Sample page

Formatting a wiki page

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

Mediawiki automaticallly ceates a title from the name in the URL.

1. First element on a wiki page are the categrories the page belongs into and if applicable redirects (see below=

[[Category:xxx]]

2. Second element is an explanation what the page is about. If it is a help page for a menu (opening from a ? icon on the top) the path is mentioned.

This page is about the menu  (SETTINGS) PAGENAME > PAGENAME XXX followed by explanation on what to find on this page. 

Diese Seite ist über das Menue  (KONFIGURATION) PAGENAME

3. Some pages have a summary box (used for slide out help) or important things to know. This section has a meaningful heading in a h1 = =

Summary / Zusammenfassung heading in a h1 = =

This is a summary

Format of a warning if required.

What you should know before you start / Was Sie wissen und tun sollten, bevor Sie loslegen heading in a h1 = =

Introductory text if required

4. Next element is a table of content __TOC__ which will be automatically generated from the headlines.

5. Put the first heading after the table of content

= = Heading 1

== == Heading 2

=== === Heading 3

==== ==== Heading 4

Put the heading text in the middle. All headings can be seen below.

Headline 1

Headline 2

How to format

Bold, italic, underline (not used)

italic

bold

bold & italic

Underline (not used)

Lists

Bulleted list:

• - definition

• ul list
  • ul list
    • ul list

Numered list

1. - definition

2. ol list
3. ol list
   1. ol list
      1. ol list

no [[wiki]] ''markup'' used for content which should not show in wiki format i.e. links which should not be clickable.

Horizontal line Text before used on the news to separate the news (first before a line is shown in the news module on the Dashboard)

---

Text after

Links

internal link (pipe)

Link to category page

external link (no pipe)

Highlights, warnings, icons

Warning used to point at information which is critical

Format of an important warning

Tip used for additional functions, references etc.

Required Skills:

Info

Use the context help for information on each setting. used for reference to the context help

used for reference to the settings menu left

used for reference to the user menu top

Click on the 'User' icon on the top right and then on 'Account Management (in the old control panel SUB ACCOUNT in the top right)

Klicken Sie auf das 'User Icon' oben rechts und dann auf 'Account Management' (im alten Control Panel gehen Sie zu SUB ACCOUNTS im Menu oben rechts)

Click on the 'Copy con' to apply the value to other properties/rooms

Klicken Sie auf das 'Kopieren Icon' um die Eingabe auf andere Unterkünfte/Einheiten zu übertragen

Used for news about new feature

Used for news about upgrade

Used for news important info

Used for news new partner

Used for news

Used for news webinar

website

Specific CSS

You can apply you own CSS.

Inline style red text used to apply individual css - only for temporary special formatting on the start pages. For other formats classes should be created.

Inline style green text

Hide content which is being worked on

Hide a section NOTE: Hidden content can not have headlines because headlines are not hidden

Code snippets

Code (if you need to quote code snippets or examples):

Source code -> used for code examples, on many pages pre (blue box) is used for code which should be replaced

<script> var addUrlParamsToIframeSrcs = function () { const validParameters = ["checkin","checkout","numnight","numadult","numchild","ownerid","propid","roomid","referer","redirect","lang","group","nogroup","category1","category2","category3","category4", "customParameter"]; const iframeAttrIdentifier = "ourIframe"; const currentUrl = new URL(window.location.href); let parametersString = ""; validParameters.forEach(parameter => { const parameterValue = currentUrl.searchParams.get(parameter); if (parameterValue !== null) { parametersString += "&" + parameter + "=" + parameterValue; } }); const iframes = document.getElementsByTagName("iframe"); for (let iframe of iframes) { if (iframe.getAttribute(iframeAttrIdentifier) !== null) { let iframeSrc = iframe.getAttribute("data-src"); if (!iframeSrc.includes("?")) { iframeSrc += "?"; } iframeSrc += parametersString; iframe.setAttribute("src", iframeSrc) } } } addUrlParamsToIframeSrcs(); </script>

{

"authentication":

{

"apiKey": "my_very_secret_api_key",

"propKey": "secret_key_for_prop_XXXXXX"

},

"bookId": "[BOOKID]",

"invoice":

[

{

"description": "Booking.com Commission",

"status": "",

"qty": "1",

"price": "-[COMMISSIONNUM]",

"vatRate": "7.00",

"type": "0",

"invoiceeId": ""

}

]

}

Tables

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables

Item	Quantity
0.3 kg	$0.65
0.125 kg	$1.25

Table
Item	Quantity	Price
Bread	0.3 kg	$0.65
Butter	0.125 kg	$1.25
Total		$1.90

Examples

Example on individual page: https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/Combine_individual_rooms_into_a_roomtype

Use "Collapsible" if there are many examples on the page or if examples are long.

Step by step instructions

Step 1: Summary of what do do

You need to.....

• Do this
• Do that

Step 2: : Summary of what do do (optional)

add optional if the step is not required

Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

Step 1: Collapible

1. do this
2. Press SAVE

Collapsible elements

Used for FAQ, Examples

Example: Headline for collapsible text

This is the collapsed text.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Collapsible_elements

If there are many issues or the page is already long

"Room code is not unique" warning when saving in Beds24.

Each Booking.com room id is unique and can be mapped to only one room in Beds24. If you enter the same Booking.com room id more than once the room updates will overwrite each other causing inaccurate information being sent to Booking.com which will cause overbookings.

Images and Files

Reference https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images

Add image: http://recordit.co/Y6MG4bnTiR

You can adjust the size by changing the number of px

Images with a "view large link" - images can be animated gifs

view large

linked image

Centered

You might need to do a couple of hard refreshes to see the uploaded image. Or try a different browser.

pdf

Download the tutorial

Youtube

MP4 upload

Load video

Local File

Local File might collect personal data.

ContinueDismiss

Centered

Load video

Local File

Local File might collect personal data.

ContinueDismiss

Change file

If the file is already uploaded and you want to change it open it - if you know the filename you can replace the imagename, then uplaod new.

https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/file:IMAGENAME.png

https://wiki.beds24.com/wikiDE/index.php/Datei:IMAGENAME.png

Make a redirect

#REDIRECT [[pagename]]

#REDIRECT [[:Category:Glossary]]

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects

How to

Add new user

Access wiki https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/Special:CreateAccount

All pages and categories

https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/Special:AllPages

https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/Special:Categories

Change the general CSS

https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.css

https://wiki.beds24.com/wikiDE/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.css

Change sidebar navigation

https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&action=edit

https://wiki.beds24.com/wikiDE/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&action=edit

References

Sample context help

https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/Setting/sample

All special pages

https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/Special:SpecialPages

Mediawiki help

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents