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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on 17 January 2022 3:00 by harold
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-<?plugin CreateToc jshide||=1 with_toclink||=1 ? >  
-----  
-! Synopsis  
-Help:TextFormattingRules <br>  
-*Emphasis:* <tt> ~_< /tt> for _ italics_ , <tt> ~*</tt> for *bold*,  
-<tt> ~_ ~*< /tt> for _ *both*_ , <tt> ~=</tt> for = fixed width= .%%%  
-*Lists:* <tt> ~*</tt> for bullet lists, <tt> #</tt> for numbered lists,  
-_Term ~: ~<new-line> definition_ for definition lists.<br>  
-*Preformatted text:* Enclose text in <tt> ~<pre> ~</pre></tt> or  
-<tt> ~<verbatim >~</verbatim></tt >.%%%  
-*Indented text:* Indent the paragraph with whitespaces.%%%  
-*References:* ~JoinCapitalizedWords or use square brackets for a  
-<tt> ~[page link]</tt> or URL <tt> ~[~http ~://cool.wiki.int/~]< /tt> .<br>  
-*Preventing linking:* Prefix with "<tt> ~~</tt> ":  
-<tt> ~~~DoNotHyperlink</tt>, name links like <tt>~[text | URL or pagename~]</tt> .%%%  
-*Misc:* "<tt>!</tt>", "<tt>!!</tt>", "<tt>!!!</tt>" make headings,  
-"<tt> ~%%%</tt>" or "<tt> ~<br></tt> " makes a linebreak,  
- "<tt> ~----</tt> " makes a horizontal rule.%%%  
-*Allowed HTML tags:* <b>b</b> <big>big</big> <i>i</i> 
+<< CreateToc with_toclink||=1 position=right > >  
+  
+== Synopsis ==  
+  
+* *Emphasis:** ## ~/~/## for // italics// , ## ~*~*## for * *bold* *, ## ~* ~*~ /~/...~/~/~*~*## for **// both//* *, ## ~#~### for ## fixed width## . \\  
+* *Lists:** ## ~*## for bullet lists, ##~### for numbered lists; use multiple ## ~*## or ## ~### for nested lists. \\  
+**Headings:** "##~=~=##", "##~=~=~=##", "##~=~=~=~=##", etc. make headings. \\  
+* *Preformatted text:* * Enclose text in ## ~{ ~{~{...~}~}~}## or ## ~<pre >~</pre >## . \\  
+* *Indented text:* * Indent the paragraph with whitespaces. \\  
+* *References:** use double square brackets for a ##~[ ~[page link~ ]~]## or URL ## ~[~[ ~http :~ //cool.wiki.int/~]~]##. \\  
+**References:** use pipe ##~|## to name the links: ##~[~[page link~|some text~]~]## or ##~[~[~http:~ //cool .wiki.int/~|some text~]~]##. \\  
+* *Preventing linking:* * Prefix with "## ~~## ": ## ~~~DoNotHyperlink## . \\  
+* *Misc:* * "## ~\ ~\## " makes a linebreak, "## ~----## " makes a horizontal rule. \\  
+* *Allowed HTML tags:* * <b>b</b> <big>big</big> <i>i</i> 
 <small>small</small> <tt>tt</tt> <em>em</em> <strong>strong</strong> 
+<s>s</s> <strike>strike</strike>  
 <abbr>abbr</abbr> <acronym>acronym</acronym> <cite>cite</cite> 
 <code>code</code> <dfn>dfn</dfn> <kbd>kbd</kbd> <samp>samp</samp> 
-<var>var</var> <sup>sup</sup> <sub>sub</sub> 
+<var>var</var> <sup>sup</sup> <sub>sub</sub> \\  
+**More:** [[Help:TextFormattingRules#Tables|tables]], [[Help:TextFormattingRules#Images|images]],  
+[[Help:CreateTocPlugin|table of contents]], [[Help:TextFormattingRules#Inserting_plugins|plugins]]  
  
-----  
+More explanations: [[Help:TextFormattingRules]]  
  
