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== How to create a new page ==
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== How to create a new page ? ==
 
On the browser address bar type :
 
On the browser address bar type :
 
<code> cepm.cs.odu.edu/<name of page> </code>
 
<code> cepm.cs.odu.edu/<name of page> </code>
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== How does formatting work ? ==  
 
== How does formatting work ? ==  
 
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting]
 
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting]
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== How to insert images ? ==
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<code> <nowiki> [[File:filename.extension|options|caption]] </nowiki> </code>
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see also:
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[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images]
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== How to insert formulas ? ==
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Write it in latex and convert it to image and upload it as usual.
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One way is to use an online service like http://quicklatex.com/
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Tip: in the image page add the latex code for future reference
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== How to (easily) create tables ? ==
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[http://www.tablesgenerator.com/mediawiki_tables http://www.tablesgenerator.com/mediawiki_tables]
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== How to convert mediawiki tables to Latex tables ==
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save the table in a text file and then use pandoc
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<code> pandoc <input_file.txt> -f mediawiki -t latex --standalone -o <output_file.tex> </code>
  
 
== How to insert code snippets with syntax highlight ? ==
 
== How to insert code snippets with syntax highlight ? ==
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example:
 
example:
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<div style="border:1px solid #ccc>
 
<source>
 
<source>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
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</syntaxhighlight>
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
</source>
 
</source>
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</div>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
 
def quickSort(arr):
 
def quickSort(arr):
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== How to insert citations ? ==
 
== How to insert citations ? ==
 
Wrap reference inside <code><nowiki> <ref> </ref> </nowiki></code>
 
Wrap reference inside <code><nowiki> <ref> </ref> </nowiki></code>
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example:
 
example:
 
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<div style="border:1px solid #ccc>
 
<source>
 
<source>
The Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref> The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>
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The Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref>  
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The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>
  
 
<references />
 
<references />
 
</source>
 
</source>
 
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The Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref> The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>
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The Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref>  
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The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>
  
 
=== References===
 
=== References===
 
<references />
 
<references />
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For more see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite#Usage https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite#Usage]
 
For more see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite#Usage https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite#Usage]

Latest revision as of 13:00, 7 September 2018

How to create a new page ?

On the browser address bar type : cepm.cs.odu.edu/<name of page> or cepm.cs.odu.edu/<namespace> : <name of page>

How does formatting work ?

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

How to insert images ?

[[File:filename.extension|options|caption]]

see also:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images

How to insert formulas ?

Write it in latex and convert it to image and upload it as usual.

One way is to use an online service like http://quicklatex.com/

Tip: in the image page add the latex code for future reference

How to (easily) create tables ?

http://www.tablesgenerator.com/mediawiki_tables

How to convert mediawiki tables to Latex tables

save the table in a text file and then use pandoc

pandoc <input_file.txt> -f mediawiki -t latex --standalone -o <output_file.tex>

How to insert code snippets with syntax highlight ?

Warp them in <syntaxhighlight> </syntaxhighlight> tags

example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line='line'>
def quickSort(arr):
	less = []
	pivotList = []
	more = []
	if len(arr) <= 1:
		return arr
	else:
		pass
</syntaxhighlight>
def quickSort(arr):
	less = []
	pivotList = []
	more = []
	if len(arr) <= 1:
		return arr
	else:
		pass

For more see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight

How to insert citations ?

Wrap reference inside <ref> </ref>

example:

The Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref> 
The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>

<references />

The Sun is pretty big.[1] The Moon, however, is not so big.[2]

References

  1. E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.
  2. R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.

For more see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite#Usage