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Welcome to the Home Wiki's sandbox!
This page exists so that you can practice editing or formatting (see Editing help) without changing any serious content. Feel free to try wiki editing out here first.
There is a tutorial on the Central (coordinating) Wikia that will step you through more of the things you can do. Wiki allow for rather complicated formatting. It can look overwhelming when you begin, but don't let it worry you. Just start with the basics... enter some text, and learn the other pieces as you go. Your content contributions are welcome and important. The wiki is a collaborative effort and others can help with formatting and other improvements.
Best wishes!

This page is for any tests.

Welcome to the sandbox!

Anyone can edit this.

Simple Editing[]

To edit a page, click on the "edit" tab, usually near the top of the page. Then, edit the box in the page. Feel free to practice here, on this page. It's here just for you to practice.

A blank line indicates a paragraph separation.

You can link to another page by putting the name or title of that page in double square brackets. [[Main Page]] becomes Main Page.

Simple Formatting[]

Create headers by putting text in between repeated equal (=) signs. The more =, the lower level the heading is.

Create a bulleted list by starting each item with an asterick (*)

  • it's ok to make editing mistakes
  • you can preview your work before saving it
  • even after saving it, you or someone else can edit it again to make it even better

Formatting for Emphasis[]

Put single quote marks around words or phrases for formatting emphasis.

Two single quotes, like ''italics'' will create italics.

Three single quotes, like '''bold text''' will create bold text.


Other stuff...

If you know HTML or CSS formatting commands, they can also be used in this wiki. One useful HTML command is <br /> which creates a line break.

If you want to show what a command looks like, rather than actually implementing the command, surround it with the nowiki command.

colors[]

ff8800 ee9911 884400 ff6600 eeee11 dd4400 ee5500 990099 ee2222 eecc22

Test of H2 template.[]

more complex formatting[]

variables[]

<insert name here> Sandbox March

See MediaWiki on Variables.

sample for automation for main page[]

Contents   (all pages)

New articles...
Old stubs... (partial articles, in need of your improvements)


Dynamic Page List (DPL)

New articles...

div and span[]

This text is formatted with the span command to have font-size of 80% and line-height of 90%. <span style="font-size:80%; line-height:90%">This text is formatted with the span command to have font-size of 80% and line-height of 90%.</span>

This text is formatted with the span command to have font-size of 120% and line-height of 140%, and color of "dark magenta" or 8B 00 8B. <span style="font-size:120%; line-height:140%; color:#8B008B">This text is formatted with the span command to have font-size of 120% and line-height of 140%, and color of "dark magenta" or 8B 00 8B.</span>

Hello world!

<div style="font-size: 140%; line-height: 240%; text-align: center; color: #ffff99; background-color: #8b4513"> Hello world! </div>

Other formatting[]

future topics

Pictures[]

Better Homes

thumbnail - width 250px

100px right
Museo Nacional

left 200px frame?

Formating text around pictures[]

Adorable Penguin Humidifier Here's some text next to the adorable penguin humidifier.

Falling water is a house that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

FW0005

Color samples[]

Some colors from Tangeled Web Weaver's new Monaco skin and trying out some other colors to go in a palette with those.

border of 800000 and background color of C0C0C0
(text) color ffff99, background 8b4513, and border ffcc99 (4px solid)
(text) color ffff99, background FFF8DC, and border ffcc99 (4px solid)
border 0 (black); color c0c0c0; background 8b4513
border of 800000 and background color of C0C0C0 border of 800000 and background color of #FFF8DC
border of 000000 and background color of #FFF8DC border of 000000 and background color of FFF8DC
border of ffff99 and background color of 8b4513 - used on CocoaZen's central home page border of 800000 and background color of #FFF8DC
ok
and more text
Important
variation?

Header bar templates for the main page[]

HeadingA

HeadingB

HeadingC

from HeadingA

a possible color set

another possible color set

another possible color set - greyish

another possible color set - peachish

another possible color set - brownish

more medium browns e8cc99 f3d29f

Wiki text and functions[]

activitiyfeed/[]

default activity feed:


customized activity feed (sample from help wikia):


another customized activity feed (for possible use):


Activity feed for new articles: another customized activity feed (for possible use):


Help wikia on Activity Feed

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