Re: Big Brew Book 2.0
"Ian Pocock" <[email protected]>
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Zac, You're hilarious. Don't ever change. - Ian On 8/23/06, Zac Imboden <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have posted the outline for the Big Brew Book 2.0 under the Mixmaster's > section of the GoBiodiesel website. You can find the outline here: > http://www.gobiodiesel.org/index.php?title=Brew_Book_2.0 > > > Seth indicated that we should have our sections done by August 31st, 2006. > If you are a Luddite or otherwise feel uncomfortable posting to the website, > then ask me for help or send me an email with your work in plain text format > and I'll post it for you. > > Good luck. May the Force be with you... > > > > *Here is a quick guide to editing your section on the GoBiodiesel web > site:* > The concept: > Our web site uses a Wiki engine, which allows anyone in the world to edit > a page of the website right from their browser. Simply click an edit link > and away you go. To have fancy formatting with headers, subheaders, bullet > lists, etc, you have to know a few simple characters that the Wiki engine > will know to convert into the proper formatting. I've written up a very > simple guide to basic formatting tags to use. > > If you have problems, email [email protected] (sign up first if > you haven't included yourself: > > A simple guideline to using the Wiki format: > > 1) Any page that has an edit link is editable. Just click the word "edit" > and you will be given the page contents in a form field box, which you can > edit with your browser. When you are done editing, you can click "Preview" > to preview what your edits will look like. If you are satisfied with your > changes, you should then click "Save" to post those changes live to the web > site for all the world to see. > > 2) When not creating headlines or bullet lists, just plain paragraphs of > text will format as plain paragraphs of text. > > 3) To create a heading (larger text over a paragraph to title that > section), put two equal signs, ==, in front and at the end of your heading, > e.g.: ==A Sample Header== > You can divide any web page into main headings and then break those down > into subheadings. You can further break subheadings down into > subsubheadings, simply by adding more equals signs. > To create subheadlines, use more equal signs. The more signs the lower the > headline level. > e.g. ==A Main Header==, ===A Secondary Header===, ====A Tertiary > Header==== > (note: Because the Brew Book Outline is already organized into an outline > of top level headlines, when you write your section you should use only > subheadings or lower, e.g. ===, three or more equals signs on each side of > your headlines. > > > 4) To create a bullet list use either a single asterisk, *, or a single > pound, #, at the beginning of your list item, > e.g. *a list item, or #another list items. > Asterisks, *, give you bullets, while pound, #, gives you numbers. > > 5) To create indented items under a bullet list item, use more than one > asterisk or pound (like the headers), > e.g. **a nested list item or ##a nested numbered list item. The exception > to this rule is if you are mixing asterisks and pounds. To nest asterisk > items beneath a pound item, you just use one asterisk; conversely, nesting a > pound item beneath an asterisk item, use just one pound, e.g. > > *Bullet list item one > *Bullet list item two > #List item two A > #List item two B > > 6) EXAMPLE > > The following is an example of what you would get using headlines and > bullets: > > If you type the following in your text editor: > > ===Welcome to my Brew Book Section=== > > My name is Jane. This text will show up as a paragraph. > Here is an unnumbered bullet list: > *One Fish > *Two Fish > *Red Fish > *Blue Fish > > Here is a numbered list of my items: > #My intro > #My main section > #My conclusion > #A Nifty Appendix > *Glossary > *Bibliography > *Famous cat names > > > You then click "Preview" on the web page you will see the following: > > > Welcome to my Brew Book Section > > My name is Jane. This text will show up as a paragraph. > Here is an unnumbered bullet list: > • One Fish > • Two Fish > • Red Fish > • Blue Fish > > Here is a numbered list of my items: > > 1. My intro > 2. My main section > 3. My conclusion > 4. A Nifty Appendix > • Glossary > • Bibliography > • Famous Cat Names > > > (Note: see how adding asterisks directly underneath pounds in a list > automatically indents those items under the last pound item?) > > > > 7) More information > > For a more thorough guide to using Wiki format, check out: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Links_and_URLs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page%23Links_and_URLs> > It's actually a lot of fun. See if you can figure out how to add links to > other Wiki pages, links to external web sites and links for people's email > addresses. > > _______________________________________________ > mixmasters mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gobiodiesel.org/mailman/listinfo/mixmasters > > _______________________________________________ mixmasters mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gobiodiesel.org/mailman/listinfo/mixmasters