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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

250 pages link to HomePage:
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
Page Name. Hits.
Help/TextFormattingRules 26179
PhpWikiAdministration 2123
Help/EditMetaDataPlugin 1660
Help/RedirectToPlugin 1730
TextFormattingRules 11515
OldTextFormattingRules 841
RedirectToPlugin 737
NewMarkupTestPage 854
OldMarkupTestPage 798
IncludePagePlugin 1160
AmperexElectronicCorporation 1885
DeltaElectronics 5299
EimacDivisionOfVarian 1687
GatesRadioCompany 13834
GatesRadioCatalog99 1092
GeneralElectric 2435
GeneralRadio 24293
HallikainenAndFriends 15888
MoseleyAssociatesInc 4229
Motorola 1750
National 1499
NemsClarke 1866
RCA 15586
WesternElectric 3603
Technics 1924
Westinghouse 1540
MilitaryRadio 6294
Historic Papers 3637
Station Histories 4605
Ratheon 739
Raytheon 2336
EfJohnson 1497
American Electronic Laboratories 2463
Victoreen Instrument Company 1700
Anton Electronic Laboratories 1745
Collins Radio 13872
HoweTech 1490
Belar Electronics Laboratory 4314
Ampex 12756
Harris Corporation - Broadcast Division 7437
Dorrough Electronics 6034
Radio Engineering Laboratories 1498
Standard Electronics 1361
Amalgamated Wireless (Australiasia) Ltd. 2604
Byer Industries 1529
Circuit Research Laboratories 1563
Bauer Electronics Corporation 1658
Trimax 1387
United Transformer Corporation 1477
template 819
Philips 1814
McMartin 2387
ITA 1572
Continental Electronics 3646
Magnecord 1475
TFT, Inc. 4777
Schafer Automation 2393
Gentner 5643
Texar 2051
Langevin 2150
Altec 3138
CBS Labs 2701
Pultec 1444
Sony 3749
3M 4334
UREI 2216
Frese and Kaping 2112
Revox 3655
Federated Purchaser 1324
CCA 2555
LPB 5821
Hollyanne 1357
Telfax 1303
Help/OldTextFormattingRules 786
AmministrazioneDiPhpWiki 849
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 785
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 785
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 785
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 760
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 760
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 760
Larcan 2703
Tepco 1528
Standard Telephones & Cables. Australia 1470
Presto 1463
Straight Wire Audio 1399
Arrakis Systems, Inc 3371
Consolidated Electronic Industries 1472
Aphex Systems Limited 1872
QEI 6161
Multronics 1387
ITC 4511
Machlett Laboratories 1603
Cutting Edge Technologies 1375
Bext 2102
Tektronix 3343
Electronics Research, Inc. 1238
Advanced Research & Technology 2714
Marantz 1768
Microcon 1366
Broadcast Television Systems 1375
Bosch 1596
dbx 2366
Otari 2035
Crown 5014
Broadcast Electronics 15798
ATI 2319
Scully 1740
Marti Electronics, Inc. 2097
Harman Kardon 1931
Potomac Instruments 2836
Broadcast Audio 4121
Andrew Corporation 2198
Audio Arts 1660
Bird Electronic Corporation 615
Dumont 2330
Autogram 8290
Radio Engineering 888
Heathkit 5036
Mullard 1374
NBC 1581
Amperite 1773
McIntosh 2278
Inovonics 2902
Neotek 3269
Moulic Specialties Co. 1300
Engineering Services 1430
IRC 1926
ESE 4605
Comtech Antenna Corporation 1806
Panasonic 6026
Orban 4208
Studer 1404
Coastcom 1536
Clear-Com 1474
Dolby Laboratories 1714
CSI 3486
Bell Telephone Laboratories 2426
Pacific Recorders and Engineers 2192
Hewlett Packard 3537
Sparta Electronics 5201
Tapecaster 4305
Scala 1539
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company 1505
Energy-Onix 3094
Modulation Sciences 3411
Burk Technology 4725
Auditronics 4799
Jampro Antenna 1411
Dayton Industrial 5306
Thompson-CSF 2419
Rust Industrial Company, Inc. 2533
Accurate Sound Corporation 2961
IGM 1938
SMC 2207
Radix 2478
Fidelipac 3136
Hughey & Phillips 2946
Microwave Radio Corporation 3286
Broadcast Tools 5024
Symmetrix 3278
GatesAir 1641
Hallicrafters 3724
Kenwood 2477
Kyocera 3123
Teac 3212
Wheatstone Corporation 1830
Gorman-Redlich 2113
Studer International AG 1764
Data Systems Design 1904
Dana Electronics 3052
American Data 2674
Teletronix Engineering Company 2236
Tentel 1804
Taber Manufacturing and Engineering Company 1860
Standart Tape Laboratory 1813
Extel 2059
Russco 1795
Automated Broadcast Controls 2077
Electrovoice 1751
Jennings 1787
Wegener Communications 1745
Midwest Communications 1754
Aston 2117
Farallon 1839
Kenneth A. Bacon Associates 1674
J. G. S. Engineering Inc. 1749
Continental Satellite Systems 1806
ComStream 2750
Conex Electro Systems 1651
Denon 1903
Multi-technical Services 1745
Electronic Signal Products 2034
Lorain Products Corporation 1795
C & D Batteries 3282
Nova Systems, Inc. 1605
Nortronics 3743
Norcom 2224
Lambda Electronics Corp. 2364
US Audio 1709
Jensen Transformers 1859
Garner Industries 1726
Sescom 1896
Soltec 1980
Peak Audio 1652
MCI 2355
MEI 3835
Minicom Division of 3M 2560
Metrotech 3096
Lang Electronics 1692
Kinght-kit 2578
Cetec Broadcast Group 3312
Computer Concepts 2041
Dataworld 1884
National Association of Broadcasters 2566
Link, Fred M 1744
Weston 2580
Yokogawa Electric Works 1832
Measurements 2597
Electronics Digest 1362
Gregg Laboratories 1931
Leeds & Northrup Company 1833
Video Systems of America 1708
Simpson Electric Company 1850
Triplett 1755
Boonton Radio Corporation 1721
Ohmite Manufacturing Company 1928
Contel ASC 1448
Audi-Cord Corporation 1569
Johnson Electronics 1442
Telefile Computer Products, Inc. 1584
Realistic 1371
Thordarson 1404
Sine Systems 1696
Telos 1444
Harris Allied 1443
Broadcasters General Store 1905
QRK 1505
BME - Broadcast Management Engineering Magazine 2351
Radio Business Report 1356
UMC Beaucart 1391
Armstrong Transmitter Corporation 6495
Cablewave Systems 1314
Aristocart 1589
Elgin Electronics 1405
Goldline 1279
NAD Electronics 1741
Will-Burt Company 865
Valcom 1368
SStran 435

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