Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tutorial Answers

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 * What is CSS?
 * D. All of the above


 * What is WIkitext?
 * A. Simplified form of HTML


 * What is HTML?
 * B. Language for all the Internet

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Introduction

 * Where are square brackets used?
 * C. Used in links


 * Where are pipes used?
 * B. Internal links


 * What are <> used for?
 * C. Div tags

Back to Introduction

Exercises

 * 1) =Kentucky Genealogy=
 * 2) ===History===
 * 3) ===Vital Records===
 * 4) ====Birth Certificates====

Quick Quiz

 * We don't use Header Ones in FamilySearch Wiki articles
 * True


 * Header Five and Six are rairly used
 * True


 * Header Two work well in FamilySearch WIki
 * False


 * Avoid using Header Three and Header Four in articles
 * False

Back to Headers

Exercises

 * Coding for unordered list:
 * *Birth Certificates
 * *Land Records
 * *Probate Records
 * *Census
 * *Vital Records


 * This is how the unordered lists will appear:
 * Birth Certificates
 * Land Records
 * Probate Records
 * Census
 * Vital Records


 * Coding for ordered list:
 * #World
 * #North America
 * #United States of America
 * #State of Missouri
 * #Jackson County
 * #Independence


 * This is how the ordered list will appear:
 * World
 * North America
 * United States of America
 * State of Missouri
 * Jackson County
 * Independence

Quick Quiz

 * If you have a cooking recipe, which list would you use to show the steps?
 * A. Ordered List


 * If you were listing your favorite foods in order of preference, which lists would you use?
 * A. Ordered List


 * If you were listing the contents of your pockets, which list would you use?
 * B. Unordered List

Back to Lists

Nested Lists
To practice nesting unordered lists, in your sandbox create an list with the following items: Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts and Grains. In between each item list three varieties. Here is the coding you should have entered: *Fruits **Apples **Pears **Oranges *Vegetables **Peas **Carrots **Corn *Nuts **Walnuts **Peanuts **Almonds *Grains **Wheat **Soybeans **Barley Here's how the links would look on a page:
 * Fruits
 * Apples
 * Pears
 * Oranges
 * Vegetables
 * Peas
 * Carrots
 * Corn
 * Nuts
 * Walnuts
 * Peanuts
 * Almonds
 * Grains
 * Wheat
 * Soybeans
 * Barley

To practice nesting ordered list, in your sandbox create an ordered list with the following items: North American, United States of America, State of Missouri and Jackson County. In between each item list three items that apply.


 * If you were nesting a list of states in no particular order in a list of countries, which list would you use?:
 * B. Unordered List


 * If you were nesting a list of states by size in a list of countries by size, which lists would you use?
 * A. Ordered List

Nesting Lists

Exercises

 * Here is the coding for the links:
 * Wikipedia
 * FamilySearch
 * Kentucky
 * California
 * Nevada Research Tools
 * Glamorganshire Topics
 * HTML lessons


 * This is how they appear on the page: Try them out.
 * Wikipedia
 * FamilySearch
 * Kentucky
 * California
 * Nevada Research Tools
 * Glamorganshire Topics
 * HTML lessons

Quick Quiz

 * How many square brackets for Internal Links?
 * B. Two


 * How many square brackets are necessary for external links?
 * A. One


 * How do you separate the name of an Internal link from the name of the page?
 * B. Put a pipe between them.


 * How do you link to a section of a page?
 * B. Put a pound sign between the name of the page and the section.

Back to Links

Broken Links

 * . A space was missing between URL and name of link.
 * Missouri


 * &lt;a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Missouri&gt;Missouri&lt;/a&gt; . HTML coding was used instead of Wikitext coding.
 * Missouri


 * MissouriMissouri . Pipe missing between page name and link name.
 * Missouri


 * [] Too many square brackets.  Only one set as this is an external link.
 * 


 * Missouri Missouri . Used a space in this internal link rather than a pipe.
 * Missouri


 * How can links be broken?
 * G. All of the above. (And then some)

Back to Broken Links

Exercises
=== Newspapers === *Kirksville Daily Express *click here to see past issues of Kirksville, Missouri Newspaper Archives
 * Your wording of the comments is as good as anyone else's. Whatever makes sense to you is ok.

