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If you want to use ''remember my password'', you have to change your password if it was generated by MediaWiki and emailed to you. This is a security feature, but very often causes trouble for new users. | If you want to use ''remember my password'', you have to change your password if it was generated by MediaWiki and emailed to you. This is a security feature, but very often causes trouble for new users. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance==<!-- this section needs updating --> | ||
===Skin=== | ===Skin=== | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
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The quickbar must be enabled to allow you access to some features such as moving (renaming) a page, and in the case of Classic, also to arrive at the [[Special:SpecialPages|special pages]], unless you type the full URL in your browsers address box. | The quickbar must be enabled to allow you access to some features such as moving (renaming) a page, and in the case of Classic, also to arrive at the [[Special:SpecialPages|special pages]], unless you type the full URL in your browsers address box. | ||
===Date format=== | ===Date format=== | ||
The following is rendered depending on preferences: | The following is rendered depending on preferences: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
O No preference | |||
O 15:17, January 15, 2001 | |||
O 15:17, 15 January 2001 | |||
O 15:17, 2001 January 15 | |||
O 2001-01-15T15:17:19</pre> | |||
With your current preference setting on this project the | With your current preference setting on this project the five are rendered as follows: | ||
* | *No preference | ||
* | *15:17, January 15, 2001 | ||
* | *15:17, 15 January 2001 | ||
* | *15:17, 2001 January 15 | ||
* | *2001-01-15T15:17:19 | ||
By default, the rendering is as usual for links. However one can specify as preference that all of the first five are rendered the same, in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th way | By default, the rendering is as usual for links. However one can specify as preference that all of the first five are rendered the same, in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th way. | ||
===Time offset=== | ===Time offset=== | ||
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Keep this in mind when copying an excerpt from Recent changes, a revision history listing (aka a '[[diff]]'), etc., to a [[talk page]]. Convert manually to UTC or temporarily set the preferences to a zero offset before producing the revision history etc. to be copied. | Keep this in mind when copying an excerpt from Recent changes, a revision history listing (aka a '[[diff]]'), etc., to a [[talk page]]. Convert manually to UTC or temporarily set the preferences to a zero offset before producing the revision history etc. to be copied. | ||
===Advanced options=== | ===Advanced options===<!-- this section needs updating --> | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
o Link underlining: | o Link underlining: | ||
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<pre> | <pre> | ||
o Always render PNG | o Always render PNG | ||
o Leave it as TeX (for text browsers) | o Leave it as TeX (for text browsers) | ||
o MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (experimental)</pre> | |||
o MathML | |||
MediaWiki allows you to enter mathematical equations as well. These options let you control how that code is rendered into PNG images. | MediaWiki allows you to enter mathematical equations as well. These options let you control how that code is rendered into PNG images. | ||
*'''Always render PNG''': always make a PNG image from the TeX code; | *'''Always render PNG''': always make a PNG image from the TeX code;<!-- | ||
*'''HTML if very simple or else PNG''': if the TeX code is very simple, like "x = 3", render it as HTML. For more complex code, render as PNG; | *'''HTML if very simple or else PNG''': if the TeX code is very simple, like "x = 3", render it as HTML. For more complex code, render as PNG; | ||
*'''HTML if possible or else PNG''': this option tries really hard to use HTML, but if it's too complicated, then it renders it as PNG; | *'''HTML if possible or else PNG''': this option tries really hard to use HTML, but if it's too complicated, then it renders it as PNG;--> | ||
*'''Leave it as TeX''': don't convert the TeX code, just show it. This is primarily for text-based browsers like Lynx; | *'''Leave it as TeX''': don't convert the TeX code, just show it. This is primarily for text-based browsers like Lynx;<!-- | ||
*'''Recommended for modern browsers''': if you use a web browser that was released in the past year or so, use this option; | *'''Recommended for modern browsers''': if you use a web browser that was released in the past year or so, use this option;--> | ||
*'''MathML | *'''MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (experimental)'''. | ||
==Editing== | ==Editing== | ||