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<div><!--opening table tag for entire document----------------------------------> <div style="border:5px solid darkred; border-radius:10px; background:#FFE4B5; width:870px; height:100%; text-align:center; padding:10px; margin-bottom:10px; box-shadow:5px 5px 3px #888888"><span style="font-size:36px; font-family:arial; padding:10px">WIKITEXT CHEATSHEET</span><br>Condensed guide to Wikitext coding | <div><!--opening table tag for entire document----------------------------------> <div style="border:5px solid darkred; border-radius:10px; background:#FFE4B5; width:870px; height:100%; text-align:center; padding:10px; margin-bottom:10px; box-shadow:5px 5px 3px #888888"><span style="font-size:36px; font-family:arial; padding:10px">WIKITEXT CHEATSHEET</span><br>Condensed guide to Wikitext coding | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Links#Internal_Links|Links - internal]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Links#Internal_Links|Links - internal]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>[[</nowiki></font>Missouri Genealogy<font color="red"><nowiki>|</nowiki></font>Missouri<font color="red"><nowiki>]]</nowiki></font><br>''Double square brackets - Name of article - pipe - | | style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>[[</nowiki></font>Missouri Genealogy<font color="red"><nowiki>|</nowiki></font>Missouri<font color="red"><nowiki>]]</nowiki></font><br>''Double square brackets - Name of article - pipe - User-defined link name'' | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Missouri Genealogy|Missouri]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Links#External_Links|Links - external]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Links#External_Links|Links - external]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>[</nowiki></font><nowiki>https://</nowiki>familysearch.org<font color="red">''(space)''</font>Family Search<font color="red"><nowiki>]</nowiki></font><br>''Single square brackets - | | style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>[</nowiki></font><nowiki>https://</nowiki>familysearch.org<font color="red">''(space)''</font>Family Search<font color="red"><nowiki>]</nowiki></font><br>''Single square brackets - URL of external link - space - User-defined link name'' | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | [https://familysearch.org/ Family Search]<br>''Notice little box and arrow at the end of the name of the link.'' | | style="border:1px solid black" | [https://familysearch.org/ Family Search]<br>''Notice little box and arrow at the end of the name of the link.'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Images|Images]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Images|Images]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>[[File:</nowiki></font>name of image<font color="red"> | | style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>[[File:</nowiki></font>name of image<font color="red">|</font>location on page<font color="red">|</font>size in px<font color="red">|</font>caption<font color="red">]]</font> | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | IMAGE | | style="border:1px solid black" | IMAGE | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Paragraphs|Paragraph]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Paragraphs|Paragraph]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki><span></nowiki></font>Lorem ipsum ....<font color="red"><nowiki></span></nowiki></font> | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help: | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki_University_Wikitext--Inline_Styling|In-line style]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">property:change</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help: | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki_University_Wikitext--Changing_Fonts#Enlarging fonts|font-size]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">font-size:16pt</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Changing Fonts|font-family]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Changing Fonts|font-family]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">font-family:times new roman</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
''[https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_websafe_fonts.asp Click here] for all acceptable font styles'' | |||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Colors|font-color]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Colors|font-color]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">color:blue</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
''[ | ''[https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp Click here] for all acceptable colors'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Bold-Italics#Bold_fonts|bold text]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Bold-Italics#Bold_fonts|bold text]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span></nowiki><font color="red"><nowiki>'''</nowiki></font>Lorem ipsum ....<font color="red"><nowiki>'''</nowiki></font><nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | '''Lorem ipsum ....''' | | style="border:1px solid black" | '''Lorem ipsum ....''' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Bold-Italics#Italicized_fonts|italicized text]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Bold-Italics#Italicized_fonts|italicized text]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span></nowiki><font color="red"><nowiki>''</nowiki></font>Lorem ipsum ....<font color="red"><nowiki>''</nowiki></font><nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | ''Lorem ipsum ....'' | | style="border:1px solid black" | ''Lorem ipsum ....'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Multi-attributes|multiple attributes]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Multi-attributes|multiple attributes]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt; color:blue</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
''Note the semi-colon between attributes'' | ''Note the semi-colon between attributes'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Backgrounds|backgrounds]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Backgrounds|backgrounds]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">background:lightgray</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
