authors (basic) The pages on this site are WikiWikiWeb pages, which means that pages can be created and edited by multiple authors. To edit a page, click the Edit link that exists somewhere on the page, usually in the header or footer. Some pages may be password-protected, depending on the system's security policies, but many systems allow open editing of pages.

When editing a page, you see the markup text that describes the content of the page. The basic rules for page markup are fairly simple:

1. Put a blank line between paragraphs
2. To make a list, start each line with # for numbered (ordered) lists or * for bulleted (unordered) lists.
3. To make a heading, start a line with two or more ! marks; !! is a subheading, and !!! is a sub-subheading.
4. To emphasize text, enclose it in 2 or 3 single quotes; ''text'' for italics or '''text''' for bold.
5. To make a link to another page, enclose the page's name in double brackets; for example [[basic editing]] links to this page. Links to nonexistent pages? are displayed specially, to invite others to create the page.
6. To make a link to another site, type its address, such as http://www.example.com/ .

If you want to experiment with editing a page, try it on the WikiSandbox. You can edit the WikiSandbox without affecting anything important on this site. If you do edit other pages, it's courteous to sign your contribution; using ~~~ effectively 'signs' the name that you provide in the Author field on the Page Edit form.

Examples

The table below demonstrates many of the common markups used to format pages. The left column shows the effect of the markup, the right column shows what to write to achieve the effect. More details are available from the text formatting rules and other documentation pages. An exhaustive list of default markup is available as the markup master index

General Usage

table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='2' cellnr width='40%' What it looks like cell What to type cellnr A single newline usually doesn't affect the layout.

A single newline
usually doesn't affect the layout.  

cellnr An author must

place an empty line in the markup to start a new paragraph. For a break
in the paragraph, use two backslashes.

An author must

place an empty line in the markup to
start a new paragraph. For a break\\
in the paragraph, use two backslashes.

cellnr

• Lists are created by using asterisks
  • More asterisks result in deeper lists
    • The list is terminated

by the first line that is not a list

1. Numbered lists
2. are also possible
   • and lists can nest

* Lists are created by using asterisks
** More asterisks result in deeper lists
*** The list is terminated
by the first line that is not a list

# Numbered lists
# are also possible
** and lists can nest

cellnr

• A backslash at the end of a line joins the next line to the previous one.
• Two backslashes create
  a line break.
• Three backslashes generate
  
  two line breaks.

* A backslash at the \
end of a line joins the \
next line to the previous one.
* Two backslashes create \\
a line break.
* Three backslashes generate\\\
two line breaks.

cellnr

->An arrow (->) indents a paragraph
-->Longer arrows indent more

--<A reverse arrow creates a \
hanging indent, the first line \
is outdented and remaining lines \
are indented.

cellnr

Definition list

list of definitions

item

the item's definition

another item

another item's definition

: Definition list : list of definitions
: item : the item's definition
: another item : another item's definition 

cellnr

 Lines that begin with
 a space are formatted exactly
 as typed, in a fixed-width font.

Note that very long lines of preformatted text can cause the whole page to be wide.

 Lines that begin with
 a space are formatted exactly
 as typed, in a fixed-width font.

cellnr This text is centered.

This text is right justified.

%center% This text is centered.

%right% This text is right justified.

cellnr Four or more dashes at the beginning of a line

produce a horizontal line.

Four or more dashes
at the beginning of a line
----
produce a horizontal line.

tableend

Links

table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='2' cellnr width='40%' What it looks like cell What to type cellnr Practice editing in the wiki sandbox.

• Text in double brackets become links to other pages.
• Words are automatically capitalized in page titles.

Practice editing
in the [[wiki sandbox]].

cellnr Practice editing in the practice area.

• Text after a pipe (|) is used as the link text

Practice editing in the
[[WikiSandbox | practice area]].

cellnr Practice editing in the wiki sandboxes.

Practice editing in the sandbox.

• Endings become part of the link text.
• Parentheses hide parts of the link name.

Practice editing in the
[[wiki sandbox]]es.

Practice editing in the
[[(wiki) sandbox]].

cellnr What's an aardvark, anyway?

• Pmwiki can use InterMap prefixes that have specific meanings.
• Parentheses can hide those too.

%newwin%What's an
[[(Wikipedia:)aardvark]], anyway?

cellnr Links to external sources can be entered

1. bare url: http://www.google.com
2. link text: Google
3. as reference: [1]

Links to external sources can be entered
# bare url:  http://www.google.com
# link text: [[http://www.google.com | Google]]
# as reference: [[http://www.google.com |#]]

cellnr Links can open in another window, as in http://www.pmwiki.org.

Links can open in another window,
as in %newwin% http://www.pmwiki.org.

tableend

Character formatting

table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='2' cellnr width='40%' Emphasize, strongly, very strongly.

• These are all apostrophes (single-quote marks), not double-quotes.

''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', 
'''''very strongly'''''. 

cellnr Monospaced text

This is a
  preformatted
    text block

@@Monospaced text@@ 

 
[@This is a
  preformatted
    text block@]

cellnr

• Text with ^superscripts
• Text with _subscripts
• deleted strikethrough text
• inserted underline text
• big, bigger, small, smaller text

* Text with '^superscripts^'
* Text with '_subscripts_'
* deleted {-strikethrough-} text
* inserted {+underline+} text
* [+big+], [++bigger++], [-small-], [--smaller--] text

cellnr WikiStyles allow text to be different colors.

• Use lowercase letters for RGB colors (#ff7f00, not #FF7F00).

[[WikiStyles]] allow %red% text
%blue% to %green% be 
%color=#ff7f00% different %%colors.

tableend

Headings and blocks

table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='2' cellnr width='40%'

Major subheading

Minor subheading

!! Major subheading

!!! Minor subheading

cellnr

Not shown title Basic Editing

• The [@title@] directive sets the page's title to something other than its name.

[@title Basic Editing

@] cellnr

All of the text in this block is purple.

• Purple cow
• Purple people eater
• Now this list is red
• And this is normal

>>purple<<
All of the text in this block
is purple.
* Purple cow
* Purple people eater
>>red<<
* Now this list is red
>><<
* And this is normal

tableend

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