Create a new Knowledge Base article

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Don't be intimidated by all of the fields and checkboxes that you see when you first create a new article. Most everything can be handled later. This is all you have to do:

  1. Right-click and open this link in a new tab — New article
  2. Enter a title (can be changed later)
  3. Enter a search summary (short description of the article)
  4. Start writing!
    • You can copy and paste the sample code in the next section to help you get started.

For more help with writing support articles, see:

A complete list of support article documentation is here - Improve the Knowledge Base

Copy and paste this template into a new article

The code below is sample wiki markup that you can use as a basis for a new article. These are some of the most common pieces of markup that we use. For more markup see, Markup cheat sheet.

Introduction goes here.

__TOC__

=First section=
An unordered list:
*First item. For more information see, [[Name of article]]
*[[Name of article|Second item]]
*:[[Image:Name of image]]

{note}'''Note:''' This is an example of a note.{/note}

=Second section=
{for win}
A numbered list only "for" Windows users:
#First item
#Second item
{/for}

{for mac}
A numbered list only "for" Mac users:
#First item
#Second item
{/for}

{for linux}
A numbered list only "for" Linux users:
#First item
#Second item
{/for}

{warning}'''Warning:''' This is an example of a warning.{/warning}

This is what the sample wiki markup looks like to the viewer

Introduction goes here.

First section

An unordered list:

Note: This is an example of a note.

Second section

A numbered list only "for" Windows users:

  1. First item
  2. Second item

A numbered list only "for" Mac users:

  1. First item
  2. Second item

A numbered list only "for" Linux users:

  1. First item
  2. Second item
Warning: This is an example of a warning.