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MidnightWiki has two components: a wiki and a forum. They are more or less integrated into a semi-coherent whole. The wiki is powered by the same software that runs Wikipedia, so the functionality is practically identical. You use this stuff called wikitext to mark up articles. The forum also uses wikitext. For more information on editing, go here.
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The Wiki
To create an article, type the name into the search box and hit Go. Then click the link that takes you the the article's edit page. Don't forget to categorize it when you're done by adding [[Category: (name) ]] to the bottom.
All articles have a discussion page. These should be used to discuss some aspect of that article that is not relevant to the material itself. If you have a comment that would fit into the article itself, add it directly to the article page.
Wiki-Forum Integration
You can create a new thread and then import it into the wiki. This technique is beneficial if you don't want others to be able to edit what you wrote. A forum thread is organized and everyone knows who said what.
To import a thread, add this code to the page in the place where you want the thread to appear:
<forum (options) > (thread number) </forum>
The thread number is a unique identifier that refers to the thread you want to import. To find it, look for the forum tag at the top right-hand corner of the thread (in the forum). You can directly copy the tag that appears there. Also, you can click on it and it will show you every page in the wiki that includes that thread.
Optional options are:
- order=desc causes the thread's newest posts to appear on top
- start=x causes the wiki thread to start with post number x
- limit=x causes only x number of posts to be displayed
- title=x changes the thread title
- style=quote will just get the plain text of a post, automatically sets limit to 1
Signing
We like accountability. So sign your contributions. To do that, click on the signature button on the edit toolbar.
Authoring
If your contribution is large, author it by clicking the author button on the edit toolbar. The article will be automatically placed into the category Author:yourname so others can look up everything you've authored. The category page that displays your authored articles will appear in the toolbox on your user page, as well as on your authored pages themselves. If you add content to your author page, that content will appear in your author signature.
Front Page Stuff
To add a new thing to the front page, respond in the appropriate thread and then update the start option of the forum extension so that your addition appears first (if necessary).
Change the Look of a Page
You can use the <skin> (name) </skin> extension to make a certain skin the automatic default for a certain page. This means that no matter what skin a user is using, they will always see that page with the skin configured by the extension. (name) should be in all lowercase letters.
If you're an uber web developer, you can then use the <style> (style-type) </style> extension to modify the page's css.