=== Libraries and Museums === A T Still Memorial Library 600 W Jefferson St. Kirksville, MO  (660) 626-2345 Pickler Memorial Library - Turman State University 100 E Normal St. Kirksville, MO  (660) 785-4000 Adair County Public Library 1 Library Ln. Kirksville, MO  (660) 785-4051

=== Societies === *Adair County Historical Society *Search Your Family History in Adair Co. MO *[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Special:Search? fulltext=true&search=Kirksville+Missouri+Family+History+Center Family History Center]

==== Town Clerk ==== *Kirksville City Website

=== City Directories === Truman State University

Quick Quiz

 * How many comments can you insert on page?
 * C. As many as you like.


 * How many words can you put in a comment?
 * C. As many words as you want.


 * Where can you insert comments?
 * C. Anywhere you want.

Back to Comments

Exercises
The categories should look like this:

Category:Wikitext lessons Category:Wikitext education

Quick Quiz

 * Since these categories will show up in red, what does that mean?
 * C. All of the above.


 * Categories are external links surrounded by single square brackets.
 * False


 * Categories are always placed at the top of the page.
 * False


 * One should always check to see if a category has been created rather than make up a new one.
 * True

Back to Categories

Exercises
The coding should look like this:
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Map.gif]] image on your sandbox page and limit the width to 200 pixels.
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Countryside.jpg]] image in your sandbox page on top the the one above and limit the width to 250 pixels.
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865.jpg]] between the two above and limit the width to 640 pixels.

Here how the images look on the page:

Quick Quiz

 * What size are images stored in the Wiki?
 * B. Full size as submitted


 * What side of the page is the default position for an image?
 * C. All of the above.


 * How many images can we put on a page
 * A. Unlimited

Back to Images

Exercises

 * 1) Place this [[File:Ireland Map.gif]] image on your sandbox page and limit the width to 300 pixels and place it on the right side of the page.
 * 2) Place this [[File:Ireland Countryside.jpg]] image in your sandbox page and limit the width to 350 pixels and put a border around it.
 * 3) Place this [[File:Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865.jpg]] in your sandbox and limit the width to 250 pixels and place the caption: "Tuam Cathedral" and center it.
 * Here is the coding for above:
 * Ireland Map.gif
 * Ireland Countryside.jpg
 * Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865.jpg

Quick Quiz

 * The default position of any image is on the right side of the page.
 * B. False


 * To place an image on the right side of the page, use
 * C. All of the above.


 * You can place a caption on an image without the thumb code
 * B. False

Back to Images (cont.)

Exercises




Quick Quiz

 * The separator between the URL and the name of the website in an external image links is:
 * B. Pipe.


 * The separator between the page name and the name of the link in an internal image link is:
 * A. Pipe.


 * In external links, the "tooltip" only appears when you give your external links a name?
 * A. True.


 * In internal links, the "tooltip" appears with the name of the page if you do not give it a different name.
 * A. True.

Back to Image Links

Exercises
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 * Notice the text follows the image.

Quick Quiz

 * To float the text to the right of an image, you need to:
 * C. None of the above.


 * To float the text to the left side of an image, you can only use |right coding
 * A. True.

Back to Images and Text

Exercises
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 * Grab a paragraph from a page in the Wiki and paste it three times in your sandbox. Separate the paragraphs with two   between each one.
 * Then with the same paragraph put  and   between each one.
 * Notice the spacing between the paragraphs is almost the same in both problems. However, the paragraph tag allows you to make changes to the paragraph whereas the   will not and which we will cover in the next chapter.

Quick Quiz
*When you load paragraphs, using the enter button will automatically put spaces between them.
 * B. False


 * It is better to use  then   in separating paragraphs.
 * B. False


 * A  does not require an ending tag for the paragraphs to separate like the
 * B. False

Back to Paragraph Page

Exercises
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Quick Quiz

 * What symbol do you use to separate attributes?
 * C. Semi-colon


 * How many attributes can you put in the paragraph tag?
 * D. None of the above (It is unlimited)


 * What symbol do you use to separate a property from a value?
 * A. Colon

Back to Changing Fonts

Exercises
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 * Enlarge the lorem ipsum paragraph to 20pt.
 * Enlarge a header to 36pt.

