Wiki Editing
List of functions
(apart from the last two examples, these pieces of wikitext are created by typing abc, selecting it and clicking the buttons on the toolbar)
Icon | Function | What it shows when editing | What it shows on the page |
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Bold or strong emphasis | '''abc'''
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abc | |
Italic or emphasis | ''abc''
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abc | |
Internal link | [[meta:Sandbox|abc]]
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abc | |
External link | [abc.com]
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Section heading | == abc ==
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abc | |
Insert image | [[Image:abc.png]]
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File:Abc.png | |
Insert media | [[Media:abc.ogg]]
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Media:abc.ogg | |
Mathematical formula | <math>abc</math>
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<math>abc</math> | |
Ignore wiki formatting | <nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki>
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abc '''[[Bold text]]''' | |
Sign talk comments (with time stamp) | ~~~~
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Gareth Aus 22:49, 11 February 2006 (UTC) | |
Horizontal line | ----
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Organizing your writing — sections, paragraphs, lists and lines
What it looks like | What you type |
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Start sections with header lines Note: Single equal signs give the highest level heading, like the page title; usually projects have the convention not to use them. New section Subsection Sub-subsection
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== New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ==== |
A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph, or ends a list or indented part. (<p> disables this paragraphing until </p> or the end of the section) (In Cologne blue, two newlines and a div tag give just one newline; in the order newline, div tag, newline, the result is two newlines.) A semicolon at the start of a line is not rendered, but has the effect of rendering the newline. A colon in such a line is not rendered, but has the effect of starting a new, indented line, see definition list.
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A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. |
You can break lines without starting a new paragraph.
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You can break lines <br/> without starting a new paragraph. |
marks the end of the list.
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* Unordered Lists are easy to do: ** start every line with a star, *** more stars means deeper levels. * A newline * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course, * you can * start again. |
marks the end of the list.
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# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow # A newline # in a list marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts # with 1. |
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* You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* or break lines <br/>in lists |
Definition list
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; word : definition of the word ; longer phrase : phrase defined
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A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
In the case of a semicolon and some text in front of the colon, the first colon starts a new line (indented as before) even though it is in the wikitext not at the start of the line, see definition list. |
: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. |
When there is a need for separating a block of text
This is useful for (as the name says) inserting blocks of quoted (and cited) text. |
<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote> |
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<center>Centered text.</center> |
A horizontal dividing line:
this is above it... ...and this is below it. If you don't use a section header, you don't get a TOC entry. |
A horizontal dividing line: this is above it... ---- ...and this is below it. |
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