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style_guidelines [2022/03/13 01:06] – :) djk44883 | style_guidelines [2023/04/22 20:48] – [Layout/Formatting Guidelines] - 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 user " | + | 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 " |
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Following style guidelines makes pages easier to understand, more pleasant to read, and easier on the brain and eyes. | Following style guidelines makes pages easier to understand, more pleasant to read, and easier on the brain and eyes. | ||
- | Focus on content. | + | Focus on content. |
* Add a meaningful title for each wiki page, and format it with the Heading1 format. | * Add a meaningful title for each wiki page, and format it with the Heading1 format. | ||
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* Always use the standard Tomato theme when taking screenshots. This is set in the [[admin-access|Admin Access]] menu. | * Always use the standard Tomato theme when taking screenshots. This is set in the [[admin-access|Admin Access]] menu. | ||
- | \\ {{: | + | \\ {{: |
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- | \\ | + | * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. They are rarely appropriate, |
- | * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. | + | * Avoid underlining. It' |
- | * They are rarely appropriate, | + | |
- | * Avoid underlining. It has been considered obsolete since the 1980s. It makes text harder to read. | + | |
* Avoid using the word “NOTE”. There is a section titled "< | * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. There is a section titled "< | ||
* Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be set in the '' | * Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be set in the '' | ||
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* Process/ | * Process/ | ||
* Avoid using dividing lines. Better spacing, and other formatting methods work better. | * Avoid using dividing lines. Better spacing, and other formatting methods work better. | ||
- | * Avoid excessive unnecessary blank lines. | + | |
- | * If you've read this far you've noticed several points just repeat from one section to the next. Been like this since the beginning, but this isn't as important as nit-picking and minor nonsense editing. any one notice? | + | |