Quick Quiz
*You cannot enlarge headers
 * B. False


 * You can add the "font-size" attribute between the = sign and the words of the header
 * B. False

Back to Sizing Fonts

Exercises

 * Lorem ipsum....
 * Lorem ipsum....
 * Header

Quick Quiz

 * You can use any name that common to everyone for a color.
 * B. False


 * If the HEX number does not work in the code you may have:
 * c. All of the above


 * You have to use the header tags to color headers
 * A. True

Back to Font Colors

Exercises
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 * Make the second word of each sentence of the lorem ipsum bold.

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 * Make the last sentence of lorem ipsum italic.

Quick Quiz

 * To make a sentence in bold text, you flank the sentence with two apostrophes
 * B. False


 * To make a word italicized, you flank the word with two quotation marks
 * B. False

Back to Font Bold-Italics

Exercises
Lorem ipsum ....

Quick Quiz

 * Attributes are separated with?
 * C. Semi-colon


 * How many attributes can you put in the paragraph tag?
 * D. None of the above


 * How would you make a word italicized along with the three attribute changes to the paragraph?
 * C. All of the above

Back to Multi-attributes

Exercises
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 * What is the coding to change the color of the background  of the lorem ipsum paragraph to green and the text to orange.
 * lorem ipsum ....

Quick Quiz

 * How to make text invisible on a page without erasing it.
 * C. All of the above.

Back to Backgrounds

Exercises
1. What is the coding to install our lorem ipsum paragraph in your sandbox with a background color of light green with white text and padding on the top and bottom of 20 pixels. Lorem ipsum .....

2. Then load our lorem ipsum paragraph twice with no background color and no text color but with a padding-bottom of the first paragraph of 100px. What happens to the space between the paragraphs? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.
 * It widens by over 100 pixels.

Quick Quiz

 * To have the text 20px from the left edge of the background what attribute do you use?
 * C. padding-left:20px


 * To have the background 50px from all side of the text, what attribute do you use?
 * C. None of the above

Back to Padding

Exercises
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 * Load our lorem ipsum paragraphs twice with the first one with a background color of cornsilk and the second one with a color crimson, both with a padding of 20 pixels, but using div tags instead of paragraph tags:

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Quick Quiz

 * The div tag and paragraph tag function the same way.
 * A. True


 * The attributes work the same way in the div tag as in the paragraph tag
 * A. True


 * Div tags put spaces between paragraphs
 * B. False

Back to Div Tag - Introduction

Exercises
1. What is the coding to install our lorem ipsum paragraph in your sandbox with a background color of light green with white text and a margin on the bottom of 40 pixels. Lorem ipsum ....

2. What is the coding to install our lorem Ipsum paragraph to you sandbox with a background color of light blue with white lext and a margin on the top of 20 pixels. Lorem ipsum ....

Quick Quiz

 * Margin-top only affects top of paragraph
 * A. True


 * Margin-left moves the paragraph to the right of the left side of the page
 * A. True


 * Margin-right moves the paragraph to the right of the right side of the of the page
 * B. False

Back to Margins

Exercises
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 * Using a div tag put a border around our lorem ipsum paragraph of a "groove" type that is 10 pixels thick with whatever color you like.
 * Here is the coding:
 * Lorem ipsum ...

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 * Using a div tag put a border around our lorem ipsum paragraph of a "ridge" type that is 15 pixels thick with whatever color you like:
 * Here is the coding:
 * Lorem ipsum ...

Quick Quiz

 * You can only put borders on all sides.
 * B. False


 * There is a default space between text and borders
 * B. False


 * Solid lines are all that is allowed in borders
 * B. False

Exercises
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 * Lorem ipsum ....

Quick Quiz
*You can't use both width and height in a div tag
 * B. False


 * You can't use both width and height in a paragraph tag
 * B. False


 * You can use percentages in height attributes
 * B. False

Back to Width and Height

Exercises

 * Take this title: "I Love Wikitext" and put it on the center of the page.
 * I Love Wikitext


 * Take this title: "I Love Wikitext" and put it on the right side of the page.
 * I Love Wikitext


 * Take this title: "I Love Wikitext" and put it on the center of the page.
 * No attributes need, the left side is the default position.

