Wiki Text Formatting Rules (3GE)
Simple editing is one of the major benefits of using a wiki. Users can edit pages without knowing HTML, and still use many formatting features of HTML. Most wikis define a set of formatting rules to convert plain text into HTML. Some wikis (like this one) also allow some HTML "tags", like and within a page. (Some wikis use raw HTML instead of special formatting rules.) (3GF)
Tips | Hints (3GG)
The following text is an overview of the PurpleWiki (the flavor of Wiki being used here) text formatting rules. For examples without all the explanatory text, see the EditSamplePage. To try these rules for yourself, please feel free to edit the SandBox page. To see how any page is formatted, just follow the link "Edit text of this page" at the bottom of the page. (3GH)
Basic Text Formatting: (3GI)
Entering text on a wiki can be done simply. Follow these guidelines: (3GJ)
- Carriage returns (ie pressing the Enter key) are significant in formatting a wiki page (3GK)
- Multiple spaces and tabs are ignored (3GL)
- use 'for bold' and 'for italics' or for both . Alternatively, use tags bold and italic (3GM)
- Use tag for monospace text (3GN)
- The first character entered on a line often controls the formatting of the text on that line, in brief (see below for details): (3GO)
- " " space causes text to appear in a monospaced font where spaces are significant (3GP)
- ":" colon causes text to be indented (3GQ)
- "=" equals - followed by a space - creates a heading, a trailing "=" - preceded by a space - is required (3GR)
- "*" asterisk creates a bulleted list (3GS)
- "#" hash creates a numbered list (3GT)
- ";" semicolon creates a definition list, a ":" colon is required subsequently on the same line (3GU)
Repetition of the first character on the line generally increases the indentation or emphasis (3GV)
- Leave a single blank line between paragraphs. (3GW)
- PurpleNumbers are automatically generated for every paragraph and every item of a list. (3GX)
- Suppress wiki formatting and linking through escaped WikiWiki text - by enclosing the word/phrase between the "<nowiki> ... </nowiki>" pair (of tags) (3GY)
Including Images (3GZ)
Insert an image using a full URL, e.g. (3H0)
http://colab.cim3.net/file/work/pic/eGov-ECT-Conference_20040126/thumbnails/DSC01403.jpg (3H1)
- it will show up like this: (3H2)
Caption: Picture showing a demonstration of the CWE system (3H3)
- Image types supported are .gif, .jpg, .png, .bmp, and .jpeg (3H4)
- don't forget to include a caption for accessibility considerations. (3H5)
Wiki Headings (3H6)
Up to six levels of heading can be used. You create headings by using a "=" equals as the first character on a line. (3H7)
Note a space must separate the heading text from the "=" equals. (3H8)
eg (3H9)
Section Heading 1 (3HA)
Section Heading 2 (3HB)
Section Heading Three (3HC)
Section Heading Four (3HD)
Section Heading 5 (3HE)
Section Heading 6 (3HF)
Number and Bullet Lists (3HG)
You create bullets and numbered lists by using an "*" asterisk or "#" hash as the first character on a line. eg (3HH)