Help:User Guide

This is the official user guide for Forklift Certified Video Games (FCVG) written by Admin to assist both new and seasoned editors in the usage of the site. Here you will learn how to utilize the many features of the site and to work with Wikitext. Feel free to navigate to your desired topic from the contents box below.

Account

FCVG requires you to have an account to create and edit content. To receive the neccessary permissions your account must have a verified e-mail address. Upon account creation a link to verify your e-mail address is sent to your inbox.

Account creation

To create an account and start editing the wiki, simply press Create account in the upper right corner of the site. FCVG does not require you to add any personal information to register, however during registration you can choose to include your real name if you wish. Your email-address is used to activate your account and to reset your password in case you forget it.

Social profile

Your social profile displays information about your activity on the site, such as friends, statistics and your personal message board.

Wiki userpage

In addition to your user profile you are free to create your own wiki userpage which is linked from your profile as shown below: USER PROFILE You are free to be creative and make your wiki userpage unique. You can write about video games, forklifts, and anything in between. You can even use it as your personal blog.

Preferences

In the preferences of your account you can change your password and set your preferred language among many other things. You can find the link to your user preferences at the top right corner of the site while logged in.

Creating and editing pages

The following section explains the standard method of page creation and editing here at FCVG. You can use the visual editor for easy page creation by filling in form fields within our custom template, or you can use the source editor for more advanced formating using the simple but powerful Wikitext markup language.

Create page with Template

This is by far the most user friendly way to create and edit wiki pages, and you don't even need to know how MediaWiki works! While logged in you will see two input fields with buttons on top of the main page. Create game page and Create forklift page. These buttons are linked to their respective templates. After you input the name of the video game or forklift you want to create, simply press the corresponding button next to the input field and the page will be created with the text you wrote as its title. CREATE BUTTONS MAIN PAGE While inside the newly created page you can press the edit tab. This will take you to the visual editor. Here you can write page content as you want directly onto the page, as the Visual Editor works similarily to any other word processing software like Word. With the template comes some default headlines like "Gameplay" for a game page, and "Design" for a forklift page. Feel free to delete these and write your own headlines as you see fit. Additionally the infobox on the right side of the page can be double-clicked to bring up the template form. Simply fill in the input fields within the form and press apply. To upload a cover photo to be inserted into the image input field, please refer to the UPLOADING FILES SECTION. Please follow the rules when contributing!

Create page by search

If you don't want to follow our template you can simply type the title of the page you want to create into the search box at the top right of the page. This will take you to the search results and a red link to the new page (if it doesn't exist). By clicking the red link you are taken directly to the source editor and can start creating. You can also switch to the visual editor whenever you like for visually creating the page. You can read more about editing without a template in the editor tables below. Please follow the rules when contributing!

Visual editor

The visual editor is known for its easy to use interface, yet powerful functions. It works in a similar fashion to Word and enables you to write text directly onto the page, while using the toolbar at the top to style the text or insert images, galleries, tables, links and references (Cite dropdown).

Source editor

The source editor is for wiki power users and can be intimidating at first. However it gives complete freedom of creativity, and as soon as you get the hang of basic Wikitext it becomes a loyal companion. Please refer to the Wikitext basics section further down in the guide to utilize the full potential of the source editor.

Moving pages

If the title url of a page is incorrect/mistyped you can request it to be moved to a new title/url. To do so, hover over the dropdown menu tab and select Move. MOVE PAGE Now you can write the new title of the page and press the Move page button.

Wikitext basics

Wikitext allows you to style your page content to your needs. It's relatively easy to use and gives you full control over the page design. You can toggle on the preview window in the source editor to see the changes to your content in real time.

Infobox

Infoboxes are tables commonly used to display important information about the topic of each page. They are usually placed to the upper right of the rest of the page content. To achieve this we place the following code to the top of the page within the source editor: {| class="wikitable infotable" style="float: right; display: block; margin: 0px 10px 10px 15px;" |colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"|Example-title |- |colspan="2"|[[File:example-image.png|frameless|center|Example-image-text]] |- |Release||01. January 2000 |- |Developer(s)||Example-developer |- |Publisher(s)||Example-publisher |- |Platform(s)||Example-platform<br>Example-platform 2 |- |Genre(s)||Example-genre<br>Example-genre 2 |- |Mode(s)||Example-mode |} Now you can replace the example fields in the infobox table manually with the proper content you want displayed on the page.

Line break and headers

To make a line break in the text, simply use the following tag: <br>

Headers are used to divide text into sections. It also automatically creates the contents box at the top of the page, linking to the sections making it easier to navigate for the reader. To make a header 1 text place your text within two equals signs: = My header 1 text = Use four equal signs for secondary headlines: == My header 2 text == Or six equal signs for header 3: === My header 3 text ===

Links

To add internal links just wrap the link to the page you want to link to using double brackets: [[Link to internal page]] To make a custom link text do this: [[Link to internal page|Custom link text]] To add external links use single brackets, and separate the URL from the custom text at the end like this: [https://example-external-link.com Example custom text]

Categories

Category is a MediaWiki namespace where other pages within the category are listed alphabetically. The category namespace is different from the main namespace by having the prefix Category: in front of the page name. For example, the Video Games category consists of all pages on the site that are video games. To make your page part of the video games category, you would simply write the following at the bottom of the page. [[Category:Video Games]] You can add as many categories as you see appropriate for each page. If you insert a category that doesn't exist, it will give a red link at the very bottom of the page, and if you click the red link it will take you to the page creation of the new category. FCVG category pages should be simple and informative, with a short definition or explanation of what it is about. If you want to display a link to a category, for example within the infobox on your page, use a colon sign after the brackets like this: [[:Category:Single-player|Single-player]]

Images

To upload an image to use on your page you can press the Upload file link in the left sidebar of the page, or navigate to the Images and media button in the toolbar of the source editor. SOURCE EDITOR TOOLBAR To use your uploaded image on your page, simply place the image name into file tags like this: [[File:Uploaded_image.jpg|frameless|center|Example-image-text]] The image name can be found on the uploaded image page, or you can open the image and copy it directly from the browser URL. Note: The maximum size limit per image is 1MB.

Gallery

If you want to include an image gallery to your page you can press the Picture gallery button in the editor toolbar or use the following tags: <gallery> example-image.jpg|example-image-text </gallery> If you want to make a slideshow gallery the code will look like this: <gallery mode="slideshow" style="margin: 0px;"> example-image.jpg|example-image-text </gallery>

References

Referencing (also called citing) can be done by clicking the Reference button in the source editor toolbar, or the Cite button in the visual editor. SOURCE EDITOR TOOLBAR 2 VISUAL EDITOR TOOLBAR FCVG uses the Cite extension which provides footnotes to a page. Note that the reference tags in the text differ from the reference tag in the footnote. You will need both to make a complete reference. To make a complete reference you would simply insert the following code. <ref>Author. Example, ''Example reference title'', retrieved 01 January, 2000, from https://example.website.com</ref> == Notes == <references />

Examples

Following is an example page made with all of the Wikitext syntaxes we have learned in this guide.

Example page

Try to copy the code below into your own page draft and preview it to get a feel of how it works. When you are ready you can edit the different parts to fit the page you want to create and press the Save page button when it's ready for publishing. {| class="wikitable infotable" style="float: right; display: block; margin: 0px 10px 10px 15px;" |colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"|Example-title |- |colspan="2"|[[File:example-image.png|thumb|center|example-image-text]] |- |Release||01. January 2000 |- |Developer(s)||Example-developer |- |Publisher(s)||Example-publisher |- |Platform(s)||[[:Category:Example-platform|Example-platform-text]]<br>[[:Category:Example-platform 2|Example-platform-text 2]] |- |Genre(s)||[[:Category:Example-genre|Example-genre-text]]<br>[[:Category:Example-genre 2|Example-genre-text 2]] |- |Mode(s)||[[:Category:Example-mode|Example-mode-text]] |} Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text, Introduction text. <br> = Heading 1 = Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text. == Heading 2 == Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text. === Heading 3 === Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text, Example text. <br> <gallery> Example-image.jpg|Example-image-text<ref>Author. Example, ''Example reference title'', retrieved 1 January, 2000, from https://example.website.</ref> </gallery> <br> = See also = [https://example-external-link.com Example custom text] = Notes = <references /> [[Category:Example-category]] [[Category:Example-category 2]] Use this example page as reference to create your own page!

Further reading

If you are in need of further assistance with the syntax of Wikitext you can tap the Help option in the editor.

You can also visit the Help:Cheatsheet page on Wikipedia where you'll find a list of the most common Wikitext.

This concludes the user guide for FCVG. Feel free to contact the admin if you get stuck somewhere. Happy contributing!