Wiki Standards & Style Guide
BookStack User Docs
https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/user/content-overview/
Basic Do's and Dont's
| Do | Don't |
| Embed links to other wiki pages that exist as supplemental instructions/information which are relevant to your guide, but not specific to it | Reiterate instructions or reference material which exists as their own wiki page |
| Paste text without the source formatting (CTRL + Shift + V), then apply formatting within the wiki's page editor | Paste text with source formatting (CTRL + V). Fonts, text color, and background colors vary depending on each system's and user's personal settings |
| Use AP title case for page titles and headers | Use inconsistent or incorrect capitalization in page titles and headers |
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Call attention to UI elements by either bolding them, or using an inline image of the UI element when writing instructions. For example:
or
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Use screenshots of an entire page in order to visualize or label UI elements for step by step instructions, unless there is a good reason to. |
