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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on 17 January 2022 3:00 by harold Revert
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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

250 pages link to HomePage:
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
|<<   << - 1 / 5 - Next >>   >>|
Page Name. Hits.
Help/TextFormattingRules 21559
PhpWikiAdministration 1859
Help/EditMetaDataPlugin 1469
Help/RedirectToPlugin 1518
TextFormattingRules 10281
OldTextFormattingRules 737
RedirectToPlugin 641
NewMarkupTestPage 770
OldMarkupTestPage 707
IncludePagePlugin 1042
AmperexElectronicCorporation 1724
DeltaElectronics 4585
EimacDivisionOfVarian 1495
GatesRadioCompany 10767
GatesRadioCatalog99 980
GeneralElectric 1878
GeneralRadio 18876
HallikainenAndFriends 12837
MoseleyAssociatesInc 3182
Motorola 1579
National 1346
NemsClarke 1673
RCA 12488
WesternElectric 3189
Technics 1722
Westinghouse 1368
MilitaryRadio 4896
Historic Papers 760
Station Histories 3498
Ratheon 647
Raytheon 2114
EfJohnson 1350
American Electronic Laboratories 2262
Victoreen Instrument Company 1544
Anton Electronic Laboratories 1617
Collins Radio 10925
HoweTech 1348
Belar Electronics Laboratory 3945
Ampex 10300
Harris Corporation - Broadcast Division 5989
Dorrough Electronics 4729
Radio Engineering Laboratories 1353
Standard Electronics 1231
Amalgamated Wireless (Australiasia) Ltd. 2394
Byer Industries 1373
Circuit Research Laboratories 1176
Bauer Electronics Corporation 1494
Trimax 1246
United Transformer Corporation 1331
template 727
Philips 1609
McMartin 1906
ITA 1425
Continental Electronics 2689
Magnecord 1317
TFT, Inc. 3530
Schafer Automation 2137
Gentner 4586
Texar 1848
Langevin 1913
Altec 2866
CBS Labs 2018
Pultec 1303
Sony 3005
3M 3391
UREI 1786
Frese and Kaping 1868
Revox 2946
Federated Purchaser 1193
CCA 2071
LPB 5216
Hollyanne 1203
Telfax 1180
Help/OldTextFormattingRules 704
AmministrazioneDiPhpWiki 742
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 672
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 672
Help/NewMarkupTestPage 672
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 661
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 661
Help/OldMarkupTestPage 661
Larcan 2412
Tepco 1386
Standard Telephones & Cables. Australia 1314
Presto 1331
Straight Wire Audio 1259
Arrakis Systems, Inc 3041
Consolidated Electronic Industries 1300
Aphex Systems Limited 1712
QEI 5400
Multronics 1254
ITC 3503
Machlett Laboratories 1446
Cutting Edge Technologies 1231
Bext 1888
Tektronix 2669
Electronics Research, Inc. 1100
Advanced Research & Technology 2476
Marantz 1589
Microcon 1228
Broadcast Television Systems 1241
Bosch 1447
dbx 1793
Otari 1834
Crown 4397
Broadcast Electronics 12014
ATI 2101
Scully 1563
Marti Electronics, Inc. 1599
Harman Kardon 1729
Potomac Instruments 2193
Broadcast Audio 3649
Andrew Corporation 1718
Audio Arts 1517
Bird Electronic Corporation 36524
Dumont 2109
Autogram 7239
Radio Engineering 779
Heathkit 3949
Mullard 1247
NBC 1433
Amperite 1630
McIntosh 2041
Inovonics 2583
Neotek 2897
Moulic Specialties Co. 1167
Engineering Services 1311
IRC 1744
ESE 4130
Comtech Antenna Corporation 1644
Panasonic 4760
Orban 3751
Studer 1277
Coastcom 1383
Clear-Com 1303
Dolby Laboratories 1330
CSI 3155
Bell Telephone Laboratories 2192
Pacific Recorders and Engineers 1961
Hewlett Packard 2776
Sparta Electronics 4063
Tapecaster 3856
Scala 1405
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company 1382
Energy-Onix 2769
Modulation Sciences 3012
Burk Technology 4142
Auditronics 4320
Jampro Antenna 1120
Dayton Industrial 4261
Thompson-CSF 2171
Rust Industrial Company, Inc. 2279
Accurate Sound Corporation 2682
IGM 1741
SMC 1982
Radix 2240
Fidelipac 2454
Hughey & Phillips 2635
Microwave Radio Corporation 2943
Broadcast Tools 3975
Symmetrix 2947
GatesAir 1477
Hallicrafters 3353
Kenwood 2241
Kyocera 2801
Teac 2563
Wheatstone Corporation 1467
Gorman-Redlich 1909
Studer International AG 1587
Data Systems Design 1711
Dana Electronics 2735
American Data 2425
Teletronix Engineering Company 2029
Tentel 1629
Taber Manufacturing and Engineering Company 1694
Standart Tape Laboratory 1618
Extel 1853
Russco 1622
Automated Broadcast Controls 1829
Electrovoice 1586
Jennings 1607
Wegener Communications 1568
Midwest Communications 1550
Aston 1927
Farallon 1659
Kenneth A. Bacon Associates 1506
J. G. S. Engineering Inc. 1585
Continental Satellite Systems 1638
ComStream 2459
Conex Electro Systems 1480
Denon 1730
Multi-technical Services 1548
Electronic Signal Products 1848
Lorain Products Corporation 1623
C & D Batteries 2932
Nova Systems, Inc. 1437
Nortronics 3330
Norcom 1986
Lambda Electronics Corp. 2108
US Audio 1553
Jensen Transformers 1664
Garner Industries 1554
Sescom 1711
Soltec 1790
Peak Audio 1486
MCI 2105
MEI 3392
Minicom Division of 3M 2282
Metrotech 2749
Lang Electronics 1518
Kinght-kit 2250
Cetec Broadcast Group 2928
Computer Concepts 1849
Dataworld 1704
National Association of Broadcasters 2300
Link, Fred M 1559
Weston 2283
Yokogawa Electric Works 1650
Measurements 2290
Electronics Digest 1067
Gregg Laboratories 1722
Leeds & Northrup Company 1642
Video Systems of America 1540
Simpson Electric Company 1664
Triplett 1552
Boonton Radio Corporation 1509
Ohmite Manufacturing Company 1755
Contel ASC 1276
Audi-Cord Corporation 1357
Johnson Electronics 1252
Telefile Computer Products, Inc. 1391
Realistic 1169
Thordarson 1231
Sine Systems 1457
Telos 1261
Harris Allied 1248
Broadcasters General Store 1646
QRK 1325
BME - Broadcast Management Engineering Magazine 2135
Radio Business Report 1162
UMC Beaucart 1158
Armstrong Transmitter Corporation 6266
Cablewave Systems 1138
Aristocart 1388
Elgin Electronics 1194
Goldline 1091
NAD Electronics 1530
Will-Burt Company 677
Valcom 1028
SStran 177

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