The Wiki Formatting Guide

Once you've read through this, test your formatting skills in the SandBox.

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1. Textformatting

Note: Anything between 2 sets of double-quotes is not formatted.

**bold**
bold

//I'm italic text!//
I'm italic text!

And I'm __underlined__!
And I'm underlined!

##monospace text##
monospace text

''highlight text'' (using 2 single-quotes)
highlight text

++Strike through text++
Strike through text

Press #%ANY KEY#%
Press ANY KEY

@@Center text@@


``quote``
quote

§§blockquote§§

blockquote

2. Headers:

Use between six = (for the biggest header) and two = (for the smallest header) on both sides of a text.

====== Really big header ======

Really big header

===== Rather big header =====

Rather big header

==== Medium header ====

Medium header

=== Not-so-big header ===

Not-so-big header

== Smallish header ==

Smallish header

3. Horizontal separator:

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4. Forced line break:

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5. Lists / Indents:

Indent text using 4 spaces (which will auto-convert into tabs) or using "~". To make bulleted / ordered lists, use the following codes (you can use 4 spaces instead of "~"):

~- bulleted list:
- bulleted list
- Line two

~1) numbered list:
1) numbered list
1) Line two

~A) Using uppercase characters:
A) Using uppercase characters
A) Line two

~a) Using lowercase characters:
a) Using lowercase characters
a) Line two

~I) using uppercase roman numerals:
I) using Latin numbers
I) Line two

~i) using lowercase roman numerals:
i) using Latin numbers
i) Line two

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6. Inline comments

~& Comment
~~& Subcomment
~~~& Subsubcomment

• Comment
  • Subcomment
    • Subsubcomment

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7. Images:

To place images on a Wiki page, use:
{{image class="center" alt="DVD logo" title="An Image Link" url="images/dvdvideo.gif" link="RecentChanges"}}

Links can be external, or internal Wiki links. You don't have to enter a link at all, and in that case just an image will be inserted. You can also use the classes 'left' and 'right' to float images left and right. You don't need to use all those attributes, only url is essential.

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8. Links

To link to other wiki-pages, write
- a WikiName
- or a forced link with [[ and ]] around it (everything after the first space will be shown as description)
- or an image with a link

To link to external pages, write
- a http-adress inside the page
- or a forced link with [[ and ]] around it (everything after the first space will be shown as description)
- or an image with a link
- or an InterWiki-link (see page for wiki-list)

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9. Tables

To create a table use this code:
{{table columns="3" cellpadding="1" cells="BIG;GREEN;FROGS;yes;yes;no;no;no;###"}} to give:

BIG	GREEN	FROGS
yes	yes	no
no	no

### means the cell is empty.

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10. Colored Text

{{color c="blue" text="This is a test."}} gives:

This is a test.

If you want to use hex values:

{{color hex="#DD0000" text="This is another test."}} to give:

This is another test.

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11. Floats

Left floated box - use two < signs before and after the block
Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler.

Right floated box, use two > characters before and after the block
Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler.

Use ::c:: to clear floated blocks...

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12. Code formatters

Simply use %%(formatter [;#number]) code %% - For the formatters, see the list below. If you add use a number and it is enabled in the config, you will have line numbers starting at #number.

LANGUAGE	FORMATTER
Actionscript	actionscript
ADA	ada
Apache Log	apache
ASM	asm
ASP	asp
Bash	bash
C	c
C for Macs	c_mac
c#	csharp
C++	cpp
CAD DCL	caddcl
CadLisp	cadlisp
CSS	css
Delphi	delphi
HTML	html
Java	java
Javascript	javascript
Lisp	lisp
Lua	lua
NSIS	nsis
Objective C	objc
OpenOffice BASIC	oobas
Pascal	pascal
Perl	perl
PHP	php
Python	phyton
Q(uick)BASIC	qbasic
Smarty	smarty
SQL	sql
VB.NET	vbnet
Visual BASIC	vb
Visual Fox Pro	visualfoxpro
XML	xml

With the same syntax you can also use Wikka's built-in formatters: email, ini and code. If you haven't installed GeSHi∞ php will be formatted by Wikka's built-in formatter, too.

Take a look at Wikka:SyntaxHighlighter∞ to see some examples.

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13. Freemind maps

See the Wikka:FreeMind∞ page on how to include Freemind-maps

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14. Embedded HTML

Use two doublequotes around the html-tags. Note the limitations on using HTML∞.

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