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On this page, you'll learn how to format text on Wiki pages and other area that support Wiki formatting (including articles, forums, and blogs).
The Markup Language Wiki-Syntax
The markup language used on a Wiki page is commonly called Wiki-Syntax. It uses common characters in uncommon ways (or character combinations that are not normally used together) and provides them with a special meaning. Some of the character combinations only work at the beginning of a line, while others can be inserted anywhere in the text and are active until they are turned off.
Wiki-Syntax uses a character repeated twice for most functions, but it also has a few 2-character combinations. With a 2-character combination, the characters are reversed when the function is turned off. MonoSpaced Text provides a good example of this; the Minus (-) and Plus (+) characters are used to start the using MonoSpaced Text and a Plus (+) and Minus (-) characters specifies the end of it.
The following sections explain most of this.
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Quick Reference - Basic Text Formatting
Formatting Reason | Characters Used | Example
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Bold Text | 2 Underscores "_" | __text__
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Centered Text | 2 Colons ":" | ::text::
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Colored Text | 2 Tildes "~" | ~~blue:text~~ | ||
Italic Text | 2 Single Quotes "'" | ''text''
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MonoSpaced Text | Minus & Plus "-" & "+" | -+text+-
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Underlined Text | 3 Equals "=" | ===text===
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Text Box | One carat "^" | ^text^
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Plain Text | surrounding np tags "~np~" | ~np~__not bold__~/np~ |
Basic Text Formatting
The Wiki-Syntax given in this section can be located anywhere in the text so that specific characters, words, or sentences can be emphasized.
Colored Text
Text can be any color you want it to be. Two Tildes (~) are used followed by the name of a color and a Colon (:) to specify the start of the Colored Text. Two other Tildes (~) are used to end the Colored Text.
Colored Text can also be specified using HTML colors. HTML colors use 3 pairs of Hex numbers; one for Red, Blue, & Green so that 00 00 00 would produce white. The syntax is two Tildes (~) followed by the Pound (#) character and the Hex Numbers with a Colon (:) followed by the text to be colored. Two Tildes (~) mark the end of the Colored Text.
Web-Safe HTML Colors (Click the + to Open)
[+]Bold Text
Two Underscore (_) characters are used to make text Bold.
__This Text is Bold__
produces:
This Text is Bold
Italic Text
Two Single Quote (') characters are used to make text Italic.
Underlined Text
Three Equal (=) characters are used to underline text.
Strike through text
Use the {TAG} plugin.
{TAG(tag=>strike)}This text uses strikethrough{TAG}
produces:
Centered Text
Two Colon (:) characters are used to Center text. The Centered Text can be centered within a Box, a Table, or almost anything else.
Monospaced Text for Code
Monospaced Text is useful when displaying Code and can be created in two ways. The easiest is to start a new line with one or more spaces. The Minus (-) and Plus (+) character combination can also be used to specify a Monospaced Text.
This Text uses a Monospaced Font
If using a Monospaced Font, be sure to keep the line length short. If the lines are too long, they will push the right column out of the browser display area.
The Leading Space Monospaced Font is disabled on many sites.
Text box
Apply one caret at start and end of text to be in a box.
Example: ^This Text is in a box^ produces:
NOTE: This CSS style is called "simplebox" and may look different or may not exist, depending on your theme CSS.
Plain Text
To turn off tiki formatting, surround your text with 'np' a.k.a. 'no processing' tags
Example: ~np~This ''text'' is __not__ being ===formatted===~/np~ produces:
This ''text'' is __not__ being ===formatted===
NOTE: np tags cannot be used within an np block. To display an unprocessed ~np~ tag, escape all the characters (not just the tildes) while in normal processing mode:
~126~~110~~112~~126~ produces: ~np~
~126~~47~~110~~112~~126~ produces: ~/np~
Indent
Indent is formed by the combination of the ; and : characters. ; must appear at the beginning of a line and : must appear between introduction text and the indented text. The introduction text portion is useful for forming definition type indention like Example 1 below. However the introduction text can be eliminated by simply including ;: together followed by the text as shown in Example 2.
;Intro Text: First example of indented text
produces:
- Intro Text
- Indented text
Example 2:
;:2nd example of indented text
- 2nd example of indented text
Using Square Brackets
If you wish to include square brackets in your text (i.e. as regular text and not a link) simply add an additional open bracket to start. E.g.
[[this would not be a link]
Would render like this...
[this would not be a link]
Non-breaking space
Use ~hs~~ to add the HTML " " for a non-breaking space.
- The Color Picker II is located at http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/picker/
- WebDevlopper extension for Mozilla Firefox
- The wiki syntax is not standardised accross applications. There is an initiative to publish the Wiki-Syntax as an RFC from the IETF. See RFCWiki