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Wikis are websites that everyone can edit. You can edit any existing page by clicking on the **Edit** link at the bottom, and change it however you like. You can create new pages by either using WordsAllSmashedTogether, or by enclosing [a new page title] in square brackets. You then click on the ? after the name to create the new page. 

Don't worry about changing things. Each version saved is backed up for a couple of weeks, so even if you totally screw things up, they can always be restored back an earlier state. There's even a WikiSandbox page for you to try stuff out.

There is a **help page** link at the bottom of each page. This goes into a lot of detail about Wikis in general. I've included the most used info here:

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<h4>  Formatting rules in a nutshell:</h4>
<ol>
<li> WikiName<a class="new" href="http://phoenix.leafe.com/phoenix/wiki/HelpPage/editform?page=WikiName" title="create this page">?</a>'s, [freeform page names in brackets]<a class="new" href="http://phoenix.leafe.com/phoenix/wiki/HelpPage/editform?page=freeform%20page%20names%20in%20brackets" title="create this page">?</a>, <a href="http://URLs">http://URLs</a> ,
   <a href="someurl">structured text-style links</a> and <a href="http://zwiki.org/RemoteWikiLinks">ZWiki:RemoteWikiLinks</a> are
   made into hyperlinks</li>
<li> text beginning and ending with &#42;, &#42;&#42;, _ or ' is
   <em>italic</em>, <strong>bold</strong>, <u>underlined</u> or <code>monospaced</code> respectively</li>
<li> one or more non-blank lines are run together form a paragraph; blank
   lines separate paragraphs</li>
<li> a one-line "paragraph" followed by a more-indented paragraph makes a
   heading</li>
<li> a paragraph beginning with - or * or 0. and a space makes a bullet
     or numbered list item; a more-indented list item starts a sub-list</li>
<li> HTML tags may be used if necessary;
      on sites which permit it,
      DTML tags (server-side code) may also be used </li>
<li> Some or all of the above rules may be escaped,
     by putting ! at the beginning of a link or a line LikeThis;
     by enclosing text in single quotes <code>LikeThis</code> ;
     or by indenting text after a paragraph ending with a double colon :
<pre>
      LikeThis  
      escapes &lt;HTML tags&gt; and &amp;dtml-too;
</pre>
</li>

</ol>
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Font Colors

 <p>You can mark a length of text to appear in color by using the following tags. Start the colored area with the tag listed below; end it with &#035;&#035;:</p>
<p><table cellpadding="5" border="1">
<tr> <td> <strong>Color</strong> </td><td> <strong>Example</strong> </td> <td> <strong>Result</strong> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;red&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;red&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #red#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;green&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;green&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #green#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;blue&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;blue&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #blue#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;yellow&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;yellow&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #yellow#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;purple&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;purple&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #purple#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;cyan&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;cyan&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #cyan#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;gold&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;gold&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #gold#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;magenta&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;magenta&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #magenta#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;orange&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;orange&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #orange#colorful##. </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#035;pink&#035; </td> <td> This is &#035;pink&#035;colorful&#035;&#035;.</td> <td> This is #pink#colorful##. </td> </tr>

</table>
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Smilies

 <p>Here's a list of what you type to get the various smilies:</p>
 <p><table cellSpacing="5">
<tr> <td> <strong>Type</strong> </td><td> <strong>Image</strong> </td> <td> <strong>Name</strong> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;&#041; </td> <td> :) </td> <td> smile </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#059;&#041; </td> <td> ;) </td> <td> wink </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;D </td> <td> :D </td> <td> big grin </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;( </td> <td> :( </td> <td> frown </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;o </td> <td> :o </td> <td> embarrasment </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;p </td> <td> :p </td> <td> stick out tongue </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> }&#058;&#041; </td> <td> }:) </td> <td> evil </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;cool&#058; </td> <td> :cool: </td> <td> cool </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;confused&#058; </td> <td> :confused: </td> <td> confused </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;rolleyes&#058; </td> <td> :rolleyes: </td> <td> rolleyes (sarcastic) </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;mad&#058; </td> <td> :mad: </td> <td> mad </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;eek&#058; </td> <td> :eek: </td> <td> eek! </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> &#058;tick&#058; </td> <td> :tick: </td> <td> tick </td> </tr>
</table></p>