Chat cheat sheet
From WWR
Filtering someone
To filter one or more people from the chat so you never see their comments, type
filter name_to_filter
For example, filter Jimbob would mean you'd never see Jimbob's comments. Your filter command will not show publicly so no one will know who you are filtering. You can filter multiple people by putting the word "and" between them i.e. filter Jimbob and JohnDoe
To turn the filters off, type filter off in the chat.
Making text bold
- To make text bold, surround the text with three apostrophes on each side. An easy way to do this is to highlight the text, then click the "Bold" button in the toolbar.
- Example: '''This is bold!'''
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- Just use the standard HTML
- Example: <b>This is bold!</b>
Making text italic
- To make text italic, surround the text with two apostrophes on each side. An easy way to do this is to highlight the text, then click the "Italic" button in the toolbar. Note: Two apostrophes is not the same as the quote character.
- Example: ''This is italic!''
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- Just use the standard HTML <i> and </i> tags.
- Example: <i>This is italic!</i>
Putting text in a box
- To put text in a box
like this
type a return then a space, the text after the space will be in the box.
Note: There is no automatic word-wrap in a box, so if you intend to put a lot of text in a box, use manual line breaks. Otherwise, the chat window will expand horizontally and everyone will have to scroll to the right in order to read the comments.
Linking to a WWR page
- To display a link that goes to another page on WWR, enclose the name of the page in double square brackets. An easy way to do this is to highlight the page title, then in the chat input box click the "Internal Link" button on the toolbar. Note: The page names are case-sensitive!
- Example: [[Wiki rules]]
- To link to a Category page, precede the category name with :Category:.
- Example: [[:Category:Recipes]].
Linking to an external site
- Just copy the link URL and paste it into the chat input box. This will display the full URL in the chat.
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- To display your own text rather than the full URL: paste the URL, add a space and type the text to display. Then enclose it all in square brackets.
- Example: [http://sitename.com My cool site]
Displaying an emoticon
- Go to the emoticon cheat sheet and find the emoticon you want. You'll see the official name of each emoticon under the image (they all begin with two colons).
- Type the name in the chat input box (including the two colons).
- Example: ::chimp6
Displaying an image that's on your hard drive
- Go to the Upload page and upload your image file. Make a note of the file name.
- Type (or copy) the filename in the chat input box, and surround the filename with double square brackets. An easy way to do this is to highlight the filename text, then click the "Embedded Image" button.
- Example: [[Image:Mydogspot.jpg]]
To show the image at a smaller size use this form, [[Image:Mydogspot.jpg|thumb]]
See editing cheat sheet for further details.
Displaying an image from another web site
- Determine the full URL of the image file. Try right-clicking the image, and then select View image (or something like that, depending on your browser). Copy the URL.
- Paste the URL into the chat input box.
- Example: http://dogs.com/images/mydogspot.jpg
Shortcuts
To greet everyone in the chat type ::helloall. The web software translates it into a greeting to everyone who has chatted in the last 20 minutes.
Hints and tips
- If you would like your chat entries to be in a different color or font, visit the Customize Chat page.
- Click on anyone's name in the "Who" column to visit their WWR User page, where you can find out more about them. If the name is in red, that person has not yet created a User page.
- You don't have to use the mouse to get to the "Write It" button. You can type whatever you want to say, then hit the tab key to automatically select the "Write It" button. Then just press "Enter". Very handy if you don't want to have to use the mouse.
- Most browsers use the F5 key to reload (or update) the page. This has the same effect as clicking the "Refresh" button.
See also
Templates to use in chats
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