NOTE: The easiest way to create a new page:

1. Click the "Edit Page" link on any page (like the main page of this site)

2. Type two words together LikeThis? without a space. Make sure you capitalize the two words. This creates a page with that name. Use a player name for example.

3. Save the page you just edited.

4. You'll now see a question mark (?) next to the word you wrote.

5. Click that question mark and you'll be able to directly edit the page you created for that word.

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This FAQ page is currently under construction. Feel free to add more questions (and answers) here. --Pm

Miscellaneous Questions

Q: What exactly is a "wiki"?

A: See WikiWikiWeb for a description. Wikipedia also has an excellent article at Wikipedia:Wiki.

Q: Where can I practice editing?

A: The usual place to practice editing is in the WikiSandbox.

Q: How can I list pages in a specific group?

Use the SearchWiki to search for "<GroupName>/", this will list all pages in that group.

Q:Is there a way to get a complete count and listing of all of the Wiki Words on a Wiki or in a work group? Can the index be listed in chronological and/or alphabetical order? That way you could make a "glossary" and an "index".

A: See above on how to make listings of Wiki Words. The chronological/alphabetical order will probably require some changes to the PHP code, but it surely can be done.

Q: How can I list all pages?

Use the SearchWiki to search for "/", this will list all pages.

Q: How do I edit a page?

You can click on the link labelled Edit at the top/right part of the page, or at the bottom/left of the page. Yet another alternative is to add ?action=edit to the URL.

Q: How do I create a new page?

There are several ways. One way is to edit a (any) page where you create link to the new page, and then click on the question mark at the end of the link (ex:ANewPage?). Another way is to manually type in the URI of the new page ex: http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/PmWiki/ANewPage) and then click on the question mark after the text Describe ANewPage?. A third way is to manually type in the URI of the new page and append ?action=edit (ex: http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/PmWiki/ANewPage?action=edit). See also PmWiki.CreatingNewPages.

Markup Questions

Q: How can I do the equivalent of target="new" in a link?

A: Use %newwin% before your link, as in: http://www.google.com. If you want to have the link appear in a named window, you can use %target=windowname%. (See WikiStyles for more details.)

Q: How can I put the equivalent of an HTML "anchor" (<a name='...'>) in a page?

A: Use the markup [[#anchor]].

Q: How do I create a link to an anchor?

A: For an anchor within the same page, one can use [[#anchor link text]]. To link to an anchor within another page, use either PageName#anchor or [[PageName#anchor link text]].

Q: Is there a tag allowing HTML, JavaScript, or PHP to be embedded in wiki markup?

A: Not in PmWiki's default configuration, as this can introduce all sorts of security and markup problems that PmWiki tries to avoid. More details and discussion on this topic are available in the PmWikiPhilosophy, as well as PmWiki.Audiences. It is also possible for WikiAdministrators to add LocalCustomizations that enable embedded HTML (and possibly other language content) within wiki pages.

Q: Why does the attribute "height=100%" not work within [[table]] markup, while "width=100%" does?

A: "height" is not a valid table attribute for HTML.

Q: Is it possible to have a "Table of Contents" automatically generated for a wiki page from the page headings?

A: Not at present.

Q: How does PmWiki handle concurrent edits (multiple people editing the same page at the same time)?

A: At present, it doesn't--if two or more people attempt to edit the same page at the same time, then whoever hits "Save" last will determine the page contents. However, the other edits aren't completely lost--they will still appear in the page's revision history. There has been a lot of discussion on the pmwiki-users mailing list about ways to handle this, but so far it hasn't appeared to be a big enough issue to require immediate resolution.

Recently added questions (and perhaps also answers)

Q: Can I upload files? How?

Yes, but you need to ask for permission from Gator Country.

Q: How can I make a link to an uploaded file?

Use the directive Attach:<file>.

Q: How can I make an Attach:-link appear as something else?

Write something like this: [[Attach:<file> link text]].

Q: What special information pages are there on this site?

<ThisGroup>.RecentChanges, Main.AllRecentChanges, <ThisGroup>.RecentUploads?, Main.AllRecentUploads? and maybe more?

Q: Is there a way to modify the display formatting so that items in numbered sub-lists display the numbers of all their 'parents'?
e.g.

1. first item
   1. first sub-item, should be labelled 1.1
   2. this should be 1.2

etc..