-!!! Character Formatting 
+== Character Formatting ==  
  
-* All special non-whitespace HTML characters are displayed as-is. Exceptions below.  
-* See [Emphasis|Help:TextFormattingRules#Emphasis].  
-* There's no syntax for font tags or color attributes.  
-* The tilde '~~' is the _Escape Character_:  
-** A single tilde '~~' followed by nothing gets rendered as a single tilde. => ~  
-** Two tilde '~~~~' get rendered as a single tilde. => ~~  
-** A single tilde before a link ('~~http~:~/~/foo.bar') prevents linking.  
- => ~http://foo.bar  
-** Two tildes before a link ('~~~~http~:~/~/foo.bar') produce a tilde  
- followed by the hyperlinked URL.  
- => ~~http://foo.bar  
-** A tilde inside an URL gets removed, unless it's formatted inside  
- ~[ ~] brackets.  
- Two tildes inside an URL (without brackets) become a single tilde.  
- => [http://foo.bar/~user] or http://foo.bar/~~user  
-* Special non-ascii or non-latin characters are printed as-is only if supported  
- by the native wiki CHARSET. Add such characters on a non-supported CHARSET with the Help:RawHtmlPlugin if it is enabled by the Admin and e.g. the &#num; syntax. %%%  
- E.g. These japanese euc-jp chars '&#12363;&#12425; &#26032;&#35215;&#12506;&#12540;&#12472;' on this =<?plugin SystemInfo CHARSET?> = wiki.  
- And with the plugin: <?plugin RawHtml &#12363;&#12425; &#26032;&#35215;&#12506;&#12540;&#12472; ?> %%%  
- And this is how it should look: [http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/demo/images/chars-releasenotes-japanese.png]  
+=== Emphasis === 
  
-!!! Paragraphs 
+* Use a double slash (##~/~/##) for emphasis (usually //italics//)  
+* Use a double asterisk (##~*~*##) for strong emphasis (usually **bold**)  
+* Mix them at will: **//bold italics//**  
+* //Emphasis// can be used //multiple// times within a paragraph, but **cannot** cross paragraph boundaries:  
+  
+// this  
+  
+will not work//  
+  
+=== Monospace ===  
+  
+Monospace text is made using two hashes:  
+  
+{{{  
+This sentence contains ##monospace text##.  
+}}}  
+  
+This sentence contains ##monospace text##.  
+  
+=== Superscript ===  
+  
+Superscript text is made using two carets:  
+  
+{{{  
+The XX^^th^^ century.  
+}}}  
+  
+The XX^^th^^ century.  
+  
+=== Subscript ===  
+  
+Subscript text is made using two commas:  
+  
+{{{  
+Water is H,,2,,O.  
+}}}  
+  
+Water is H,,2,,O.  
+  
+=== Fonts ===  
+  
+There's no syntax for font tags.  
+  
+=== Color Text ===  
+  
+It is possible to write text in color.  
+  
+{{{  
+%color=green% green text %% and back to normal  
+}}}  
+will give:  
+%%%  
+%color=green% green text %% and back to normal  
+  
+The easiest way to do it is to use the COLOR button in the Edit Toolbar.  
+The text will be in green by default. You can then change the color.  
+  
+Allowed colors are:  
+* an HTML color number (# followed by 3 or 6 digits),  
+* the following predefined color names:  
+{| class="bordered"  
+|-  
+| %color=aqua% aqua %%  
+| style="background-color:#565c5e" | %color=beige% beige %%  
+| %color=black% black %%  
+| %color=blue% blue %%  
+| %color=brown% brown %%  
+| %color=chocolate% chocolate %%  
+| %color=cyan% cyan %%  
+| %color=fuchsia% fuchsia %%  
+| %color=gold% gold %%  
+| %color=gray% gray %%  
+|-  
+| %color=green% green %%  
+| style="background-color:#565c5e" | %color=ivory% ivory %%  
+| %color=indigo% indigo %%  
+| %color=lime% lime %%  
+| %color=magenta% magenta %%  
+| %color=maroon% maroon %%  
+| %color=navy% navy %%  
+| %color=olive% olive %%  
+| %color=orange% orange %%  
+| %color=pink% pink %%  
+|-  
+| %color=purple% purple %%  
+| %color=red% red %%  
+| %color=salmon% salmon %%  
+| %color=silver% silver %%  
+| style="background-color:#565c5e" | %color=snow% snow %%  
+| %color=teal% teal %%  
+| %color=turquoise% turquoise %%  
+| %color=violet% violet %%  
+| style="background-color:#565c5e" | %color=white% white %%  
+| %color=yellow% yellow %%  
+|}  
+  
+Note: you can put the headers in color, but only if you do not have a table of content. For now, the table of content is incompatible with color headers.  
+  
+=== Escape Character ===  
+  
+The tilde '~~' is the //Escape Character//:  
+* A single tilde '~~' followed by nothing gets rendered as a single tilde. => ~  
+* Two tilde '~~~~' get rendered as a single tilde. => ~~  
+* A single tilde before a link ('~~http~:~/~/foo.bar') prevents linking. => ~http://foo.bar  
+* Two tildes before a link ('~~~~http~:~/~/foo.bar') produce a tilde followed by the hyperlinked URL. => ~~http://foo.bar  
+* A tilde inside an URL gets removed, unless it's formatted inside square brackets.  
+* Two tildes inside an URL (without brackets) become a single tilde. => [[http://foo.bar/~user]] or http://foo.bar/~~user  
+  
+=== Special Characters ===  
+  
+All special non-whitespace HTML characters are displayed as-is. Exceptions below.  
+  
+== Paragraphs ==  
  
