Help:Getting Started

==Browsing MW4:Wiki==
===The navigation buttons===
On the left side of the page is a sidebar which contains numerous buttons. Directly under the site logo are the navigation buttons. The two buttons you should concern yourself with at the moment are '''"Home"''' and '''"Help"'''. The [[Main Page|Home]] button obviously takes you to the Main Page and the Help button takes you to the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page where you can learn more about using MW4:Wiki.

===The Main Page===
The Main Page is the best place to start out if you aren't sure what you're looking for or just want to start looking around. As MW4:Wiki grows, the Main Page will undoubtedly change in content and appearance.

===The search bar===
If you know what you're looking for, the fastet way to get there is the search bar. If you know the exact title of the page you want, type it in and click '''Go''', and you'll automatically be taken to that page. If that page doesn't exist or you click '''Search''', you'll be taken to a results page with a list of all the pages containing your search terms.

For example, typing in "Autocannon 10" and clicking '''Go''' will take you directly to the page for the Autocannon 10, while clicking '''Search''' will show you a list of all the pages that contain the words "Autocannon" and "10".

===WikiLinks===
On just about every page you look at, there will be numerous '''wikilinks''' - words or phrases colored blue or red. For example, the word [[Help:WikiLinks|wikilinks]] in this sentence is a wikilink. 

A <span style='color: blue; text-decoration: underline'>blue wikilink</span> will take you to another page covering whatever topic the linked words are about. A <span style='color: red; text-decoration: underline'>red</span> wikilink means that the corresponding page hasn't yet been created. Authors will sometimes link to a nonexistent page when they feel it needs to be created and plan to create it themselves later, or leave it for someone else to create.


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