You must be a PBS list member and an approved wiki user before you can edit a page, create a new one, or add to a table. Sign in with your name written as a wiki word. For more information about how to create a new page see Adding Pages. Adding a new page to be created or an existing page to a table is much the same except you must add the wiki page as a cell in the table. In our PBS wiki we are using a table to display the genera on the Photographs And Information page. Therefore the examples below illustrate how to add a new genus to that page.
Cells in a table are created by separating them with a pipe symbol |. On the keyboard this symbol appears as a vertical line that is broken in the middle, however on screen it appears as a straight vertical line, so it can be confusing. The pipe symbol can also be created by holding down the alt key and typing 124. Rows in the table are created by pressing the enter key. You do not need to add the pipe symbol after that last cell in a row, just press enter. A new row starts on the next line preceded with a pipe symbol. You can see how it is done when you edit the page, however an example is shown below.
Example:
Albuca| Allium| Alocasia| Alophia
If you are going to add a new genus page to the Photographs And Information page, it should be inserted into the list of genus pages alphabetically. You need to enclose the new genus page name in brackets after a pipe symbol, being sure there is another pipe symbol following it (unless it is the sixth cell on the line). In our standard 6-cell row, in which 6 genus pages are listed per line, adding a trailing pipe symbol will add a seventh empty column, which is not desired. If the insertion of a new genus page creates 7 items in a row, you need to move the last cell to the next line for every line below the genus you have added. If you do not end up with six cells on the final line, it will look more pleasing if you add a pipe symbol after the last cell for each missing cell. Remember, there should never be more than six pipe symbols per row, and no trailing pipe symbols unless the line has less than six genus pages.
Example:
Worsleya| Wurmbea| Xanthorrhoea| Zephyra||
Worsleya| Wurmbea| Xanthorrhoea| Zephyra| Zephyranthes|
If you do not have time to put the new genus page you are adding in the right spot and make the necessary changes to retain the six cells on each line, you may add the new genus as the last genus on the page. It will need to be preceded by the pipe symbol. If it is the sixth cell in that line, it will not need to be followed by a pipe symbol. Otherwise follow the instructions on the last line listed above.
Be sure you retain the script that is necessary for the table that precedes and follows it.
After you do this, save your work and click on the ? in back of the new genus that is now part of the table and create it as described in Adding Pages.
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