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2+ Wiki Pad Help Style Guide
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4As the user base of WikidPad increases continously, we did a full refactoring of these pages.
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6The objective of this page is to document and to explain the architecture and styles we have applied.
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8++ Structure of any regular Page
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10Any regular page of this help wiki is build as follows:
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12        * First Line: including the PageHeader and the (local) ToC
13        * Second Line: First Level Header-1 - using "+ 'WikiWord of WikiPage'"
14        * Third Line: empty line.
15        * body of the page
16        * Two blanc lines
17        * Last Line: including the PageFooter, followed by applicable WikiDocumentAttributes.
18
19++ The First Line
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21Obviously, the single line \[:page:PageHeader]\[:toc:] on top serves two purposes:
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23+++ A general Navigation Table
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25\[:page:PageHeader] allows for a table of important links to be offered anywhere,
26thus improving the already excellent navigation capabilities of WikidPad.
27
28And such can be removed or adjusted in one central place, if needed.
29You may even empty the content of PageHeader in order to make it's effect invisible.
30
31+++ An OverView of the HeadLines
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33Using \[:toc:] gives a comprehensive overview of all headers defined in the page,
34and should allow easy navigation especially in lengthy pages without any need to
35use the PageStructureWindow
36
37+++ Beware exported results!
38
39So far, any such navigation aid can also be accomplished by means build into WikidPad.
40Alas: if You export a WiKi e.g. to [HTML pages], all these build in functionalities are
41not available any more.   
42
43++ The Last Line
44
45Intentionally, all relevant attributes are kept in the last line.
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47Somtimes, this line may not be easy to read -on first glance.
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49Alas: keeping the attributes together with the PageFooter allows for global SearchingTheWiki
50thereby keeping complete control of what-is-used-where.
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52We believe, gives an important advantage for the ongoing maintenance of the pages.
53
54++ Applicable WikiDocumentAttributes
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56Following WikiDocumentAttributes are used in the last line, and preferably in the following order:
57
58+++ icon:
59
60++++ Grouping Icons
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62+++++ icon: list
63
64+++++ icon: left-right
65[Icon left-right] is used for the pages regarding the [Menus]
66
67+++++ icon: spanner
68[Icon spanner] is used for Example Pages such as ExampleInsertions.
69
70++++ Special Purpose Icons
71
72+++++ icon: cog
73[Icon cog], which is also used by WikidPad for the [Func. pages] in the [Tree View]
74is used for the page abut WikiMaintenance.
75
76+++++ icon: disk
77[Icon disk] is used for the page about AutoSave.
78
79+++++ icon: folder
80[Icon folder] is used for the pages related to directories such as
81the [installation directory] or the [data directory].
82
83+++++ icon: console
84[Icon console] is used for the page about CommandLineSupport.
85
86+++++ icon: lens
87[Icon lens] is used for the pages IncrementalSearch and SearchingTheWiki.
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89+++++ icon: pin
90[Icon pin] is used for the page about TodoItems.
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92+++++ icon: rename
93[Icon rename] is used for the page about RenamingWikiWords.
94
95+++++ icon: question
96[Icon question] is used for the page about WhereIsTheDataStored.
97
98
99+++ alias:
100
101+++ short_hint:
102
103+++ camelCaseWordsEnabled: false
104
105+++ child_sort_order: natural
106
107+++ bookmarked: true
108
109+++ tree_position:
110
111
112++ Naming Conventions for WikiPages
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114
115++ Exceptions
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118[:page:PageFooter]
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