 * Don't indent paragraphs 
 * Words wrap and fill as needed 
 * Use blank lines as separators 
 * Four or more minus signs make a horizontal rule 
-* = ~%%%= or = ~<br>= makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too) 
+* "##~\~\##", "## ~%%%##" or "## ~<br>##" makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too) 
  
+== Lists ==  
  
-!!! Lists  
+=== Unordered lists ===  
  
+Recommended syntax (Wikicreole):  
 * asterisk for first level 
- * indented asterisk (indent at least two spaces) for second level, etc.  
-* Use <tt>~*</tt>, <tt>-</tt>, <tt>+</tt> or <tt>o</tt> for bullet  
- lists, <tt>#</tt> for numbered lists (mix at will)  
-* Definition lists:  
- <pre>  
- Term:  
- definition  
- </pre>  
- gives  
- Term:  
- definition  
- as in the =<DL><DT><DD>= list  
-* Items may contain multiple paragraphs and other multi-lined content,  
- just indent the items  
+* double asterisk for second level, etc. 
  
+Be sure to **put a space after the asterisk**.  
  
-!!! Headings  
+You can also use indented asterisk for second level (indent at least two spaces).  
  
-* ' =! =' at the start of a line makes a small heading  
-* ' =!! =' at the start of a line makes a medium heading  
-* ' =!!! =' at the start of a line makes a large heading  
+=== Ordered lists === 
  
+Recommended syntax (Wikicreole):  
+* ##~### for first level  
+* double ##~### for second level, etc.  
  
-!!! Preformatted text  
+Be sure to **put a space after the hash sign**.  
  
-* Place preformatted lines inside =~<pre>=:  
- <verbatim>  
- <pre>  
- Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work.  
- </pre>  
- </verbatim>  
- gives  
- <pre>  
- Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work.  
- </pre>  
-* If you want text with no Wiki interaction, use the = ~<verbatim>= tag:  
- <pre>  
- <verbatim>  
- Preformatted text. ~WikiLinks do not work.  
- </verbatim>  
- </pre>  
- gives  
- <verbatim>  
- Preformatted text. WikiLinks do not work .  
- </verbatim>  
+You can also use indented ## ~### for second level (indent at least two spaces)
  
+=== Definition lists ===  
  
-!!!Indented Paragraphs  
+{{{  
+Term:  
+ definition  
+}}}  
  
-* Two or more whitespaces signal indented text. Indents may be nested.  
+gives  
  
- This is an indented block of text.  
+Term:  
+ definition  
  
- This block is even more indented.  
+=== Remark ===  
  
-* E -mail style block-quoting is supported as well:  
- <pre>  
- > This is block-quoted text.  
- </pre>  
- renders as  
+Items may contain multiple paragraphs and other multi -lined content, just indent the items  
  
- > This is block-quoted text.  
+== Headings ==  
  
+=== Wikicreole syntax (recommended) ===  
  
-!!! Emphasis  
+* '~=~=' at the start of a line makes a large heading (h2)  
+* '~=~=~=' at the start of a line makes a medium heading (h3)  
+* '~=~=~=~=' at the start of a line makes a small heading (h4)  
+* '~=~=~=~=~=' at the start of a line makes a smaller heading (h5)  
+* '~=~=~=~=~=~=' at the start of a line makes a tiny heading (h6)  
  
-* Use an underscore (<tt>~_</tt>) for emphasis (usually _italics_)  
-* Use an asterisk (<tt>~*</tt>) for strong emphasis (usually *bold*)  
-* Mix them at will: *_bold italics_*  
-* _Emphasis_ can be used _multiple_ times within a paragraph, but  
- _cannot_ cross paragraph boundaries:  
+=== Classic Phpwiki syntax ===  
  
- _this  
+* '##!!!##' at the start of a line makes a large heading (h2)  
+* '##!!##' at the start of a line makes a medium heading (h3)  
+* '##!##' at the start of a line makes a small heading (h4)  
  
- will not work_  
+== Preformatted text ==  
  
-!!! References 
+Place the preformatted text between three opening curly brackets and three closing curly brackets:  
+  
+<verbatim>  
+{{{  
+Preformatted text. ~WikiLinks do not work.  
+}}}  
+</verbatim>  
+  
+gives  
+  
+{{{  
+Preformatted text. WikiLinks do not work.  
+}}}  
+  
+If you want Wiki interaction, place preformatted lines inside ##~<pre>##:  
+  
+{{{  
+<pre>  
+Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work.  
+</pre>  
+}}}  
+  
+gives  
+  
+<pre>  
+Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work.  
+</pre>  
+  
+== Indented Paragraphs ==  
+  
+Two or more whitespaces signal indented text. Indents may be nested.  
+  
+ This is an indented block of text.  
+  
+ This block is even more indented.  
+  
+E-mail style block-quoting is supported as well:  
+{{{  
+> This is block-quoted text.  
+}}}  
+renders as  
+  
+> This is block-quoted text.  
+  
+== References ==  
  
 * Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the 
- page name in square brackets: [this is a page link] or  
- UsingWikiWords (preferred)  
-* Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this:  
- [http://www.wcsb.org/]  
-* You can name the links by providing a name , a bar (|) and then the  
- hyperlink or pagename :  
- [PhpWiki home page | http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/] ---  
- [the front page | HomePage ]  
-* You can suppress linking to old-style references and URIs by  
- preceding the word with a '<tt> ~~</tt> ', e.g. ~NotLinkedAsWikiName,  
- ~http~://not.linked.to/ 
+ page name in double square brackets: [ [this is a page link]].  
+ Single brackets or WikiWords will also work.  
+* Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this: [ [http://www.wcsb.org/] ]  
+* You can name the links by providing the hyperlink or pagename , a pipe (## |## ) and then the name :  
+ [[ http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/|PhpWiki home page ]], [[HomePage| the front page] ]  
+* You can suppress linking to URIs by preceding the word with a '## ~~## ',  
+ e.g. ~NotLinkedAsWikiName, ~http~://not.linked.to/ 
 * Also, the old way of linking URL's is still supported: precede URLs 
- with "<tt> http:</tt> ", "<tt> ftp:</tt> " or "<tt> mailto:</tt> " to 
+ with "##~ http:## ", "##~ ftp:## " or "##~ mailto:## " to 
  create links automatically as in: http://c2.com/ 
-* URLs ending with = .png= , = .gif= , or = .jpg= are inlined if in square  
- brackets, by themselves:  
- [http://phpwiki.sourceforge .net/demo /themes/default/images/png.png]  
-* In-page #[hyperlinks] are made by placing a named anchor and  
- referring to the anchor in a hyperlink:  
- * Named anchors:  
- * <tt> ~#~[foo]</tt> : An anchor around the text "foo" with id  
- "foo".  
- * <tt> ~#~[|foo]</tt> : An empty anchor with id "foo".  
- * <tt> ~#~[howdy|foo]</tt> : An anchor around the text "howdy" with  
- id "foo".  
- * References to name anchors are made thusly:%%%  
- <tt> ~[~# [#hyperlinks]]</tt> , <tt> ~[~OtherPage#foo]</tt> ,  
- <tt> ~[named| ~OtherPage#foo]</tt> .  
-* Semantic links are named links like: is_a::WikiPage and attributes like  
- size:-4000. 
+* URLs ending with ## .png## , ## .gif## , or ## .jpg## are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves:  
+ [ [http://phpwiki.demo .free.fr /themes/default/images/png.png]]  
+* You can create footnotes by using ~[1], ~[2], ~[3], ... like this here #[|ftnt  
+_ref_1]<sup>~[[1|#ftnt_1]~]</sup>. See footnote for counterpart. (If the ~[ is  
+in the first column, it is a footnote <em>definition</em> rather than a footnote  
+ <em>reference</em> #[|ftnt_ref_1]<sup>~[[1|#ftnt_1]~]</sup>.)  
+* In-page #[ [hyperlinks] ] are made by placing a named anchor and referring to the anchor in a hyperlink:  
+* * Named anchors:  
+*** ## ~#~[ ~[foo]]## : An anchor around the text "foo" with id "foo".  
+*** ## ~#~[ ~[|foo]]## : An empty anchor with id "foo".  
+*** ## ~#~[ ~[howdy|foo]]## : An anchor around the text "howdy" with id "foo".  
+* * References to name anchors are made thusly:\\## ~[~[~ #hyperlinks]]## , ##~[ ~[~OtherPage#foo]]## , ##~[ ~[~OtherPage#foo|named ]]## .  
+* Semantic links are named links like: {{{ is_a::WikiPage}}} and attributes like {{{ size:-4000}}}
 * A pagelink within square brackets starting with ":" is not backlinked. 
  
-!!! Tables  
+== Images ==  
  
-* Definition list style tables are written just like definition lists,  
- except that you replace the trailing colon on the term with a " pipe"  
- (<tt>|</tt>)
+An inline image is created with curly brackets.  
+An alternate text can be put after a pipe. If there is none, an empty alternate text will be created
  
- <pre>  
- Term 1 |  
- Definition 1 begins here .  
- Term 1 .1 |  
- Definition 1 .1  
- Term 1 .2 |  
- Definition 1 .2  
- This is part of definition 1 .  
- Term 2 |  
- Here's definition 2 .  
- </pre>  
+{{{  
+{{myimage .png}}  
+{{myimage .png |this is the alt text for my image}}  
+[[some link|{{myimage .png}}]] - if you click on the image, will goto "some link"  
+[[some link|{{myimage .png |alt text}}]] - same with alternative  
+[[http://example .com/|{{myimage .png}}]] - same as above: picture links to url  
+[[http://example.com/ |{{myimage .png|alt text}}]] - same with alternative  
+}}}  
  
