How to edit a page

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Edit an Existing Page

1. Type the topic you are interested in in the search box in the left panel of the page.
2. Clicking Search searches for the keyword that you entered anywhere (not just in the title) on any page.
3. Clicking Go searches for pages whose exact title matches what you just typed in
4. Once you have found the topic or page you were looking for, click on the title of the topic (i.e page) you would like to edit
5. Next, click on the edit button at the top of the page. Also, clicking the edit button in the upper right corner of each section enables an edit page for that particular section.

Basic wiki language

If you would like to practice editing, use the SandBox

Try opening the Sandbox in a separate window or tab and keeping this page open for reference.

Some operations but not all can be performed with the editing buttons.

By passing your mouse cursor over them, you can read what they do.

In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved.

In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.

Examples

What it looks like	What you type
Start your sections as follows: New section Subsection Sub-subsection Start with a second-level heading (==); don't use first-level headings (=). Don't skip levels (for example, second-level followed by fourth-level). A Table of Contents will automatically be added to an article that has four or more sections. If you do not want a table of contents, insert __NOTOC__ at the top of the page. If appropriate, place subsections in an appropriate order. If listing countries, place them in alphabetical order rather than, say, relative to population of OECD countries, or some random order.	==New section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection====
A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the function diff (used internally to compare different versions of a page). But an empty line starts a new paragraph. When used in a list, a newline does affect the layout (see below).	A single newline generally has no effect on the layout. These can be used to separate sentences within a paragraph. Some editors find that this aids editing and improves the function ''diff'' (used internally to compare different versions of a page). But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph. Please use this sparingly. Close markup between lines, do not start a link or italics or bold on one line and close it on the next.	You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph.
It's easy to create a list: Start every line with a star (asterisk). More stars means deeper levels. A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. An empty line starts a new list.	* It's easy to create a list: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars means deeper levels. **** A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. * An empty line starts a new list.
Numbered lists are also good very organized easy to follow easier still	# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow ### easier still
Definition list list of definitions item the item's definition another item the other item's definition Begin with a semicolon. One item per line; a newline can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.	; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition ; another item : the other item's definition
You can even create mixed lists and nest them like this can I mix definition list as well? yes how? it's easy as a b c	* You can even create mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this *#*; can I mix definition list as well? *#*: yes *#*; how? *#*: it's easy as *#*:* a *#*:* b *#*:* c
A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on Talk pages.	: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
When there is a need for separating a block of text the blockquote command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text.	<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote>
(See formula on right): This is useful for: pasting preformatted text; algorithm descriptions; program source code; ASCII art; chemical structures; WARNING: If you make it wide, you force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable, especially for people who use lower resolutions. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.	IF a line starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines will not wrap; ENDIF
Centered text. Please note the American spelling of "center."	<center>Centered text.</center>
A horizontal dividing line: this is above it and this is below it. Mainly useful for disambiguation - but to be used sparsely, only when separating completely different, unrelated (groups of) meanings separating threads on Talk pages.	A horizontal dividing line: this is above it ---- and this is below it.

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When do I need to redirect a page?

Sometimes a topic will have multiple names or abbreviations, and you will want to direct them all to one page.

For example take the page ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The names STEMI, MI, Acute MI, Myocardial Infarction, AMI all are redirected to the page ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

How do I make a redirect (redirect command)?

To redirect a page A to a different page B (also called target page), enter the following redirecting command at the top of redirecting page.

#REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE B]]

For example, to redirect the MI page ( redirecting page ) to the ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction page (target page), edit the MI page and enter:

#REDIRECT [[ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction]]

How do I make a redirect to a section in a page?

To redirect a page A to a section C(target section) in page B, enter the following redirecting command at the top of redirecting page.

#REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE B#Section C]]

For example, to redirect the Holosystolic Murmur page (redirecting page) to the Holosystolic (Pansystolic) Murmurs section (target section) in page Heart murmur, edit the Holosystolic Murmur page and enter:

#REDIRECT [[Heart murmur#Holosystolic (Pansystolic) Murmurs]]

What if I misspell the name of a page that I create?

If a spelling mistake occurs in a title such as STElevation Myocardial Infarction, it is not possible for a regular user to move the page with all its history. It is however possible to create a redirect. A new page ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction must be created first, and the contents from the old page must be copied manually. Then the old page STElevation Myocardial Infarction must be edited and its source code replaced by:

#REDIRECT [[ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Acute MI)]]

What are undesirable redirects?

Don't make (a redirect that points to another redirect); they don't work, they create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, and they make the navigational structure of the site confusing.

To learn more about redirects click here.

How do I change the color of a font?

Typing this:

 <font color="red">your text</font>

Yields this red text:

your text

Are there other colors? You can create text in any hexadecimal color.

