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==Creating a Page==
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===Using links===
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If you or any other contributor create a link to an article that does not exist yet, the link will be colored red, <span style="color: #ba0000">like this</span>.<br>
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| <span style="float: left;">[[File:ScholarSpiffo.png|250px|Float]]</span><span style="font-size:150%">'''Welcome to the<br>Zomboid help articles'''</span>
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Project Zomboid's complete guide to wiki editing


Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.<br>
New to wiki editing?


Once the page has been created, the link will automatically change from red to blue (or purple for pages you've already visited) indicating that the article now exists.
<span style="font-size:125%">'''[[Help:Editing for beginners|Get Started]]'''</span>
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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 150%; color:#000; background: #9AC0CD;"| <div class="header" style="align: center;"><small>'''Advanced resources'''<br></small> </div>
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:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates Writing templates]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words Magic words]
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:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces Namespaces]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_pages Special pages]
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:[[Help:Editing for beginners|Editing for beginners]]
:[[Help:Editing pages|Editing pages]]
:[[Help:Creating a new page|Creating a new page]]
:[[Help:Formatting|Formatting]]
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:[[Help:Links|Links]]
:[[Help:Images|Images]]
:[[Help:Tables|Tables]]
:[[PZwiki:Style guide|Style guide]]
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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 150%; color:#000; background: #9AC0CD;"| <div class="header" style="align: center;"><small>'''Basic resources'''<br></small> </div>
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:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages Editing pages]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Formatting]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help::Links Links]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Images]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Tables]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a new page]
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:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Subpages Subpages]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page Moving (renaming) a page]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories Categories]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages Talk pages]
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Cite References]
:[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of style|Manual of style]]
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Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later).<br>
[[Category:Help]]
 
If you are creating a new page without creating any link to it, you may need to ask yourself: Does this page really fit in with the topics already covered in the wiki? <br>
 
Also, how are you expecting visitors to find this page? Normally there is no reason to create a page without first creating a red link to it.
 
 
=== From the search box ===
 
If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box in the top right of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.
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=== Using the URL ===
 
You can also use a URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki usually looks like this: &nbsp;
 
<code><nowiki>https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Game_Modes</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code> &nbsp;
 
If you replace <code>'''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you want to create, you will be taken to a blank page, indicating that no article of that name exists yet.
 
Clicking the "Create" Tab at the top right of the page (next to the search function) will then take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.
 
 
== Formatting ==
 
You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.
 
=== Text formatting markup ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! width=45% | You type
! width=45% | You get
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! colspan="3" style="background: #CFCFCF" | Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
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| Italic text
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''italic''
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''italic''
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| Bold text
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'''bold'''
</pre>
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'''bold'''
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| Bold and italic
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'''''bold & italic'''''
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'''''bold & italic'''''
 
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| Escape wiki markup
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&lt;nowiki&gt;no ''markup''&lt;/nowiki&gt;
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<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
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! colspan="3" style="background: #CFCFCF" | Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
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| Section Headings of different levels
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=== Level 2 ===
 
==== Level 3 ====
 
====== Level 4 ======
 
======= Level 5 =======
 
========= Level 6 =========
 
</pre>
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