Help:Editing
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[edit] Wiki Markup
WikiKnowledge pages are written using Wiki mark-up and not HTML. Wiki Markup allows people to edit pages without needing to learn HTML. However wiki mark-up can still be hard for people to learn. Note that some HTML tags do work. For example the ul, table and b tags etc... work, while others, most notably the a and img tags don't work.
[edit] Common Mistakes
- Starting a new line with a space will cause the text to be formatted like computer code.
- Starting on a new line will have no effect on the text, to get a new line you must leave an empty line in between.
[edit] Headings
Heading are made using the equals sign. There are 6 levels of heading available.
= Level 1 heading = == Level 2 heading == === Level 3 heading === ==== Level 4 heading ==== ===== Level 5 heading ===== ====== Level 6 heading ======
[edit] Bold and Italics
''Italic text'' '''Bold text''' '''''Bold and Italic text''''' |
Italic text |
[edit] Lists
There are 3 different types of lists:
[edit] Unordered list
* Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 3 |
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[edit] Ordered list
# Item 1 # Item 2 # Item 3 |
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[edit] Definition list
; Item 1:Definition 1 ; Item 2:Definition 2 ; Item 3:Definition 3 |
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[edit] Tables
A basic table can be made like this:
{|
|Row 1, Col 1
|Row 1, Col 2
|-
|Row 2, Col 1
|Row 2, Col 2
|}
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The table starts with {| and ends with |}. New cells are made using | and a new row is made using |-.
[edit] Links
As the a HTML tag doesn't work all links must be made using wiki markup. Links come in two different types, links that go to other WikiKnowledge pages, and links that go to other websites. The code you need to use is very different depending on the type of link you want.
[edit] Internal links
These links go to other WikiKnowledge pages.
A basic link to a page is made by typing [[ and ]]. So, to link to the HTML page just type [[HTML]] which will look like HTML.
If you want to change the text that is displayed in the link you can do this using the pipe (|) character. [[HTML|View the HTML page]] View the HTML page.
Also, because this same syntax is used to insert images into pages and categorize pages, you need to place a colon (:) to link to images or categories. So, for example to insert the image Example.png in a page you would use [[Image:Example.png]] but to link to the image you use [[Image:Example.png]]. You can also change the text of these type links just as you can with any other link.
[edit] External links
These links go to other websites.
Links to external websites are not made in the same way as links to other WikiKnowledge pages. First, the links use only one bracket instead of two, also the pipe character does not work in external links. A simple external link is done using [http://www.yahoo.com Link text] which gives Link text. Note that you need the http:// bit for the link to work, and by default external links are given an arrow next to them.
[edit] Notes
- Images always link to their description page automatically. They cannot be made to link elsewhere. See bug 539 for more info.