''[ | ''[https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp Click here] for all acceptable colors'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Padding|padding]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Padding|padding]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">padding:10px</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
*''Padding is the '''space between the contents and the border''' whether the border is '''visible or not'''''. | *''Padding is the '''space between the contents and the border''' whether the border is '''visible or not'''''. | ||
*''Can pad on just one or more sides: <font color="red">top</font>, <font color="red">right</font>, <font color="red">bottom</font> and <font color="red">left</font>.'' | *''Can pad on just one or more sides: <font color="red">top</font>, <font color="red">right</font>, <font color="red">bottom</font> and <font color="red">left</font>.'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Margins|Margins]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Margins|Margins]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">margin:10px</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
*''Margins is the '''space between borders''' whether the borders are '''visible or not'''''. | *''Margins is the '''space between borders''' whether the borders are '''visible or not'''''. | ||
*''Margins can be on just one or more sides: <font color="red">top</font>, <font color="red">right</font>, <font color="red">bottom</font> and <font color="red">left</font>.'' | *''Margins can be on just one or more sides: <font color="red">top</font>, <font color="red">right</font>, <font color="red">bottom</font> and <font color="red">left</font>.'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Borders#Border_radius|border radius]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Borders#Border_radius|border radius]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">border:1px solid black; border-radius:5px</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
*''Can place border radius on one or more corners'' | *''Can place border radius on one or more corners'' | ||
*''Example: border-radius-top-right''. | *''Example: border-radius-top-right''. | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Borders#Border_shadow|border shadow]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Borders#Border_shadow|border shadow]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">border:1px solid black; box-shadow:5px 5px 3px lightgray</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
*''First number is the distance from bottom of border to bottom edge of shadow.'' | *''First number is the distance from bottom of border to bottom edge of shadow.'' | ||
*''Second number is the distance from right edge of border to right edge of shadow.'' | *''Second number is the distance from right edge of border to right edge of shadow.'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Width and Height|width and height]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Width and Height|width and height]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">width:200px; height:50px</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Alignment#Centering_titles|Alignment - horizontal]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Alignment#Centering_titles|Alignment - horizontal]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">text-align:center</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
*''Can align in center and right''. | *''Can align in center and right''. | ||
*''Default alignment is left.'' | *''Default alignment is left.'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Alignment#Vertical_alignment|alignment - vertical]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Alignment#Vertical_alignment|alignment - vertical]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">height:50px; line-height:50px</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
*''Line height has to equal height of container.'' | *''Line height has to equal height of container.'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tables - Placement|Text Wrapping (floating)]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tables - Placement|Text Wrapping (floating)]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki>< | | style="border:1px solid black" | <nowiki><span style="</nowiki><font color="red">float:right</font>">Lorem ipsum ....<nowiki></span></nowiki> | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Image:Ireland Cemeteries 1.jpg|right|100px|Ireland Cemeteries 1.jpg]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Image:Ireland Cemeteries 1.jpg|right|100px|Ireland Cemeteries 1.jpg]] | ||
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. | ||
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''To save a template'': <font color="red"><nowiki>{{</nowiki></font>Template:name of template<font color="red"><nowiki>}}</nowiki></font><br> | ''To save a template'': <font color="red"><nowiki>{{</nowiki></font>Template:name of template<font color="red"><nowiki>}}</nowiki></font><br> | ||
''To | ''To embed a template'': <font color="red"><nowiki>{{</nowiki></font>name of template<font color="red"><nowiki>}}</nowiki></font> | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Breadcrumb Trails|Breadcrumb trails]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Breadcrumb Trails|Breadcrumb trails]] | ||
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Breadcrumb | The Breadcrumb trail is a specialized template where one enters internal links leading to the page you are on:<br> | ||
<font size="2px"><font color="red"><nowiki>{{breadcrumb</nowiki></font></font><br> | |||
<font size="2px"><font color="red"><nowiki>| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]]</nowiki></font></font><br> | |||
<font size="2px"><font color="red"><nowiki>| link2=[[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]]</nowiki></font></font><br> | |||
<font size="2px"><font color="red"><nowiki>| link3=</nowiki></font></font><br> | |||
