nowiki>&lt;blockquote>Kids these days&lt;/blockquote></nowiki></code>
|-
|{{distinguish|flying penguins|regular penguins}}
|<code><nowiki>{{distinguish|flying penguins|regular penguins}}</nowiki></code> 
|}

&#42; One would normally [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#HTML_tags use HTML comments], but this functionality is buggy at the moment.

&#42;* Inside code blocks, the left angle bracket <code>&lt;</code> should be substituted with <code>&amp;lt;</code>.

;...create a character page
: Create a page at ''Character Name'', or if that page name is taken, ''Character Name (character)''.

: Then use this template:
<pre>
<nowiki>
{{Infobox character
| image      = Filename.png (if applicable)
| imagesize  = 150px
| caption    = Character Name
| first_appearance = [[Comic link]]
}}
'''Character Name''' is a recurring character in [[SMBC]]. Character Name was once arrested for pug trafficking.

{{character|name=Character Name}}

[[Category:Any relevant categories here]]
</nowiki>
</pre>