- Term 1 |  
- Definition 1 begins here.  
- Term 1.1 |  
- Definition 1.1  
- Term 1.2 |  
- Definition 1.2  
- This is part of definition 1.  
- Term 2 |  
- Here's definition 2.  
+== Tables ==  
  
-* Old-style tables are supported through the Help:OldStyleTablePlugin  
+=== Wikicreole tables ===  
  
-!!! HTML Mark-Up Language 
+All cells are separated by single pipes.  
+Leading spaces are permitted before the first cell of a row and trailing spaces are permitted at the end of a line.  
+The ending pipe is optional.  
+  
+You can embed links, bold, italics, line breaks, and nowiki in table cells.  
+  
+Equal sign directly following pipe defines a header.  
+Headers can be arranged horizontally or vertically.  
+  
+{{{  
+|=Heading Col 1 |=Heading Col 2 |  
+|Cell 1.1 |Two lines\\in Cell 1.2 |  
+|Cell 2.1 |Cell 2.2 |  
+}}}  
+  
+will give:  
+  
+|=Heading Col 1 |=Heading Col 2 |  
+|Cell 1.1 |Two lines\\in Cell 1.2 |  
+|Cell 2.1 |Cell 2.2 |  
+  
+=== Mediawiki tables ===  
+  
+See [[Help:MediawikiTablePlugin]].  
+  
+=== Definition list style tables ===  
+  
+Definition list style tables are written just like definition lists,  
+except that you replace the trailing colon on the term with a "pipe" (##|##).  
+  
+{{{  
+Term 1 |  
+ Definition 1 begins here.  
+ Term 1.1 |  
+ Definition 1.1  
+ Term 1.2 |  
+ Definition 1.2  
+ This is part of definition 1.  
+Term 2 |  
+ Here's definition 2.  
+}}}  
+  
+will give:  
+  
+Term 1 |  
+ Definition 1 begins here.  
+ Term 1.1 |  
+ Definition 1.1  
+ Term 1.2 |  
+ Definition 1.2  
+ This is part of definition 1.  
+Term 2 |  
+ Here's definition 2.  
+  
+== Old-style tables ==  
+  
+See: [[Help:OldStyleTablePlugin]]  
+  
+== HTML Mark-Up Language ==  
  
 * Some in-line markup is allowed through the use of HTML tags: 
  <b>b</b>, <big>big</big>, <i>i</i>, <small>small</small>, 
  <tt>tt</tt>, <em>em</em>, <strong>strong</strong>, 
@@ -210,25 +360,24 @@
  <samp>samp</samp>, <var>var</var>, <sup>sup</sup> and <sub>sub</sub> 
 * < and > are themselves 
 * The & characters will not work 
  
-!!! Creating various kinds of special links 
+== Creating various kinds of special links ==  
  
-* See [Help:MagicPhpWikiURLs] for gory details on how to write various kind  
- of wiki maintenance and other special links. 
+See [ [Help:MagicPhpWikiURLs] ] for gory details on how to write various kind  
+of wiki maintenance and other special links. 
  
-!!! Inserting plugins 
+== Inserting plugins ==  
  
-* Several plugins permit embedding additional functionality to Wiki  
- pages. For example,  
- <verbatim>  
- <?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ? >  
- </verbatim>  
- gives  
- <?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ?
+Several plugins permit embedding additional functionality to Wiki pages. For example,  
+{{{  
+<< BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits> >  
+}}}  
+gives  
+<< BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits>
  
-* For more information on plugins see Help:WikiPlugin, and PluginManager for a list of all  
- plugins. 
+For more information on plugins see [[ Help:WikiPlugin]] , and [[ PluginManager]] for a list of all plugins. 
  
+<noinclude>  
 ---- 
-  
- PhpWikiDocumentation 
+[[ PhpWikiDocumentation]]  
+</noinclude>  

current version

Synopsis

Emphasis: // for italics, ** for bold, **//...//** for both, ## for fixed width.
Lists: * for bullet lists, # for numbered lists; use multiple * or # for nested lists.
Headings: "==", "===", "====", etc. make headings.
Preformatted text: Enclose text in {{{...}}} or <pre></pre>.
Indented text: Indent the paragraph with whitespaces.
References: use double square brackets for a [[page link]] or URL [[http://cool.wiki.int/]].
References: use pipe | to name the links: [[page link|some text]] or [[http://cool.wiki.int/|some text]].
Preventing linking: Prefix with "~": ~DoNotHyperlink.
Misc: "\\" makes a linebreak, "----" makes a horizontal rule.
Allowed HTML tags: b big i small tt em strong s strike abbr acronym cite code dfn kbd samp var sup sub
More: tables, images, table of contents, plugins

More explanations: Help:TextFormattingRules

Character Formatting

Emphasis

  • Use a double slash (//) for emphasis (usually italics)
  • Use a double asterisk (**) for strong emphasis (usually bold)
  • Mix them at will: bold italics
  • Emphasis can be used multiple times within a paragraph, but cannot cross paragraph boundaries:

// this

will not work//

Monospace

Monospace text is made using two hashes:

This sentence contains ##monospace text##.