<font size="2px"><font color="red"><nowiki>| link4=</nowiki></font></font><br> | |||
<font size="2px"><font color="red"><nowiki>| link5=[[Adair County, Missouri Genealogy|Adair County]]</nowiki></font></font><br> | |||
<font size="2px"><font color="red"><nowiki>}}</nowiki></font></font><br> | |||
*''Don't forget pipe between Article name and user-defined link name.'' | |||
*''link5 will always point to the page you are on.'' | |||
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| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | |||
| link2= [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] | |||
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| link5=[[Adair County, Missouri Genealogy|Adair County]] | |||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--References/Footnotes|References/Footnotes]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--References/Footnotes|References/Footnotes]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki><ref></nowiki></font>This is a footnote<font color="red"><nowiki></ref></nowiki></font> | | style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki><ref></nowiki></font>This is a footnote<font color="red"><nowiki></ref></nowiki></font> | ||
*''The footnote and ref tags are place right after the item<ref>This is a footnote</ref> you want to footnote regardless of what comes after it even if in the middle of a sentence''. | *''The footnote and ref tags are place right after the item<ref>This is a footnote</ref> you want to footnote regardless of what comes after it even if in the middle of a sentence''. | ||
*'' | *''Place a header named '''References''' as the last header on the page | ||
*''Under the References header place a list of your footnotes/references using this code'': <font color="red"><nowiki><references/></nowiki></font> | |||
| style="border:1px solid black" | {{reflist}} | | style="border:1px solid black" | {{reflist}} | ||
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*Take some pains to create this SEO, the world will see it and hopefully want to visit your page because of what you wrote in the SEO. | *Take some pains to create this SEO, the world will see it and hopefully want to visit your page because of what you wrote in the SEO. | ||
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Guide to '''Adair County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records | |||
{{breadcrumb | |||
| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | |||
| link2= [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] | |||
| link3= | |||
| link4= | |||
| link5=[[Adair County, Missouri Genealogy|Adair County]] | |||
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Guide to '''Adair County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. | |||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tables - Column Spans|Table column spans]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tables - Column Spans|Table column spans]] | ||
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<nowiki>{|</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|</nowiki> <font color="red">colspan="2"</font> style="........." | <nowiki>{|</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|</nowiki> <font color="red">colspan="2"</font> style="........."| Content to span two columns<br> <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br> <nowiki>| content</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>| content</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>|}</nowiki> | ||
*''Notice there is only one cell in the row where the column span is located.'' | *''Notice there is only one cell in the row where the column span is located.'' | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tables - Row Spans|Table row span]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tables - Row Spans|Table row span]] | ||
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<nowiki>{|</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br> | <nowiki>{|</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br> | <font color="red"><nowiki>rowspan="2"</nowiki></font> | content<br> <nowiki>| second row content</nowiki><br> <nowiki>| third row content</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br> <nowiki>| second row content</nowiki><br> <nowiki>| third row content</nowiki><br> <nowiki>|}</nowiki> | ||
*''Notice one less cell in the second row.'' | *''Notice one less cell in the second row.'' | ||
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*''To place a parameter'': <br> | *''To place a parameter'': <br> | ||
<nowiki>{{</nowiki>Name of template<br> <font color="red"> | <nowiki>{{</nowiki>Name of template<br> <font color="red">| parameter= name of parameter</font><br> <nowiki>}}</nowiki> | ||
*Note the pipe before the parameter and the equal sign after. | *Note the pipe before the parameter and the equal sign after. | ||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Infobox - If functions|If functions]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Infobox - If functions|If functions]] | ||
| style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>|{{#if:{{{parameter|}}}</nowiki></font> | | style="border:1px solid black" | <font color="red"><nowiki>|{{#if:{{{parameter|}}}</nowiki></font>|name of parameter<br> | ||
|{{{parameter}}} <font color="red"><nowiki>}}</nowiki></font> <br> | |||
*''Be careful and be sure that all symbols are present in your code. If a single pipe is missing, for example, this will not work.''<br> | *''Be careful and be sure that all symbols are present in your code. If a single pipe is missing, for example, this will not work.''<br> | ||
<nowiki>| parameter= </nowiki> If nothing is entered after the equal sign the entire line will be missing. | <nowiki>| parameter= </nowiki> If nothing is entered after the equal sign the entire line will be missing. | ||
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If the parameter is blank, there is no line. If the parameter is added, the text will show. | |||
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| style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Position - Relative|Position relative]] | | style="border:1px solid black" | [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Position - Relative|Position relative]] | ||