Format Guidelines for PSUGCAL

These are guidelines to making PSUGCal.org pages look consistent and to help with Wiki formatting in general. For more complete WikiMedia formatting help, visit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

Page Names and Titles

Pages will automatically inherit the page name as their title. If you're creating a new page, choose a name with that in mind. The pages will automatically alphabetize in the Content Directory, so choose names that users would logically expect to find in an alphabetical sort. Bad=Examples of sqlReports. Good=sqlReports.
Examples:

• Customization
• Health
• GPA

Adding pages to the Content Directory

To automatically have a page be listed in the Content Directory, add this code to any part of your page:

[[Category:Contents]]

Basic Formatting

Code	Result
''italic''	italic
'''bold'''	bold
'''''bold and italic'''''	bold and italic
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>	no ''markup''
Single line breaks are ignored. Use the html tag <br /> for single line breaks.	Single line breaks are ignored. Use the html tag for single line breaks.
Use a blank line for a new paragraph. Here is a 2nd paragraph.	Use a blank line for a new paragraph. Here is a 2nd paragraph.

Headings

Wiki pages look best when organized with headings, like the one above this line. Use at most Level 2 and Level 3 headers. (Consider the Title of the Page Level 1). Here is the wiki code for creating the headings:

Code	Result
== Heading Level 2 == Some text here === Heading Level 3 === Some more text here	Heading Level 2 Some text here Heading Level 3 Some more text here

A page with 4 or more headings will automatically create a table of contents

Bullets and Numbering

Code	Result
* For bullets start each line * with an asterisk (*). ** More asterisks give deeper *** and deeper levels.	For bullets start each line with an (*). More asterisks give deeper and deeper levels.
# Start each line # with a number sign (#). ## More number signs give deeper ### and deeper ### levels.	Start each line with a number sign (#). More number signs give deeper and deeper levels.

Links

Description	Code	Result
Internal Link	[[Main Page]] [[Main Page|Alternate Link Text]]	Main Page Alternate Link Text
Bare External Link	http://www.psugcal.org	http://www.psugcal.org
External Link with Link Text Note the single bracket and the space between the link and the link text	[http://www.psugcal.org PSUGCal.org]	PSUGCal.org

For consistency, most links will display best as a bullet item, with the link followed by a description. So for this:

• PSUGCal.org - Home of the California PowerSchool User Groups.

Type this:

* [http://www.psugcal.org PSUGCal.org] - Home of the California PowerSchool User Groups.

Posting Code

Use <pre>Insert Code here</pre> to post code. Example:

<script>
$j(function() {
    /* place the family id row at the beginning of the table */
    $j("table:first").prepend($j("#familyidrow"));
....

Tables

The "Advanced" toolbar in the editor can help with table formatting. But here is an example:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Column 1 !! Column 2 !! Column 3
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
|
A table row doesn't have to be one line of code
||
You can use line breaks for easier coding
||
It doesn't make a difference
|}

Will produce this:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Example	Example	Example
A table row doesn't have to be one line of code	You can use line breaks for easier coding	It doesn't make a difference

Files

More content coming soon.