This sentence contains monospace text.

Superscript

Superscript text is made using two carets:

The XX^^th^^ century.

The XXth century.

Subscript

Subscript text is made using two commas:

Water is H,,2,,O.

Water is H2O.

Fonts

There's no syntax for font tags.

Color Text

It is possible to write text in color.

%color=green% green text %% and back to normal

will give:
green text and back to normal

The easiest way to do it is to use the COLOR button in the Edit Toolbar. The text will be in green by default. You can then change the color.

Allowed colors are:

  • an HTML color number (# followed by 3 or 6 digits),
  • the following predefined color names:

aqua

beige

black

blue

brown

chocolate

cyan

fuchsia

gold

gray

green

ivory

indigo

lime

magenta

maroon

navy

olive

orange

pink

purple

red

salmon

silver

snow

teal

turquoise

violet

white

yellow

Note: you can put the headers in color, but only if you do not have a table of content. For now, the table of content is incompatible with color headers.

Escape Character

The tilde '~' is the Escape Character:

  • A single tilde '~' followed by nothing gets rendered as a single tilde. => ~
  • Two tilde '~~' get rendered as a single tilde. => ~
  • A single tilde before a link ('~http://foo.bar') prevents linking. => http://foo.bar
  • Two tildes before a link ('~~http://foo.bar') produce a tilde followed by the hyperlinked URL. => ~http://foo.bar
  • A tilde inside an URL gets removed, unless it's formatted inside square brackets.
  • Two tildes inside an URL (without brackets) become a single tilde. => http://foo.bar/~user or http://foo.bar/~user

Special Characters

All special non-whitespace HTML characters are displayed as-is. Exceptions below.

Paragraphs

  • Don't indent paragraphs
  • Words wrap and fill as needed
  • Use blank lines as separators
  • Four or more minus signs make a horizontal rule
  • "\\", "%%%" or "<br>" makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too)

Lists

Unordered lists

Recommended syntax (Wikicreole):

  • asterisk for first level
  • double asterisk for second level, etc.

Be sure to put a space after the asterisk.

You can also use indented asterisk for second level (indent at least two spaces).

Ordered lists

Recommended syntax (Wikicreole):

  • # for first level
  • double # for second level, etc.

Be sure to put a space after the hash sign.

You can also use indented # for second level (indent at least two spaces).

Definition lists

Term:
  definition

gives

Term
definition

Remark

Items may contain multiple paragraphs and other multi-lined content, just indent the items

Headings

Wikicreole syntax (recommended)

  • '==' at the start of a line makes a large heading (h2)
  • '===' at the start of a line makes a medium heading (h3)
  • '====' at the start of a line makes a small heading (h4)
  • '=====' at the start of a line makes a smaller heading (h5)
  • '======' at the start of a line makes a tiny heading (h6)

Classic Phpwiki syntax

  • '!!!' at the start of a line makes a large heading (h2)
  • '!!' at the start of a line makes a medium heading (h3)
  • '!' at the start of a line makes a small heading (h4)

Preformatted text

Place the preformatted text between three opening curly brackets and three closing curly brackets:

{{{
Preformatted text. ~WikiLinks do not work.
}}}

gives

Preformatted text. WikiLinks do not work.

If you want Wiki interaction, place preformatted lines inside <pre>:

<pre>
Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work.
</pre>

gives

Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work.

Indented Paragraphs

Two or more whitespaces signal indented text. Indents may be nested.

This is an indented block of text.

This block is even more indented.

E-mail style block-quoting is supported as well:

> This is block-quoted text.

renders as

This is block-quoted text.

References

  • Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the page name in double square brackets: this is a page link. Single brackets or WikiWords will also work.
  • Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this: http://www.wcsb.org/
  • You can name the links by providing the hyperlink or pagename, a pipe (|) and then the name: PhpWiki home page, the front page
  • You can suppress linking to URIs by preceding the word with a '~', e.g. NotLinkedAsWikiName, http://not.linked.to/
  • Also, the old way of linking URL's is still supported: precede URLs with "http:", "ftp:" or "mailto:" to create links automatically as in: http://c2.com/
  • URLs ending with .png, .gif, or .jpg are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves:
  • You can create footnotes by using [1], [2], [3], ... like this here #[|ftnt

_ref_1][1]. See footnote for counterpart. (If the [ is in the first column, it is a footnote definition rather than a footnote

reference [1].)