Typing this:

 <font color="#1f4099">your text</font> 

Creates your text with hexadecimal color #1f4099:

your text

How do I display the computer code so that I can teach people the underlying commands?

Type <nowiki> before the content and type after the content </nowiki>

How do I change the size of a font?

The fonts come in sizes from 1 to 7. The standard size is 3, unless otherwise specified in the <body> or other tags.

Typing this:

 <font size="4">your text</font> 

Creates a bigger font size of size 4:

your text

Typing this:

 <font size="+1">your text</font>

Creates text with size 1 bigger than the standard:

your text

Typing this:

 <font size="-1">your text</font>

Creates text with size 1 smaller than the standard:

your text

How do I change the typeface of a font?

Typing this:

 <font face="Courier">your text</font> 

Makes text with Courier font:

your text

How do I insert an image?

For instructions on how to insert an image, Click here

How do I insert a reference?

To learn how to insert references Click here

How do I add a page to a category?

At some point it becomes useful to classify the information according to categories. An example of a category in use is this Help page (see link at the very bottom). To create a category, simply add (for each category) a line as follows:

 [[Category: Name of Category]] 

Typing this:

 [[Category:Cardiology]]

Adds the page to the Category of Cardiology chapters.

It is convention to insert these lines near the bottom of the wiki page. Once your edit is saved, the category will exist and add the page to it.

Please use one of the following approved categories to tag a page:

[[Category:Anesthesiology]]
[[Category:Cardiology]]
[[Category:Dermatology]]
[[Category:Emergency medicine]]
[[Category:Endocrinology]]
[[Category:Gastroenterology]]
[[Category:Gynecology]]
[[Category:Hematology]]
[[Category:Hepatology]]
[[Category:Immunology]]
[[Category:Infectious disease]]
[[Category:Nephrology]]
[[Category:Neurology]]
[[Category:Neurosurgery]]
[[Category:Obstetrics]]
[[Category:Oncology]]
[[Category:Ophthalmology]]
[[Category:Orthopedics]]
[[Category:Otolaryngology]]
[[Category:Pediatrics]]
[[Category:Primary care]]
[[Category:Psychiatry]]
[[Category:Pulmonology]]
[[Category:Radiology]]
[[Category:Rheumatology]]
[[Category:Surgery]]
[[Category:Urology]]
[[Category:Vascular medicine]]

How do I insert and remove a table of contents?

You add the text

 __NOTOC__ 

somewhere within the page (it can be added to the bottom of the page) in order to remove the table of contents.

Typing

 “__TOC__” 

will put a table of contents in the location of the text.

How do I create a 'Return to top' link?

For a long page with multiple sections, sometimes you might want your reader to be able to return to the top of the page without having to scroll all the way up. To do this, you can make a 'Return to top' link. You need to know the name of your page (Pagename) and to select a section (TopSection) from the top of the page (click here to learn how to create sections.)

In general,

  [[Pagename#TopSection|Return to top]]

creates the 'Return to top' link.

For example, on this page:

  [[Help:How to Edit a Page#Edit an Existing Page|Return to top]]

creates: Return to top

How do I upload a file to the site so it can be downloaded by others?

First, click on upload file on the toolbox menu to upload the file from your computer to WikiDoc.

How do I create a link to the file I just uploaded?

Put two square brackets on either side of the file's name to create a link to it so that it can be downloaded like this:

 [[whatever filename you give to the file]]

Example: You have uploaded a file named DSMB charter.doc

To create the link, you simply type:

 [[DSMB charter.doc]]

How do I edit the left sidebar?

In the search box type:

mediawiki:sidebar

This editing function may be restricted to administrators of WikiDoc.

How do I create a link straight to a picture?

Use the following syntax:

 {{filepath|name_of_file.jpg|some text that you want to appear}}

How do I put those big quotes around a section of a guidelines statement for instance?

You use the cquote temple and type this:

{{cquote|text goes here}}

And it looks like this:

“

text goes here

”

How do I upload a slide or a slideset for downloading?

1. First upload your slides to the server by clicking on the button on the left toolbar that says "Upload file" or by clicking here

2. Follow the instructions on that page.

3. There will be a box that says "Destination filename"

4. Copy the name of the file from this box

5. Insert the following code media:your filename goes here

How to Add a Twitter Feed

{{#widget:Twitter |user=type in the name here |width=auto |height=100 |count=10 |scrollbar |poll |tweets.color=#000000 |tweets.background=#f2f2f2 |tweets.links=#107bb5 |shell.color=#000000 |shell.background=#b8b8b8 }}

What About More Sophisticated Tools for Editing?

To access a more sophisticated tools set for editing, create a page called User:USERNAME/monobook.js. If your username was Johndoe the name of the page would be User:Johndoe/monobook.js

On this page type or paste the following text (it's a template and activates an editing compute program): {{subst:wikEd}}

If you are logged in, you can also access it here : Special:Mypage/monobook.js

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