Editing EQ/howtohelp/How to edit a Page (section)

== How to Edit A page ==
First things first.  Make sure to Register an account on the wiki.  This will make it so you only ever have to enter the stupid image word thingy one time.  BTW that image word thingy that makes computers annoying is called a CAPTCHA.  Without registering editing is a somewhat limited to help prevent spam, but none the less possible.  I have no interest in your email address so you don't even have to input it.

First Navigate to the page you want to edit.  You could use this page, or any other existing page (page which contains content).  Then click Edit in the upper right.  This screen shot shows you where that is.  For this example I will be using the page [[RoF/Zones/shardslanding]].

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After you have clicked '''Edit''', the wiki should show you an edit page dialog, with some text on it.  Here is what you should see.  I will cover what each of the red arrows does below the image.

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''Going from top to bottom:''
# '''Read''': If you click read you will be taken back to view the page with no edits made.  Good to click if you accidentally clicked edit or want to discard all your changes.
# '''Preview''': Clicking preview will show you a preview of the page without actually editing, just like preview post on a forum.  You can also click ''Show preview'' at the bottom of the page to get the same effect.  I usually click the bottom one because it works better for me.
# '''Save Page''': If you click this you changes to the page are updated and the site is updated immediately.

Ok so you have looked at the source code for [[RoF/Zones/shardslanding]] and probably been like wait a minute.  There is no way that page is literally just '''<nowiki>{{EQ/Zone}}</nowiki>'''.  Well that my friends is why the [[#Page title]] is so important.  And why this tutorial is very verbose.  Because it really is that simple.  It really does not get more complicated than that.

'''What you should have learned so far''':
# Registering on the site is a good idea if you plan to edit
# How to access the Edit button on a page
# How to preview your edits
# How to undo edits by not making them
# How to submit your page edit
# Creating very complex page content is simple such as just using '''<nowiki>{{EQ/Zone}}</nowiki>'''