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- | ====== Style Guidelines (Wiki Edits) ====== | + | ====== Style Guidelines (Wiki Editing) ====== |
===== 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" on the [[https:// |
===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ||
- | * Avoid using specialized | + | |
- | * Avoid non-standard abbreviations/ | + | |
- | * Avoid using the word " | + | * Avoid the word " |
- | * Avoid using underlining. It's obsolete. | + | * Avoid underlining. It's obsolete |
- | * Please use the standard formatting conventions used for type, such as \\ (sub)Heading levels and body text. | + | * Please |
- | * Please | + | * Please use a spell checker. Firefox' |
- | * Please use a spell checker. Firefox' | + | * When referring to FreshTomato |
- | * When referring to menus, please | + | * Avoid using quotation marks, |
- | * Avoid using quotation marks. Most of the time, they aren't appropriate. | + | * Please surround filenames with double quotation marks. For example, " |
- | * Please use rounded brackets () and not square brackets. Square brackets are generally not appropriate here. | + | * Please use rounded brackets () . Square brackets are generally not appropriate here. \\ \\ |
===== Layout/ | ===== Layout/ | ||
- | Following guidelines makes pages easier to understand, more pleasant to read, and eaiser | + | Following |
- | | + | The FreshTomato wiki uses [[https:// |
- | * Indicate web interface menu paths like this: "navigate | + | |
- | * Always use the standard | + | Focus on content. |
- | * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. Quotation marks are rarely appropriate, and should | + | |
- | * Avoid underlining. It was considered | + | \\ |
- | * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. | + | |
- | * Command | + | |
- | * Variables should be italicized. | + | * Subheadings use the Heading2 format. \\ \\ |
+ | * Subheadings below that use the Heading3 format. \\ \\ | ||
+ | * Indicate web interface menu paths using the name of the menu, unless there is another menu with a similar name. | ||
+ | * For example, you can refer to the Admin Access menu. However... | ||
+ | * You should add a "/" and top node when referring | ||
+ | * Always use the "Tomato" | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Avoid quotation marks. | ||
+ | * When slang is used. | ||
+ | * When expressing, something precise separate from the text body, such as a filesystem path. \\ \\ | ||
+ | * Avoid underlining. It's been obsolete since the 1980s. | ||
+ | * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. | ||
+ | * Unless they are in a code window, command | ||
+ | * Variables should be //italicized | ||
+ | * Process/ | ||
+ | * Avoid using dividing lines. They are mostly obsolete. Better spacing, and modern formatting methods work better. \\ \\ | ||