Synopsis
TextFormattingRules
Emphasis: _ for italics, * for bold,
_* for both, = for fixed width.
Lists: * for bullet lists, # for numbered lists,
Term:<new-line> definition for definition lists.
Preformatted text: Enclose text in <pre></pre> or
<verbatim></verbatim>.
Indented text: Indent the paragraph with whitespaces.
References: JoinCapitalizedWords or use square brackets for a
[page link] or URL [http://cool.wiki.int/].
Preventing linking: Prefix with "~":
~DoNotHyperlink, name links like [text | URL].
Misc: "!", "!!", "!!!" make headings,
"%%%" or "<br>" makes a linebreak,
"----" makes a horizontal rule.
Allowed HTML tags: b big i
small tt em strong
abbr acronym cite
code dfn kbd samp
var sup sub
Paragraphs
- Don't indent paragraphs
- Words wrap and fill as needed
- Use blank lines as separators
- Four or more minus signs make a horizontal rule
- %%% or <br> makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too)
Lists
asterisk for first level
- indented asterisk (indent at least two spaces) for second level, etc.
- Use *, -, + or o for bullet lists, # for numbered lists (mix at will)
Definition lists:
Term: definition
gives
- Term
- definition
as in the <DL><DT><DD> list
- Items may contain multiple paragraphs and other multi-lined content, just indent the items
Headings
- '!' at the start of a line makes a small heading
- '!!' at the start of a line makes a medium heading
- '!!!' at the start of a line makes a large heading
Preformatted text
Place preformatted lines inside <pre>:
<pre> Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work. </pre>
gives
Preformatted text. WikiLinks? still work.If you want text with no Wiki interaction, use the <verbatim> tag:
<verbatim> Preformatted text. WikiLinks do not work. </verbatim>
gives
Preformatted text. WikiLinks do not work.
Indented Paragraphs
Two or more whitespaces signal indented text. Indents may be nested.
This is an indented block of text.
This block is even more indented.
E-mail style block-quoting is supported as well:
> This is block-quoted text.
renders as
This is block-quoted text.
Emphasis
- Use an underscore (_) for emphasis (usually italics)
- Use an asterisk (*) for strong emphasis (usually bold)
- Mix them at will: bold italics
Emphasis can be used multiple times within a paragraph, but cannot cross paragraph boundaries:
_this
will not work_
References
- Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the page name in square brackets: this is a page link? or UsingWikiWords? (preferred)
- Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this:
http://www.wcsb.org/ - You can name the links by providing a name, a bar (|) and then the
hyperlink or pagename:
PhpWiki home page ---
the front page
- You can suppress linking to old-style references and URIs by preceding the word with a '~', e.g. NotLinkedAsWikiName, http://not.linked.to/
- Also, the old way of linking URL's is still supported: precede URLs
with "http:", "ftp:" or "mailto:" to
create links automatically as in: http://c2.com/
- URLs ending with .png, .gif, or .jpg are inlined if in square
brackets, by themselves:
In-page hyperlinks are made by placing a named anchor and referring to the anchor in a hyperlink:
Named anchors:
- #[foo]: An anchor around the text "foo" with id "foo".
- #[|foo]: An empty anchor with id "foo".
- #[howdy|foo]: An anchor around the text "howdy" with id "foo".
- References to name anchors are made thusly:
[##hyperlinks], [OtherPage#foo], [named|OtherPage#foo].
Tables
Definition list style tables are written just like definition lists, except that you replace the trailing colon on the term with a "pipe" (|).
Term 1 | Definition 1 begins here. Term 1.1 | Definition 1.1 Term 1.2 | Definition 1.2 This is part of definition 1. Term 2 | Here's definition 2.Term 1 Definition 1 begins here.
Term 1.1 Definition 1.1 Term 1.2 Definition 1.2 This is part of definition 1.
Term 2 Here's definition 2. - Old-style tables are supported through the OldStyleTablePlugin:
HTML Mark-Up Language
- Some in-line markup is allowed through the use of HTML tags:
b, big, i, small,
tt, em, strong,
abbr, acronym, cite,
code, dfn, kbd, samp, var, sup and sub - < and > are themselves
- The & characters will not work
Creating various kinds of special links
- See MagicPhpWikiURLs for gory details on how to write various kind of wiki maintenance and other special links.
Inserting plugins
Several plugins permit embedding additional functionality to Wiki pages. For example,
<?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ?>
gives
Those pages link to HomePage: 
Page Name Hits IncludePagePlugin 6466 NewMarkupTestPage 5588 OldMarkupTestPage 5630 PgsrcRefactoring 5798 PhpWikiAdministration 6331 RedirectToPlugin 6135 TextFormattingRules 16580 PackageGuide 51991 MinGWiki Pages 36774 GettingStarted 181665 GladeGuide 33765 SmartQuickStart 18627 ProjectPath 14711 OldTextFormattingRules 5551 - For more information on plugins see WikiPlugin, and PluginManager for a list of all plugins.
