| 8 | | Editing wiki text is easy, using any web browser and a simple formatting system (see WikiFormatting), rather than more complex markups like HTML. |
| 9 | | The reasoning behind its design is that HTML, with its large library of nested tags, is too complicated to allow fast-paced editing, and distracts from the actual content of the pages. Note though, Trac also supports [wiki:WikiHtml HTML] and [wiki:WikiRestructuredText reStructuredText] as alternative markup formats. |
| | 8 | The main goal of the wiki is to make editing text easier and ''encourage'' people to contribute and annotate text content for a project. Trac also provides a simple toolbar to make formatting text even easier, and supports the [http://universaleditbutton.org/Universal_Edit_Button universal edit button] of your browser. |
| 11 | | The main goal of the wiki is making editing text easier and '''encourage''' people to contribute and annotate text content for a project. |
| | 10 | The wiki itself does not enforce any structure, but rather resembles a stack of empty sheets of paper, where you can organize information and documentation as you see fit, and later reorganize if necessary. |
| | 11 | As contributing to a wiki is essentially building an hypertext, |
| | 12 | general advice regarding HTML authoring apply here as well. |
| | 13 | For example, the ''[http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style Style Guide for online hypertext]'' explains how to think about the |
| | 14 | [http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/Structure.html overall structure of a work] |
| | 15 | and how to organize information [http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/WithinDocument.html within each document]. One of the most important tip is “make your HTML page such that you can read it even if you don't follow any links.” |
| 13 | | Wiki itself does not enforce any structure, but rather resembles a stack of empty paper sheets, where you can organize information and documentation as you see fit, and later reorganize if necessary. |
| 14 | | |
| 15 | | For more help on editing wiki text, see: |
| 16 | | * WikiFormatting |
| 17 | | * WikiPageNames |
| 18 | | * WikiNewPage |
| 19 | | * TracLinks |
| 20 | | * WikiMacros |
| 21 | | * WikiProcessors |
| | 17 | Learn more about: |
| | 18 | * WikiNewPage creation, which can be configured to start from a [PageTemplates page template] |
| | 19 | * WikiFormatting rules, including advanced topics like WikiMacros and WikiProcessors |
| | 20 | * How to use WikiPageNames and other forms of TracLinks which are used to refer in a precise way to any resource within Trac |
| 25 | | Some more information about wiki on the web: |
| 26 | | * http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki |
| 27 | | * http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory |
| 28 | | * http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks |
| | 24 | Before saving your changes, you can ''Preview'' the page or ''Review the Changes'' you've made. |
| | 25 | You can get an automatic preview of the formatting as you type when you activate the ''Edit Side-by-side'' mode. '' There is a [wiki:/TracIni#trac-section configurable delay] between when you make your edit and when the automatic preview will update.'' |
| | 26 | |
| | 27 | Some more information about wikis on the web: |
| | 28 | * A definition of [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki], in a famous wiki encyclopedia |
| | 29 | * The [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory History] of the original wiki |
| | 30 | * A wiki page explaining [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks why wiki works] |
| | 31 | |
| | 32 | ---- |
| | 33 | See also: TracGuide |
