Wikka Formatting Guide

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

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1. Text Formatting

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

2. Headers

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

3. Horizontal separator

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4. Forced line break

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5. Lists / Indents

Indent text using 4 spaces (which will auto-convert into tabs) or using "~". To make bulleted / ordered lists, use the following codes (you can use 4 spaces instead of "~"):

~- bulleted list:

• bulleted list
• Line two

~1) numbered list:

1. numbered list
2. Line two

~A) Using uppercase characters:

1. Using uppercase characters
2. Line two

~a) Using lowercase characters:

1. Using lowercase characters
2. Line two

~I) using uppercase roman numerals:

1. using Latin numbers
2. Line two

~i) using lowercase roman numerals:

1. using Latin numbers
2. Line two

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6. Inline comments

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

• Comment
  • Subcomment
    • Subsubcomment

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7. Images

To place images on a Wiki page, use:
{{image class="center" alt="DVD logo" title="An Image Link" url="images/dvdvideo.gif" link="RecentChanges"}}

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

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8. Links

To link to other wiki pages, write

• a WikiName
• or a forced link with [[ and ]] around it (everything after the first space will be shown as description)
  • Example: [[JennaPage Jenna's Home Page]]
• or an image with a link

To link to external pages, write

• a http address inside the page
• or a forced link with [[ and ]] around it (everything after the first space will be shown as description)
  • Example: [[http://example.com/jenna/ Jenna's Home Page]]
• or an image with a link
• or an InterWiki link (see InterWiki page for wiki list)
  • Examples:
    • WikiPedia:WikkaWiki∞
    • Google:CSS∞
    • Thesaurus:Happy∞

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9. Tables

To create a table use this code:
{{table columns="3" cellpadding="1" cells="BIG;GREEN;FROGS;yes;yes;no;no;no;###"}} to give:

BIG	GREEN	FROGS
yes	yes	no
no	no

### means the cell is empty.

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10. Colored Text

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

This is a test.

If you want to use hex values:

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

This is another test.

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11. Floats

Left floated box - use two < signs before and after the block

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12. Code formatters

Simply use %%(formatter) code %% - see below for a list of available formatters.

Example:
%%(php) PHP code%%:

GeSHi language parsers

language code	description
actionscript	Actionscript
ada	Ada
apache	Apache
asm	x86 Assembler
asp	ASP
bash	BASH
c	C
caddcl	CAD DCL (Dialog Control Language)
cadlisp	AutoCAD/IntelliCAD Lisp
cpp	C++
csharp	C#
css	CSS
c_mac	C for Macs
delphi	Delphi (Object Pascal)
html4strict	HTML 4.01 strict
java	Java
javascript	JavaScript
lisp	Generic Lisp
lua	LUA
nsis	NullSoft Installer System
objc	Objective C
oobas	OpenOffice.org Basic
pascal	Pascal
perl	Perl
php-brief	PHP (brief version)
php	PHP
python	Python
qbasic	QBasic/QuickBASIC
smarty	Smarty template
sql	SQL
vb	Visual Basic
vbnet	VB.NET
visualfoxpro	Visual FoxPro
xml	XML

Wikka language parsers

language code	description
code	Plain text (or unknown language)
email	Email quoting
ini	INI (configuration file)
php	PHP (uses PHP built-in highlighting)

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13. FreeMind∞ maps

There are two options for including maps:

Option 1: Upload a FreeMind file to a webserver, and then place a link to it on a wikka page:

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

• Open a FreeMind file with a text editor.
• Select all, and copy the data.
• Browse to your Wikka site and paste the Freemind data into a page.

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14. Embedded HTML

Use two doublequotes around the html tags.

""
[html code]
""

By default, some HTML tags are removed by the SafeHTML parser to protect against potentially dangerous code. The list of tags that are removed 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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