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style_guidelines [2022/02/03 16:22] – [Text Content Guidelines] hogwildstyle_guidelines [2022/02/03 16:28] – [Layout/Formatting Guidelines]-added process/module names changed code formatting hogwild
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 ===== Wiki Editing Rights ===== ===== Wiki Editing Rights =====
  
-To be able to edit the Wiki, you will need to get new user credentials. To request access, please send a personal message to @rs232, including your email address and preferred username.+To be able to edit the Wiki, you will need to get new user credentials. To request access, please send a personal message to user "rs232", including your email address and preferred username.
  
  
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   * Subheadings use the Heading2 format.   * Subheadings use the Heading2 format.
   * Subheadings below that use the Heading3 format.   * Subheadings below that use the Heading3 format.
-  * Indicate web interface menu paths like this: "navigate to //Administration/Admin Access//." (Use / to separate //italicized// menu nodes). +  * Indicate web interface menu paths like this: "//Administration/Admin Access//." (Use / to separate //italicized// menu nodes). 
-  * Always use the standard Tomato theme when taking screenshots. \\ {{:pasted:20210921-184547.png}} +  * Always use the standard Tomato theme when taking screenshots. 
-  * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. Quotation marks are rarely appropriate, and should generally only be used when quoting someone/ something directly, or when slang/colloquialisms are used. + 
-  * Avoid underlining. It was considered obsolete since the 1980s. + \\\\ {{:pasted:20210921-184547.png}} 
-  * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. We are considering adding NOTES section at the bottom of each page formatted with Heading2+ 
-  * Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be emboldenedlike this: **ssh root@192.168.10.1**+ \\ 
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 +  * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. Quotation marks are rarely appropriate, and should generally only be used when quoting someone/ something directly, or when slang/colloquialisms are used. In general, slang has no place on a technical wiki
 +  * Avoid underlining. It has been considered obsolete since the 1980s. 
 +  * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. There is a section titled "<Menu name> Notes" at the bottom of most pages
 +  * Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be set in the ''monospace'' fontor in a callout box.
   * Variables should be italicized.   * Variables should be italicized.
 +  * Process/Module names should be italicized to set them off from the main text. 
   * Avoid using dividing lines. Better spacing, and other formatting methods work better.   * Avoid using dividing lines. Better spacing, and other formatting methods work better.
  
  
style_guidelines.txt · Last modified: 2023/07/16 18:10 by hogwild