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Help

This site is set up as a Wiki. This will allow anyone who is given permission the ability to edit this site and make changes as they see fit all from the comfort of their web browser. To get permission to edit this site, you need to be related in some way to the Connecticut Filemaker Pro Developer Group. If this is the case feel free to email Tim and an account will be issued.

Things you can help with

Our Wiki Needs help. Please feel free to request an account from Tim and help us build this site. It is very easy to edit pages and set up links. You can even upload images and other files for visitors to see and download.

Things you can do to help this site

• Add links to the Links page
• Add Tips to the Tips page
• Fix any typo's you see
• Get other sites to link to us.

Editing

Editing our wiki can be fun, but you need to learn a few simple things to make it easy...

If you want to get started right away, print this cheat sheet as a quick quick to MediaWiki markup tags.

We suggest reviewing the wiki editing documentation for detailed help. You can do just about anything you want from the comfort of your favorite web browser.

Editing overview

Starting a new page

1. Page name

Referencing

1. Links
2. Piped links
3. Interwiki linking
4. Variables
5. URLs
6. Anchors
7. Footnotes

Formatting

1. Formulas
2. Lists
3. Tables
4. HTML in wikitext
5. Image & File uploads
6. Image page

Organizing

1. Sections
2. Templates
3. Categories
4. Redirects
5. Namespaces
6. Renaming (moving) a page
7. Page size

Fixing mistakes and vandalism

1. Reverting edits
2. Testing
   

Saving effort

1. Editing shortcuts
2. Edit toolbar
3. Magic words

Communicating

1. Edit summary
2. Talk page
3. Edit conflict
4. Minor edit

Special characters

1. Turkish characters
2. Romanian characters

Frequently Asked Questions