  • In-page hyperlinks are made by placing a named anchor and referring to the anchor in a hyperlink:

    • Named anchors:

      • #[[foo]]: An anchor around the text "foo" with id "foo".
      • #[[|foo]]: An empty anchor with id "foo".
      • #[[howdy|foo]]: An anchor around the text "howdy" with id "foo".
    • References to name anchors are made thusly:
      [[#hyperlinks]], [[OtherPage#foo]], [[OtherPage#foo|named]].
  • Semantic links are named links like: is_a::WikiPage and attributes like size:-4000.
  • A pagelink within square brackets starting with ":" is not backlinked.

Images

An inline image is created with curly brackets. An alternate text can be put after a pipe. If there is none, an empty alternate text will be created.

{{myimage.png}}
{{myimage.png|this is the alt text for my image}}
[[some link|{{myimage.png}}]] - if you click on the image, will goto "some link"
[[some link|{{myimage.png|alt text}}]] - same with alternative
[[http://example.com/|{{myimage.png}}]] - same as above: picture links to url
[[http://example.com/|{{myimage.png|alt text}}]] - same with alternative

Tables

Wikicreole tables

All cells are separated by single pipes. Leading spaces are permitted before the first cell of a row and trailing spaces are permitted at the end of a line. The ending pipe is optional.

You can embed links, bold, italics, line breaks, and nowiki in table cells.

Equal sign directly following pipe defines a header. Headers can be arranged horizontally or vertically.

|=Heading Col 1 |=Heading Col 2         |
|Cell 1.1       |Two lines\\in Cell 1.2 |
|Cell 2.1       |Cell 2.2               |

will give:

Heading Col 1 Heading Col 2
Cell 1.1 Two lines
in Cell 1.2
Cell 2.1 Cell 2.2

Mediawiki tables

See Help:MediawikiTablePlugin.

Definition list style tables

Definition list style tables are written just like definition lists, except that you replace the trailing colon on the term with a "pipe" (|).

Term 1 |
   Definition 1 begins here.
   Term 1.1 |
      Definition 1.1
   Term 1.2 |
      Definition 1.2
   This is part of definition 1.
Term 2 |
   Here's definition 2.

will give:

Term 1

Definition 1 begins here.

Term 1.1 Definition 1.1
Term 1.2 Definition 1.2

This is part of definition 1.

Term 2 Here's definition 2.

Old-style tables

See: Help:OldStyleTablePlugin

HTML Mark-Up Language

  • Some in-line markup is allowed through the use of HTML tags: b, big, i, small, tt, em, strong, abbr, acronym, cite, code, dfn, kbd, samp, var, sup and sub
  • < and > are themselves
  • The & characters will not work

Creating various kinds of special links

See Help:MagicPhpWikiURLs for gory details on how to write various kind of wiki maintenance and other special links.

Inserting plugins

Several plugins permit embedding additional functionality to Wiki pages. For example,

