Jesus Wiki:Direct editing

A Note for Bible Editors group members

Editing modes

Members of the bible editors group are allowed to edit almost everything in this wiki, including pages in restricted "Bible" namespaces where bible verses and outlines are stored.

There are two ways to edit wiki content:

• Edit with forms mode is used whenever is possible to provide users with a structured interface for data entry.
• Direct editing mode allows to edit page code directly like in a notepad. It gives more power to editors but requires certain skills and responsibility. The corresponded "Edit" tab triggering the direct editing mode is hidden everywhere in order to make interface and regular user workflow cleaner and smoother.

How to enter the direct editing mode?

No tab? No problem. You may use a keyboard shortcut to start editing page code directly:

Ctrl + Shift + e

Macintosh users, please, try:

control + option + e

Other shortcuts?

How to edit?

NB A page code consists of content fragments and pieces of a technical markup (parser functions, scripts, magic words, special symbols, etc). Please, keep to editing the human readable content and avoid changing the machine readable code unless you know what you are doing.

To succeed you need to be familiar with wiki markup. Once you are done, the workflow is pretty simple:

• Enter direct editing mode
• Make necessary changes
• Preview the result (Recommended. Try Ctrl+Shift+p / control+option+p in edit mode)
• Save changes

How to undo?

You have committed a mistake? In the wiki everything may be undone. It is good. Click on View history tab and you will be taken to the interface where you can compare different revisions and undo undesired edits. To avoid mistakes it is recommended to preview your page before saving.