Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and
manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,694 pages of
information and 247,077 images on early companies, their products and the
people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and
manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of
information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the
people who designed and built them.
* Body text should be short paragraphs and commence with a year or date whenever possible. Paragraphs are listed in date order
* Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and commence with a year or date whenever possible.
* Try and give the reference to each paragraph of information like this <ref>This is a reference</ref>
* Paragraphs are listed in date order ascending, so list by earliest reference first.
* Try and give the reference to each paragraph of information using the <ref> button in the edit bar above. It will appear like this <ref>This is a reference</ref>.
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* '''Bold''' and ''Italic text'' [[links to other Grace's Guide pages]] can be achieved by using the above edit buttons where necessary.
* [http://www.example.com Hyperlinks] can also be added using the button on the function bar above.
* To add a thumbnail image, aligned right, use [[Image:image code.jpg|thumb| Year. Image Comment.]]. see the edit tab on the [[Test image position]] page for more options.
'''Category Assignment and Defaultsort
* Please assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the 'All Categories list' as necessary.
* Please assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the 'All Categories list' as necessary.
Revision as of 10:58, 1 October 2014
Page names / Titles
Never use the '&' (ampersand) in a page name - it will never be found again!
Abbreviate 'Company' to 'Co' in page names
Do not use 'Ltd' / 'plc' and similar in page titles as companies change their legal status during their life-time
Page content
Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and commence with a year or date whenever possible.
Paragraphs are listed in date order ascending, so list by earliest reference first.
Try and give the reference to each paragraph of information using the Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.
Hyperlinks can also be added using the button on the function bar above.
To add a thumbnail image, aligned right, use File:Image code.jpg Year. Image Comment.. see the edit tab on the Test image position page for more options.
Category Assignment and Defaultsort
Please assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the 'All Categories list' as necessary.
Particularly for Pages made as a name as the title, please add in the default sort script the Surname first followed by an initial, so that it will appear in the correct alphabetical section within it's category listings.
For an example, please use the edit tab to view the 'hidden' script below.
Footer
All pages need the following code at the bottom (immediately before the 'Category' tag) (Use Edit tab to see the code)
