Difference between revisions of "Help:Categories"

From eLinux.org
Jump to: navigation, search
(Summary)
(Creating a category page)
Line 13: Line 13:
 
* [http://www.e-consystems.com/DM3730-development-kit.asp Almach - eSOM3730 Reference Design]
 
* [http://www.e-consystems.com/DM3730-development-kit.asp Almach - eSOM3730 Reference Design]
  
==Creating a category page==
+
<nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:'''''System on Module''''']]
Categories exist even if their page has not been created, but these categories are isolated from others and serve little purpose for organization or navigation.
+
'''e-con Systems'''<br>
 
+
[http://www.e-consystems.com/ www.e-consystems.com]<br><br>
A category is created by creating a page in the '''''Category:''''' namespace. A category page can be created the same way as other wiki pages (see [[Help:Starting a new page]]); just add "<code>{{ns:category}}:</code>" before the page title.
+
'''System on Module'''<br>
 
+
* [http://www.e-consystems.com/iMX6-system-on-module.asp eSOMiMX6 - i.MX6 System on Module]
To avoid extra work, try searching within your wiki before creating a new category. The list of all categories can be found in "{{int:specialpages}}" in the "{{lcfirst:{{int:toolbox}}}}" box of the [[Help:Navigation#Sidebar|sidebar]].
+
* [http://www.e-consystems.com/iMX6-development-board.asp Ankaa - eSOMiMX6 Reference Design]
 
+
* [http://www.e-consystems.com/DM3730-computer-on-module.asp eSOM3730 - AM3703/DM3730 Computer on Module]
Unlike other wiki pages, it is not possible to rename (move) a category. It is necessary to create a new category and change the {{ns:category}} tag on every page. The new category will not have the older category's page history, which is undesirable if there are many revisions.
+
* [http://www.e-consystems.com/DM3730-development-kit.asp Almach - eSOM3730 Reference Design]
  
 
==Managing the category hierarchy==   
 
==Managing the category hierarchy==   

Revision as of 02:57, 22 July 2015

PD Important note: When you edit this page, you agree to release your contribution into the public domain. If you don't want this or can't do this because of license restrictions, please don't edit. This page is one of the Public Domain Help Pages, which can be freely copied into fresh wiki installations and/or distributed with MediaWiki software; see Help:Contents for an overview of all pages. See Project:PD help/Copying for instructions. PD

Categories, a software feature of MediaWiki, provide automatic indexes that are useful as tables of contents.

You can categorize pages and files by adding one or more Category tags to the content text. These tags create links at the bottom of the page that take you to the list of all pages in that category, which makes it easy to browse related articles.

[[Category:e-con Systems]]

e-con Systems
www.e-consystems.com

System on Module

[[Category:System on Module]]

e-con Systems
www.e-consystems.com

System on Module

Managing the category hierarchy

Categories may belong to other categories in a hierarchy. Since category pages are much like any other page, a Category tag may be added to the bottom of a category page.

It is a good idea to organize all categories into a hierarchy with a single top level category. The category structure can take the form of a tree with separate branches, but more often will have a graph structure. Generally, there should be a contiguous chain of parent-child links between each category and the top level category.

Hidden categories

The categories that a page is in are normally listed at the bottom of the page. A category can be hidden from this list by adding the magic word "__HIDDENCAT__" to the category page. Hidden categories are not hidden from category pages (bug 15550).

Users can choose to see hidden categories in a separate "Hidden categories" list, by checking "Show hidden categories" in the "Appearance" section of Special:Preferences.

Hidden categories are automatically added to Category:Hidden categories. This category is specified in the system message MediaWiki:Hidden-category-category.

Linking to a category

To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name (without this colon, the current page would be added to the category):

[[:Category:Help]]Category:Help

To change the link text, write the text inside the link tag after a pipe:

[[:Category:Help|Help category]]Help category

Redirect pages that redirect to categories must also use the colon, otherwise they will be added to the category instead of redirecting.

Redirecting a category

Like normal wiki pages, category pages can be redirected to other normal or category pages.

Language: English