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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>  

version 6

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

249 pages link to HomePage:
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
Page Name. Hits.
Help/TextFormattingRules 16365
PhpWikiAdministration 1452
Help/EditMetaDataPlugin 1222
Help/RedirectToPlugin 1205
TextFormattingRules 7154
OldTextFormattingRules 559
RedirectToPlugin 521
NewMarkupTestPage 576
OldMarkupTestPage 568
IncludePagePlugin 834
AmperexElectronicCorporation 1454
DeltaElectronics 3184
EimacDivisionOfVarian 1215
GatesRadioCompany 4786
GatesRadioCatalog99 684
GeneralElectric 627
GeneralRadio 7826
HallikainenAndFriends 4211
MoseleyAssociatesInc 1410
Motorola 1243
National 1133
NemsClarke 1319
RCA 6206
WesternElectric 2251
Technics 1385
Westinghouse 1136
MilitaryRadio 2194
Historic Papers 3222
Station Histories 1506
Ratheon 519
Raytheon 1722
EfJohnson 1117
American Electronic Laboratories 1878
Victoreen Instrument Company 1261
Anton Electronic Laboratories 1399
Collins Radio 4928
HoweTech 1111
Belar Electronics Laboratory 3124
Ampex 4399
Harris Corporation - Broadcast Division 2756
Dorrough Electronics 2289
Radio Engineering Laboratories 1103
Standard Electronics 1024
Amalgamated Wireless (Australiasia) Ltd. 1979
Byer Industries 1094
Circuit Research Laboratories 600
Bauer Electronics Corporation 1251
Trimax 1040
United Transformer Corporation 1079
template 561
Philips 1297
McMartin 881
ITA 1190
Continental Electronics 958
Magnecord 1036
TFT, Inc. 1597
Schafer Automation 1702
Gentner 2358
Texar 1456
Langevin 1497
Altec 2361
CBS Labs 728
Pultec 1052
Sony 1344
3M 1485
UREI 882
Frese and Kaping 1466
Revox 1293
Federated Purchaser 1003
CCA 918
LPB 4122
Hollyanne 1008
Telfax 973
Help/OldTextFormattingRules 568
AmministrazioneDiPhpWiki 605
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 550
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 550
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 550
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 549
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 549
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 549
Larcan 1898
Tepco 1156
Standard Telephones & Cables. Australia 1048
Presto 1105
Straight Wire Audio 1019
Arrakis Systems, Inc 2403
Consolidated Electronic Industries 1062
Aphex Systems Limited 1449
QEI 3973
Multronics 1017
ITC 1588
Machlett Laboratories 1207
Cutting Edge Technologies 1060
Bext 1580
Tektronix 1350
Electronics Research, Inc. 920
Advanced Research & Technology 2110
Marantz 1241
Microcon 1020
Broadcast Television Systems 1040
Bosch 1186
dbx 628
Otari 1430
Crown 3286
Broadcast Electronics 5105
ATI 1717
Scully 1224
Marti Electronics, Inc. 705
Harman Kardon 1328
Potomac Instruments 1042
Broadcast Audio 2652
Andrew Corporation 921
Audio Arts 1301
Bird Electronic Corporation 10528
Dumont 1697
Autogram 5176
Radio Engineering 606
Heathkit 1699
Mullard 1030
NBC 1195
Amperite 1406
McIntosh 1629
Inovonics 1934
Neotek 2189
Moulic Specialties Co. 979
Engineering Services 1103
IRC 1453
ESE 3164
Comtech Antenna Corporation 1328
Panasonic 2046
Orban 2966
Studer 1059
Coastcom 1148
Clear-Com 1043
Dolby Laboratories 695
CSI 2476
Bell Telephone Laboratories 1740
Pacific Recorders and Engineers 1553
Hewlett Packard 1241
Sparta Electronics 1811
Tapecaster 2922
Scala 1166
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company 1170
Energy-Onix 2142
Modulation Sciences 2278
Burk Technology 3109
Auditronics 3270
Jampro Antenna 420
Dayton Industrial 2013
Thompson-CSF 1728
Rust Industrial Company, Inc. 1765
Accurate Sound Corporation 2272
IGM 1403
SMC 1542
Radix 1783
Fidelipac 1247
Hughey & Phillips 2018
Microwave Radio Corporation 2274
Broadcast Tools 1728
Symmetrix 2260
GatesAir 1216
Hallicrafters 2602
Kenwood 1797
Kyocera 2121
Teac 1130
Wheatstone Corporation 680
Gorman-Redlich 1589
Studer International AG 1298
Data Systems Design 1401
Dana Electronics 2227
American Data 2008
Teletronix Engineering Company 1634
Tentel 1283
Taber Manufacturing and Engineering Company 1387
Standart Tape Laboratory 1326
Extel 1493
Russco 1299
Automated Broadcast Controls 1520
Electrovoice 1329
Jennings 1308
Wegener Communications 1246
Midwest Communications 1253
Aston 1633
Farallon 1336
Kenneth A. Bacon Associates 1200
J. G. S. Engineering Inc. 1289
Continental Satellite Systems 1294
ComStream 1918
Conex Electro Systems 1195
Denon 1426
Multi-technical Services 1255
Electronic Signal Products 1507
Lorain Products Corporation 1317
C & D Batteries 2320
Nova Systems, Inc. 1157
Nortronics 2596
Norcom 1585
Lambda Electronics Corp. 1678
US Audio 1269
Jensen Transformers 1318
Garner Industries 1210
Sescom 1398
Soltec 1419
Peak Audio 1197
MCI 1711
MEI 2610
Minicom Division of 3M 1841
Metrotech 2129
Lang Electronics 1227
Kinght-kit 1782
Cetec Broadcast Group 2319
Computer Concepts 1481
Dataworld 1410
National Association of Broadcasters 1810
Link, Fred M 1270
Weston 1790
Yokogawa Electric Works 1370
Measurements 1801
Electronics Digest 582
Gregg Laboratories 1358
Leeds & Northrup Company 1342
Video Systems of America 1228
Simpson Electric Company 1330
Triplett 1163
Boonton Radio Corporation 1216
Ohmite Manufacturing Company 1436
Contel ASC 977
Audi-Cord Corporation 1065
Johnson Electronics 954
Telefile Computer Products, Inc. 1152
Realistic 866
Thordarson 873
Sine Systems 1121
Telos 952
Harris Allied 891
Broadcasters General Store 1186
QRK 996
BME - Broadcast Management Engineering Magazine 1836
Radio Business Report 861
UMC Beaucart 833
Armstrong Transmitter Corporation 5930
Cablewave Systems 823
Aristocart 1014
Elgin Electronics 888
Goldline 783
NAD Electronics 1231
Will-Burt Company 389
Valcom 391

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