Edit guidelines
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How do I edit a page, do I need to know web design/HTML?
No, you do not require to know web design or html. Circuitopedia is based on the wiki model and is extremely easy to edit. Here are the steps:
- To edit, you need to make an account, which is straightforward. On the right top of the page, you will see "Create an account or log in". Click it and it will take you to the accounts page. Fill the five information fields and press submit to get registered. Now you are ready to edit. You need to login everytime you want to edit.
- Go to the page you want to edit. You will see the 'edit' tab on the top-left corner (as shown in the figure).
- Click it and it will take you the source of the page. The source is very intuitive to understand and edit. Make changes. Follow this link to know some simple formating rules.
- Click the "Save page" button to save the change and you are done! Use "Show Preview" instead of "Save page", if you are not sure about how your changes look. You can then see the changes, correct the edits to your satisfaction and then use "Save Page".
What are the basic formatting commands for wiki?
If you are totally new to wikis, you can use the toolbar right-above the editting textbox for formatting. For instance, to make text bold, type in the text, highlight it and then click the 
key. Similarily you can italicize (
), underline (
), choose a format (
), make a link (
), etc.
You will actually see the markups the toolbar buttons put around your text to do different things with it. You will soon learn these and not even need the toolbar! See [1] for a quick reference to different formatting commands in wiki.
It is easy!
How do I enter/edit equations?
Mediawiki provides latex support and Circuitopedia uses it for equations entry. You can directly enter equations in latex format by placing the equation between the <nowki> ... </nowiki> tags. For example, <math>gain = \frac{gm1*gm5}{(gds4+gds1)*(gds5+gds8)}</math> shows as 
.
For tips to write equations in latex, see [2] or use [3].
How do I make a new page?
You can make a new page on a wiki by first making its link. For example, you want to make a page on Replica Opamp. First go to the page, where you would link your new page. Goto the opamp page and add a link as [[replicaopamp|Replica Opamp]]. Here replicaopamp is the page name (which you will create) and 'Replica Opamp' is the link name. Save the page and the link will show up. Click the link and it will take you to the edit window for the replicaopamp page. Edit this and you have created a new page.
