Editing Wiki How-To

== General Help ==
To edit a page, click the "Edit" button near the Page Title.  This will open a text area with the page's source text.  This can then be modified and when finished, a summary can be added and the "save changes" button can be pressed to save the changes.  These can be found below the Edit Text Area.


== Categories ==

To add a page or uploaded file to a category, simply edit the page and add the following text (where Project is the name of the category you want to add it to).

<pre style="background:AliceBlue">
[[Category:Project]]
</pre>

To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name (without this colon, the current page would be added to the category):

<pre style="background:AliceBlue">
[[:Category:Project | Project Category]]
</pre>

This will create a link with the text "Project Category" to the Project category page.


== Edit the Sidebar ==

To edit the sidebar, use the search bar to search for MediaWiki:Sidebar

then edit the page.  here is the default text:

<pre>
* navigation
** mainpage|mainpage-description
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges
** randompage-url|randompage
** helppage|help-mediawiki
* SEARCH
* TOOLBOX
* LANGUAGES
</pre>


== Help that used to be on the Main Page ==

Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

== Getting started ==
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]