<<BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits>>

gives

247 pages link to HomePage:
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
Page Name. HitsClick to reverse sort order
Jampro Antenna 68
Andrew Corporation 69
Circuit Research Laboratories 81
Revox 82
Wheatstone Corporation 83
Electronics Digest 87
UREI 92
Marti Electronics, Inc. 94
dbx 96
Dolby Laboratories 100
Potomac Instruments 104
McMartin 115
Teac 118
CCA 128
Hewlett Packard 128
Historic Papers 149
3M 152
Sony 162
Tektronix 170
Heathkit 173
Fidelipac 173
Station Histories 188
Broadcast Tools 199
Panasonic 209
Gentner 211
ITC 218
Sparta Electronics 228
MilitaryRadio 242
MoseleyAssociatesInc 254
Dayton Industrial 258
TFT, Inc. 262
Harris Corporation - Broadcast Division 290
Ratheon 365
Ampex 375
OldMarkupTestPage 379
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 379
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 379
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 379
template 388
Radio Engineering 388
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 389
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 389
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 389
RedirectToPlugin 396
Help/OldTextFormattingRules 399
OldTextFormattingRules 409
NewMarkupTestPage 419
Dorrough Electronics 421
AmministrazioneDiPhpWiki 421
Broadcast Electronics 450
Goldline 458
GatesRadioCatalog99 465
GatesRadioCompany 478
UMC Beaucart 508
Cablewave Systems 508
HallikainenAndFriends 514
RCA 529
Radio Business Report 540
Harris Allied 565
Thordarson 566
Realistic 569
Elgin Electronics 573
Collins Radio 580
Aristocart 615
IncludePagePlugin 620
Telos 634
Johnson Electronics 665
Contel ASC 666
QRK 683
Federated Purchaser 710
Electronics Research, Inc. 710
Telfax 715
Sine Systems 724
Hollyanne 736
Moulic Specialties Co. 747
Audi-Cord Corporation 753
Multronics 754
Straight Wire Audio 757
Standard Telephones & Cables. Australia 760
Cutting Edge Technologies 771
Clear-Com 773
Microcon 776
Broadcast Television Systems 776
Mullard 782
Consolidated Electronic Industries 783
Magnecord 785
United Transformer Corporation 789
Standard Electronics 791
Pultec 793
Studer 797
Broadcasters General Store 797
Trimax 799
NemsClarke 808
Engineering Services 818
Byer Industries 822
Presto 835
Triplett 835
Radio Engineering Laboratories 845
Coastcom 846
National 850
HoweTech 877
EfJohnson 878
Help/EditMetaDataPlugin 879
Westinghouse 879
Kenneth A. Bacon Associates 887
Conex Electro Systems 889
Motorola 894
Peak Audio 895
Video Systems of America 895
Scala 901
Scully 903
Tepco 905
Marantz 905
Nova Systems, Inc. 905
Garner Industries 905
Telefile Computer Products, Inc. 905
NBC 908
Bosch 910
Machlett Laboratories 916
Boonton Radio Corporation 918
GatesAir 919
Help/RedirectToPlugin 920
GeneralRadio 920
NAD Electronics 920
Multi-technical Services 928
Lang Electronics 929
EimacDivisionOfVarian 930
Midwest Communications 930
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company 933
ITA 945
Bauer Electronics Corporation 948
Victoreen Instrument Company 952
Wegener Communications 952
Continental Satellite Systems 953
Link, Fred M 953
US Audio 964
Philips 968
Harman Kardon 973
Tentel 973
Studer International AG 974
Russco 982
Electrovoice 982
Audio Arts 988
Comtech Antenna Corporation 992
J. G. S. Engineering Inc. 992
Jennings 997
Farallon 1013
Jensen Transformers 1016
Lorain Products Corporation 1018
Standart Tape Laboratory 1022
Gregg Laboratories 1024
Leeds & Northrup Company 1029
Simpson Electric Company 1032
Technics 1044
PhpWikiAdministration 1046
Otari 1058
Soltec 1060
Data Systems Design 1063
Sescom 1067
Texar 1068
Anton Electronic Laboratories 1081
Dataworld 1085
Amperite 1087
Yokogawa Electric Works 1087
IGM 1093
Denon 1096
Frese and Kaping 1105
Taber Manufacturing and Engineering Company 1109
Langevin 1122
Electronic Signal Products 1122
IRC 1124
AmperexElectronicCorporation 1126
Aphex Systems Limited 1137
Extel 1141
Computer Concepts 1146
SMC 1149
Ohmite Manufacturing Company 1151
Automated Broadcast Controls 1174
Pacific Recorders and Engineers 1208
Gorman-Redlich 1210
Bext 1214
Norcom 1231
McIntosh 1235
Aston 1265
Thompson-CSF 1276
ATI 1283
Teletronix Engineering Company 1290
Bell Telephone Laboratories 1307
Dumont 1308
MCI 1310
Lambda Electronics Corp. 1316
Schafer Automation 1324
Raytheon 1343
Radix 1351
Weston 1361
Kinght-kit 1368
Measurements 1373
Kenwood 1378
ComStream 1385
National Association of Broadcasters 1387
Rust Industrial Company, Inc. 1407
Inovonics 1417
American Electronic Laboratories 1431
Minicom Division of 3M 1442
Larcan 1445
Hughey & Phillips 1473
BME - Broadcast Management Engineering Magazine 1479
American Data 1547
Kyocera 1553
Energy-Onix 1567
Amalgamated Wireless (Australiasia) Ltd. 1605
Symmetrix 1606
Metrotech 1616
Neotek 1628
Advanced Research & Technology 1668
WesternElectric 1685
C & D Batteries 1694
Dana Electronics 1700
Microwave Radio Corporation 1708
Modulation Sciences 1711
Accurate Sound Corporation 1787
Cetec Broadcast Group 1807
Arrakis Systems, Inc 1840
CSI 1847
Altec 1849
MEI 1896
Hallicrafters 1903
Broadcast Audio 1955
Nortronics 1968
Bird Electronic Corporation 1975
DeltaElectronics 2066
Tapecaster 2146
ESE 2233
Orban 2247
Burk Technology 2255
Crown 2320
Auditronics 2439
GeneralElectric 2477
Belar Electronics Laboratory 2477
CBS Labs 2816
QEI 3045
LPB 3294
Autogram 3482
Continental Electronics 3489
TextFormattingRules 5492
Armstrong Transmitter Corporation 5579
Help/TextFormattingRules 13761

For more information on plugins see Help:WikiPlugin, and PluginManager for a list of all plugins.