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This is an old revision of ImprovedFormattingRules made by WazoO on 2006-02-13 20:51:24.

 

The following page replaces the current FormattingRules in the latest development version.

Wikka Formatting Guide


Note: Anything between 2 sets of double-quotes is not formatted.
 

Once you have read through this, test your formatting skills in the SandBox.

1. Text Formatting


**I'm bold**
I'm bold

//I'm italic text!//
I'm italic text!

And I'm __underlined__!
And I'm underlined!

##monospace text##
monospace text

''highlight text'' (using 2 single-quotes)
highlight text

++Strike through text++
Strike through text

Press #%ANY KEY#%
Press ANY KEY

@@Center text@@
Center text


2. Headers


Use between five = (for the biggest header) and two = (for the smallest header) on both sides of a text to render it as a header.

====== Really big header ======

===== Rather big header =====

==== Medium header ====

=== Not-so-big header ===

== Smallish header ==

3. Horizontal separator

----


4. Forced line break

---



5. Lists and indents


You can indent text using a ~, a tab or 4 spaces (which will auto-convert into a tab).

~This text is indented
~~This text is double-indented
    This text is also indented


This text is indented
This text is double-indented
This text is also indented
This text is also indented

To create bulleted/ordered lists, use the following markup (you can always use 4 spaces instead of a ~):

Bulleted lists
~- Line one
~- Line two

- Line one

Numbered lists
~1) Line one
~1) Line two

    1. Line one
1) Line two
  1. Line one
  1. Kubw two

Ordered lists using uppercase characters
~A) Line one
~A) Line two

A) Line one
A) Line two
  1. Line one
  1. Line two

Ordered lists using lowercase characters
~a) Line one
~a) Line two

a) Line one
a) Line two
  1. Line one
  1. Line two

Ordered lists using roman numerals
~I) Line one
~I) Line two

I) Line one
I) Line two

  1. Line one
  1. Line two

Ordered lists using lowercase roman numerals
~i) Line one
~i) Line two

i) Line one
i) Line two
  1. Line one
  1. Line two

6. Inline comments


To format some text as an inline comment, use an indent ( ~, a tab or 4 spaces) followed by a &.

Example:

~& Comment
~~& Subcomment
~~~& Subsubcomment


7. Images


To place images on a Wiki page, you can use the image action.

Example:

{{image class="center" alt="DVD logo" title="An Image Link" url="images/dvdvideo.gif" link="RecentChanges"}}
dvd logo

Links can be external, or internal Wiki links. You don't need to enter a link at all, and in that case just an image will be inserted. You can use the optional classes left and right to float images left and right. You don't need to use all those attributes, only url is required while alt is recommended for accessibility.


To create a link to a wiki page you can use any of the following options:

  1. type a WikiName:

    FormattingRules
    FormattingRules

  1. add a forced link surrounding the page name by [[ and ]] (everything after the first space will be shown as description):

    [[SandBox Test your formatting skills]]
    SandBox Test your formatting skills

    [[SandBox 沙箱]]
    SandBox 沙箱

  1. add an image with a link (see instructions above).

To link to external pages, you can do any of the following:

  1. type a URL inside the page:

    http://www.example.com
    http://www.example.com

  1. add a forced link surrounding the URL by [[ and ]] (everything after the first space will be shown as description):

    [[http://example.com/jenna/ Jenna's Home Page]]
    Jenna's Home Page

    [[mail@example.com Write me!]]
    mail@example.com Write me!

  1. add an image with a link (see instructions above);
  1. add an interwiki link (browse the InterWiki list of available interwiki tags):

    WikiPedia:WikkaWiki
    WikiPedia:WikkaWiki

    Google:CSS
    Google:CSS

    Thesaurus:Happy
    Thesaurus:Happy


9. Tables


To create a table, you can use the table action.

Example:

{{table columns="3" cellpadding="1" cells="BIG;GREEN;FROGS;yes;yes;no;no;no;###"}}

BIG GREEN FROGS
yes yes no
no no


Note that ### must be used to indicate an empty cell.
Complex tables can also be created by embedding HTML code in a wiki page (see instructions below).

10. Colored Text


Colored text can be created using the color action:

Example:

{{color c="blue" text="This is a test."}}
This is a test.

You can also use hex values:

Example:

{{color hex="#DD0000" text="This is another test."}}
This is another test.

11. Floats


To create a left floated box, use two < characters before and after the block.

Example:

<<Some text in a left-floated box hanging around<< Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler.

Some text in a left-floated box hanging around
Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler.

 
To create a right floated box, use two > characters before and after the block.

Example:

>>Some text in a right-floated box hanging around>> Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler.

Some text in a right-floated box hanging around
Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler. Some more text as a filler.

 
Use ::c:: to clear floated blocks.


12. Code formatters


You can easily embed code blocks in a wiki page using a simple markup. Anything within a code block is displayed literally.
To create a generic code block you can use the following markup:

%% This is a code block %%.

 This is a code block 


To create a code block with syntax highlighting, you must specify a code formatter (see below for a list of available code formatters). If line numbering is enabled in the wiki configuration, you can also specify a starting line number.

Example:

%%(php;15)
<?php
phpinfo();
echo "Hello, World!";
?>
%%


  1. <?php
  2. echo "Hello, World!";
  3. ?>


List of available code formatters:
LANGUAGE FORMATTER
Actionscript actionscript
ADA ada
Apache Log apache
ASM asm
ASP asp
Bash bash
C c
C for Macs c_mac
c# csharp
C++ cpp
CAD DCL caddcl
CadLisp cadlisp
CSS css
Delphi delphi
HTML html4strict
Java java
Javascript javascript
Lisp lisp
Lua lua
NSIS nsis
Objective C objc
OpenOffice BASIC oobas
Pascal pascal
Perl perl
PHP php
Python phyton
Q(uick)BASIC qbasic
Smarty smarty
SQL sql
VB.NET vbnet
Visual BASIC vb
Visual Fox Pro visualfoxpro
XML xml


13. Mindmaps


Wikka has native support for mindmaps. There are two options for embedding a mindmap in a wiki page.

Option 1: Upload a FreeMind file to a webserver, and then place a link to it on a wikka page:
http://yourdomain.com/freemind/freemind.mm
No special formatting is necessary.

Option 2: Paste the FreeMind data directly into a wikka page:

14. Embedded HTML


You can easily paste HTML in a wiki page by wrapping it into two sets of doublequotes.

""[html code]""

Examples:

""y = x<sup>n+1</sup>""
y = xn+1

""<acronym title="Cascade Style Sheet">CSS</acronym>""
CSS

By default, some HTML tags are removed by the SafeHTML parser to protect against potentially dangerous code. The list of tags that are stripped can be found on the Wikka:SafeHTML page.

It is possible to allow all HTML tags to be used, see Wikka:UsingHTML for more information.


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