How to Use This Wiki

Welcome to the IndieCade Wiki! This wiki serves as a documentation source for all things IndieCade, and as such, it's likely that you're viewing this guide because you want to edit or create a page. Following a few simple steps, you can easily create most anything you would want to on this wiki.

Edit a Page
Editing a page is very easy. Once you've found your page in question, simply click one of two anchors in the top right hand corner above the white content area, but underneath the search bar. "Edit" will take you to a visual editor, which is best used for novice users who may not be familiar with wiki syntax or stylistic practices. "Edit Source", however, is much more powerful than the Visual Editor which is enabled by the "Edit" option, and will allow you a wide range of stylistic options, wiki syntax editing, and more.

From the search box
If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and “🔍” button at the upper right of the page), then the following line will appear:

Create the page "New page" on this wiki!

It will be above any search results should any appear. Simply click on the link to open the new page for editing.

From a link
Following a links to a page that doesn't exist will open it for editing. On some wikis, you might not be able to create a new page unless you are logged in.

New page links typically look different from links to existing pages. Depending on settings, a different color or a question mark is used. (Sometimes links to new pages are called "red links", the display option of one of the settings). Links to non-existent pages are created with New page name from the wiki editor. (In this case, the empty page "New page name" would be created).

Links to non-existing pages are common. They are typically created in preparation for creating the page and/or to encourage other people to do so. Links are not only convenient for navigation, but also make people aware of the new page (those who read a related page and also those who watch the related page). New page links are not truly broken as long as the name correctly identifies the intended content. (A new page link with a "wrong" or misspelled name, or that duplicates content found under another name is "broken", but in a different sense.)

Of course, you can also create the link yourself, in a related page, index page or your user page. However, it may be better to wait to create links until after creating the new page, especially if the new link replaces one to an existing page. In this case, create the link but press Preview, instead of Save. From preview area, clicking the new link will create the new page (without updating the referring page).

Starting a page through the URL
Using the browser address bar to enter an URL to a new page is another way to start the new page process. Easier still is editing the pagename part of a URL for an existing page. Using the URL for the new page displays the default 'no article' message. The default page has the usual Edit this page link, which can be used to begin adding content.

Notify Admins
Once you have finished editing or creating a page, please notify the admins by adding a link using the Page Name syntax under the admin noticeboard section. This will allow us to verify the page has been formatted correctly and that it has been categorized in an appropriate manner.