Help:Contents

Before you start to add or change content, please read the articles about the

• Contribute to TechBase
• Wiki Structure
• Translation into other Languages
• Migrate Content
• List of active contributors, also contact points

[edit] Wiki Syntax

To get started with the MediaWiki syntax, read

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words

The most important commands are summarized in the Wikipedia Cheatsheet. Information about how to migrate content can be found here.

[edit] Tips

Syntax highlighting

Wrap your C++ Qt/KDE code snippets in <code cpp>, <code cpp n>, <code qt> and </code> to get syntax highlighting (cpp == c++, qt == qt) and numbered lines (n). Replace "cpp" with the language used, e.g. rubyqt for Ruby and pythonqt for Python (soon). Use "ini" for .desktop files, "xml" for XML files.

[edit] New Templates

To get a list of pages using a template, go to corresponding template page (e.g. Template:movepage) and click "What links here" in the toolbox.

{{movepage|url}}

Use this template to mark a page as not finished.

{{improve|explanation}}

Pages which need cleanups or contain empty sections and/or todos are marked with this template. Add an explanation if you want (optional)

{{tip|text}}

Use this template to add a tip for the reader.

{{note|text}}

Use this template to add an explanatory note.

{{warning|text}}

Use this template to add a warning.

{{qt|class-name}} and {{qt3|class-name}}

Use this template to generate a link to a Qt class, e.g. QWidget. For Qt3 classes use {{qt3|class-name}}

{{class|class-name}}

Use this template to generate a link to a KDE class, e.g. KDialog.

{{path|path-or-filename}}

Use this template for paths and filenames, this way all of them have a consistent style.

{{bug|123456}}

Use this template to automatically create a link to KDE's bugzilla.

{{KDE3}}

Use this template to mark the content of a page as applicable for either KDE 3. Don't tag technology agnostic pages. For KDE4 content, use [[Category:KDE4]].

{{TutorialBrowser|series|name|pre|next|reading}}

A template for tutorial navigation

{{Box|caption|text|width|float}}

Use this template to create a box with a caption and a text. The width parameter is optional and can be specified absolute (400px) or relative (50%). The last parameter is the float value, which is also optional and defaults to center.