Help:User Guide
This is the user guide for Forklift Certified Video Games written by the admin to assist both new and seasoned editors in the usage of the site.
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 become an editor, however during registration you can choose to include your email-address and real name if you wish. The email-address is used to reset your password in case you forget it.
User page
Your user page will initially be blank as you create your account. You can customize your user page like you would edit any other page to make it represent you. You are free to be creative and make your profile unique. If you are struggling with ideas FCVG recommend using the following setup for your user page. You can simply copy the code and paste it into your user page's source editor.
{| class="wikitable infotable" style="float: right; display: block; margin: 0px 10px 10px 15px;"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: #EAE4D5;"|User
|-
|colspan="2"|[[File:Forklift operator.png|thumb|center|example-image-text]]
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|Name||
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|Occupation||
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|Certifications||
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|Contact info||
|}
== About Me ==
== Skills & Experience ==
== Favorite Forklifts ==
== Favorite Video Games ==
Preferences
In the preferences of your account you can change your password and set your preferred language among many other things. Keep in mind that pages you create on the site must be in English. You can find the link to your account preferences at the top right of the site while logged in.
Page creation
The following section explains the standard method of page creation here at FCVG. You can use Wikitext in the source editor, which is a markup language consisting of syntax to format pages in MediaWiki.
To enter the source editor, make sure that the Create source option is enabled from the top menu when creating a new page.
If you are editing an existing page the option will be named Edit source.
Infobox
Infoboxes are commonly used to display important information about the topic of each page. They are usually placed to the right of the rest of the page content. To achieve this we place the following Wikitext code at the top of the page.
{| class="wikitable infotable" style="float: right; display: block; margin: 0px 10px 10px 15px;"
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-color: #EAE4D5;"|Example-title
|-
|colspan="2"|[[File:example-image.png|thumb|center|example-image-text]]
|-
|Release||
|-
|Developer(s)||
|-
|Publisher(s)||
|-
|Platform(s)||
|-
|Genre(s)||
|-
|Mode(s)||
|}
Let's break down the code above:
- { and } marks the beginning and end of the code snippet.
- class states that this is an infobox.
- style takes care of positioning of content and coloring of text and backgrounds.
- colspan tells MediaWiki to merge cells in the table together.
- | placed to the left is used to create a new column.
- || is used to create columns within a row.
- - creates a new row.
Images
To simply upload an image to use on your page you can press the Images and media button in the editor.
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 or use the following tags with the image source and text separated by |.
<gallery> example-image.jpg|example-image-text </gallery>
Automatic linking to pages
FCVG uses the LinkTitles extension. This means that instead of having to use tags for every link the extension will take care of the links to other pages within the site automatically. If you wish to exclude a word or a text from being autolinked you can wrap it in the following tags.
<noautolinks>This text will not have automatic links</noautolinks>
Categories
Category is a MediaWiki namespace where other pages within a 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.
Example page
Following is an example page made with all of the syntaxes we have learned in this guide. Try to copy the code below into your own page 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 at the bottom of the editor 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; background-color: #EAE4D5;"|Example-title
|-
|colspan="2"|[[File:example-image.png|thumb|center|example-image-text]]
|-
|Release||1. January 2000
|-
|Developer(s)||Example-developer
|-
|Publisher(s)||Example-publisher
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|Platform(s)||Example-platform<br>Example-platform 2
|-
|Genre(s)||Example-genre<br>Example-genre 2
|-
|Mode(s)||Example-mode
|}
<br>
<noautolinks>
== Heading 1 ==
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=== Heading 2 ===
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==== Heading 3 ====
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</noautolinks>
<br>
<gallery>
example-image.jpg|example-image-text
</gallery>
[[Category:Example-category]]
[[Category:Example-category 2]]
Note: To make a line break in the text, simply use the following tag.
<br>
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 the most common Wikitext syntax explained in detail.
This concludes the user guide for FCVG. Feel free to contact the admin if you get stuck somewhere. Happy contributing!