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NOTICE: Don't Freak Out. It seems like a lot at first glance, and it is if you expect to understand everything at once. Just begin with the Basic Three Steps.If you want to get fancier later, you can.

Be aware there are two main parts to Palmpedia. One is the Wiki and one is the Forum. You can navigate between the two with the buttons at the top right. The Forum works as any other forum and should be familiar to most.

The Basic Three Steps pertain to the Wiki.

  • 1) Uploading a Photo
  • 2) Embedding a Photo
  • 3) Text Editing

First, watch the tutorial video for Uploading a Photo (Directly Below). Or just give it a try (it's fairly straightforward) by clicking on "Upload File" in the left sidebar. High quality photos of rare palms are always welcome. Other file types are uploaded in the same manner.

After you have uploaded a photo, read about Embedding a Photo. Then read the basics on Text Editing. That's all you really need to know. Others will help clean up or improve on anything you do. That is the concept behind a wiki. It's a total group effort. Try it. You'll like it. You can't break it. Everything is easily fixable. Every version of every page is saved and can be rolled back to any previous version.

TUTORIALS

1) Uploading a Photo - A video tutorial: You may notice a few changes since this video was made, but the main link to Uploading Photos is the same. Note that there is an option available in the "Special Pages" section for Multiple Uploads (under 'Upload Files') of up to ten photos at a time.

Short Quicktime Movie on Uploading Photos

Help With Embedding Photos on Pages

2)Embedding a Photo This link will help you understand the different ways to place a photo on any page you wish. Embedding Images

Text Editing Basics

3)Text Editing

Start editing
To start editing any Palmpedia page, click on the "edit" link at the top of the page. This will bring you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext: the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage. A few pages, such as the Mail Page, will be "protected." In other words, editing is not permitted.If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here.
Summarize your changes
You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes.
Preview before saving
When you have finished, press preview to see how your changes will look -- before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click "Save" and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
Minor edits
A logged-in user can mark an edit as "minor". Minor edits are generally spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. Users may choose to hide minor edits when viewing Recent Changes.
Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad Wikiquette. If you have accidentally marked an edit as minor, make a dummy edit, verify that the "[ ] This is a minor edit" check-box is unchecked, and explain in the edit summary that the previous edit was not minor.

Text formatting

Basic formatting

What it looks like What you type

You can emphasize text by putting two apostrophes on each side. Three apostrophes will emphasize it strongly. Five apostrophes is even stronger.

You can ''emphasize text'' by putting two
apostrophes on each side. Three apostrophes
will emphasize it '''strongly'''. Five
apostrophes is '''''even stronger'''''.

A single newline has no effect on the layout.

But an empty line starts a new paragraph.

A single newline
has no effect
on the layout.

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

You can break lines
without starting a new paragraph.
Please use this sparingly.

You can break lines<br>
without starting a new paragraph.<br>
Please use this sparingly.

You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:

Three tildes gives your user name: Karl Wick
Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: Karl Wick 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Five tildes gives the date/time alone: 07:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
You should "sign" your comments on talk pages:
: Three tildes gives your user name: ~~~
: Four tildes give your user name plus date/time: ~~~~
: Five tildes gives the date/time alone: ~~~~~

You can use HTML tags, too, if you want. Some useful ways to use HTML:

Put text in a typewriter font. The same font is generally used for computer code.

Strike out or underline text, or write it in small caps.

Superscripts and subscripts: x2, x2

Invisible comments that only appear while editing the page. Comments should usually go on the talk page, though.

You can use <b>HTML tags</b>, too, if you
want. Some useful ways to use HTML:

Put text in a <tt>typewriter font</tt>.
The same font is generally used for
<code>computer code</code>.

<strike>Strike out</strike> or
<u>underline</u> text, or write it
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">
in small caps</span>.

Superscripts and subscripts:
x<sup>2</sup>, x<sub>2</sub>

Invisible comments that only appear while editing the page.
<!-- Note to editors: blah blah blah. -->
Comments should usually go on the talk page, though.

Organizing your writing

What it looks like What you type

Section headings

Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.


Subsection

Using more equals signs creates a subsection.


A smaller subsection

Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs.

== Section headings ==

Headings organize your writing into sections.
The Wiki software can automatically generate
a table of contents from them.

=== Subsection ===

Using more equals signs creates a subsection.

==== A smaller subsection ====

Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.
Start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs.
  • Unordered lists are easy to do:
    • Start every line with a star.
      • More stars indicate a deeper level.
  • A newline
  • in a list

marks the end of the list.

  • Of course you can start again.
* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*A newline
*in a list  
marks the end of the list.
*Of course you can start again.
  1. Numbered lists are also good:
    1. Very organized
    2. Easy to follow

A newline marks the end of the list.

  1. New numbering starts with 1.
# Numbered lists are also good:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
A newline marks the end of the list.
#New numbering starts with 1.
  • You can even do mixed lists
    1. and nest them
      • or break lines
        in lists.
* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* or break lines<br>in lists.

Another kind of list is a definition list:

word 
definition of the word
longer phrase
phrase defined
Another kind of list is a '''definition list''':
; word : definition of the word
; longer phrase 
: phrase defined
A colon indents a line or paragraph.

A newline after that starts a new paragraph.

This is often used for discussion on Talk pages.
:A colon indents a line or paragraph.
A newline after that starts a new paragraph.
::This is often used for discussion on talk pages.

You can make horizontal dividing lines to separate text.


But you should usually use sections instead, so that they go in the table of contents.

You can make horizontal dividing lines
to separate text.
----
But you should usually use sections instead,
so that they go in the table of contents.

Advanced formatting

What it looks like What you type

Simple Table:

cell1 cell2 cell3
cell4 cell5 cell6
cell7 cell8 cell9
''Simple Table'':
{|border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300"
|cell1||cell2||cell3
|-
|cell4||cell5||cell6
|-
|cell7||cell8||cell9
|}

Advanced Table:

head1 head2 head3
cell1 cell2 cell3
cell4 cell5 cell6
cell7 cell8 cell9
''Advanced Table'':
{|border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300"
|- bgcolor="#ffeeee"
!head1!!head2!!head3
|-
|align="right"|cell1
|style="color: red"|cell2
|style="color: green"|cell3
|-
|cell4||cell5||cell6
|- style="color: blue"
|cell7||cell8||cell9
|}

Box (really just another table):

message in the box
''Box (really just another table)'':
{| align="center" style="border: #999999 1px solid; 
background: #dddddd; width: 80%; text-align: center;
font-size: 90%"
|message in the box
|}

See also


Palmbox

Documentation: Doc Page
Support: Discussion Page