Quick Quiz

 * Text-align only works in header tags
 * B. False


 * Text-align cannot put a title to the left because that is the default position.
 * B. False


 * Text-align will work in header, paragraph and div tags
 * A. True

Back to Alignment

Exercises
Here is the table with its columns: Here is the coding:
 * Create a table with four rows and four cells in each row.
 * In the first column list four fruits.
 * In the second column, four vegetables.
 * In the third column, four nuts.
 * In the fourth colomn, four grains.
 * This table will be the basis for all future exercises on tables. (Be careful we are talking about columns not rows.  This exercise will teach you how to arrange items in columns.)

Quick Quiz

 * Tables do not need a closing tag
 * B. False


 * Rows must have a closing tag
 * b. False


 * Cells must have something in them for the table to be visible.
 * A. True

Back to Tables

Exercise
Here is the coding in the opening table tag:
 * With you table from the previous exercise, put a 15 pixel "ridge" border with a border color of "cornsilk."
 * {| style="border:15px ridge cornsilk"

Here is the coding: Here is the coding:
 * Put a border for the whole table that is 15 pixels wide, "double" border with a border color of brown.
 * Put a blue border around the cells in the first column 1 pixel thick.
 * NOTICE no pipe after the attribute.

Quick Quiz
*Attributes must be separated with a pipe from the contents of the cell
 * A. True


 * You can put borders around rows
 * B. False


 * You can put borders on columns
 * A. True

Back to Tables - Borders

Exercises

 * With our above table place a green border, "inset" style and 25 pixels wide.
 * Made the table 90% in width.
 * Next place a 1 pixel green border around the cells in the first row.
 * Make the first column 35 percent width, the second 15%, the third 25% and let the last column determine its own width.
 * Here is the coding:

Quick Quiz

 * Putting the width in the first cell of a row determines the width of the first column in the table
 * A. True


 * The width of a table will be determined by the material in the cells, if you do not set the widths
 * A. True


 * You can set the width of a table in percentages only
 * B. False

Back to Tables - Widths

Exercises
Here is what it should look like:
 * With our above table place a orange border, "outset" style and 25 pixels thick.
 * Made the table 85% in width.
 * Next place a orange border around the cells in the first column.
 * Make the columns the same width.
 * Install our Healthy Foods caption;
 * Font - Curlz MT
 * Font - 28pt
 * Center caption
 * 20 pixel space between caption and top of table
 * Here is the coding:

Quick Quiz

 * The order of attributes is critical.
 * B. False


 * The caption can only be on the left side of the page
 * B. False


 * Only margin-bottom of the caption will cause a separation between the caption and the table
 * B. False

Back to Tables - Captions

Exercise
Should look like this:
 * With our above table place a yellow border, "dashed" style and 10 pixels thick.
 * Made the table 500 pixels wide.
 * Next place a blue border around the headers.
 * Install our Healthy Foods caption with any font;
 * Install the headers for each of the columns.
 * Install a lightblue background color for the headers.


 * Here is the coding:

Quick Quiz

 * The headers are always centered on the column.
 * B. False


 * You have to use the text-align to put the header on the left side
 * B. False


 * Headers are never in bold type.
 * A. True

Back to Tables - Column headings

Exercises

 * With our above table place a black border, "dotted" style and 5 pixels thick.
 * Made the table 600 pixels wide.
 * Next place a blue border around all the cells.
 * Place 5 pixels of padding in the header row of cells
 * Separate all the cells with 5 pixels.
 * Place a lightblue background on the column headers.

Here is the coding

Quick Quiz

 * Only the border-collaspe attribute is required to separate cell borders.
 * B. False


 * Padding attribute only pads on the left side of the text
 * B. False


 * The header font cannot be changed
 * B. False

Back to Tables - Rows

Exercises

 * With our above table place a yellow border, "groove" style and 10 pixels thick.
 * Made the table 700 pixels wide.
 * Next place a blue border around the headers.
 * Give the header cells a light blue background.
 * Change the color of the font to white.
 * NOTICE the left edge of the table went beyond the edge of the field. The field is only 640 pixels wide so if you go over that you will intrude on the right side of the field.

Here's the coding:

Quick Quiz
Back to Tables - Rows