Editing Quickstart

In a nutshell...

To quickly create and edit a page with things to memorize, use the wizard:

 

Overview

Editing and creating pages is very flexible on Memorize.com. You can edit text and tables on existing pages, create and edit your own pages, and edit tables while memorizing. You can even edit this page.

 

The "edit" and "create page" links let you edit and create pages. Double-clicking text or tables is a shortcut for editing. Try editing this page or creating a page. No signup is required!

 

Any pages you've edited or created are listed on your home page (click the "Home" link at the top-left).

 

 

Note that you type the "|" by holding down shift and typing the \ key.

Creating pages

Clicking "create page" (top of page) to create a new page is the most common way for users to create content. It uses the simple Page Wizard by default.

Versions

When you create or begin editing a page, a new version of the page is created for you and that is the version you edit. You will notice that the "yours" link becomes selected at the top of the page. This indicates you are editing your version. You can switch back to the main version by clicking the "main" link or see someone else's version by clicking "all".

The "edit" links

Home page

Once you've edited or created a page, your versions will show up on your home page. The "Home" link (at the top-left) will take you there. See Home Quickstart for more details.

Double-clicking

You can double-click on a section to edit it (as a shortcut for clicking "edit"). Try double-clicking these words to edit this section.

How to type things

On memorize.com you use Wiki Text to create pages, which means you only have to type a few characters to create headings and tables! And, you can copy and paste the wiki text and email it or edit it in any program you have.

 

While editing you can click the "samples" link to see samples of wiki text. See Wiki Text for more details.

 

A good strategy is to find a page similar to the page you want to create, and then click 'edit' on that page to see what the underlying wiki text looks like.

 

See the Linking Quickstart for how to link together the pages you create.

Spam protection

Memorize.com has several features for fighting spam. See Spam Protection for details.

Main versions

Once you've edited a page or created a new page, you may decide your version is worthy of being the main version. To tell us this, click "page" and select "suggest as main". You'll see "page" on the right when viewing an edited version. See Promoting Quickstart for more details.

Deleting

Click the "edit" link at the top the page on one of your versions. A "delete" link will appear.

Editing while memorizing

You can double-click words in a table while memorizing it. This will let you edit one row at a time, and save after you're done memorizing.

Memorize diagrams

For how to create tables with memorize diagrams (images and maps, etc), see Memorize Diagram Quickstart.

Memorize paragraphs

You create a memorize paragraph by making a paragraph with the terms you want to memorize surrounded by single quotes. Click the "edit" link above this section to see the wiki text for the following memorize paragraph.

 

The symbol for Aluminum is predictably Al. Confusingly, the symbol for Copper is Cu. Among the oddest are Tin with the symbol Sn, and Lead with the symbol Pb.

Memorizing order

If you type a row like "Jupiter | ...", the "..." will be replaced by the first cell in the next row (presumably "Saturn" in this case). This is how the table at the top of Planets was created.

Review

Question (memorize)	Answer (memorize)
to edit	click 'edit' (or double-click)
to create a page	click "create page" (top of page)
your edits are listed on	your home page
how to type "|"	shift-\
to edit the whole page	clicking the top "edit" link
to delete a page	click "edit" (top of page) then "delete"