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1 <h1>Wiki Usage</h1>
2 <p>
3 <br />
5 Wiki is a platform for working together on constructing web pages. The principles are simple.
6 <br /><br />
8 <ul>
9 <li>A text is written and saved.</li>
10 <li>Later, another person may read that text and think of some additions or
11 corrections that could be made. They choose "Edit" and make their changes to the page. </li>
12 <li>After saving their new version, it is available globally.</li><br /> <br />
13 </ul>
15 With a wiki, it is also easily possible to add a page or link to existing pages.
16 <br /><br />
18 <ul>
19 <li>A link is created by a WikiWord. This is one word with at least two capital letters. If a page with this name already exist, it will be linked automatically, if not, it will be displayed with a question mark.</li>
20 <li>Clicking on this question mark, will start a new blank page with that name, ready to edit.</li>
21 </ul>
22 <br /><br />
25 <p align="center"><b><br />
26 Wiki formatting rules</b></p>
30 <h4> Paragraphs</h4>
31 <ul>
32 <li> separate paragraphs inside the text with empty lines</li>
33 <li> use three percent signs %%% to enforce a line break</li>
34 <li> if you prepend text with spaces or tabs it will get indented </li>
35 </ul>
37 <h4> !! Headlines</h4>
39 <ul type="circle">
40 <li> use an exclamation mark ! at the beginning of a line to create a small headline</li>
42 <li> !! for medium</li>
43 <li> !!! for large headlines </li>
44 </ul>
46 <h4>Text style</h4>
48 <ul>
50 <li> if you want to <em>emphasize text</em> enclose it in two single-quotes '' (usually looks italic)</li>
51 <li> <strong>text gets bold</strong> with two underscores __ (or if enclosed with two asterisks **)</li>
52 <li> to make <big>text big</big> enclose it in hash characters ##</li>
54 <li> you can get <small> smaller text </small> using "ยตยต" likewise</li>
55 <li> a <tt>typewrite like font</tt> will be used if you enclose text in two equal == signs </li>
56 </ul>
58 <h4>Lists</h4>
60 <ul>
61 <li> start a line with an asterisk * to begin a list</li>
62 <li> use # instead for numerated lists
63 <ol>
64 <li> you can create sublists</li>
66 <li> subsequent list points should start with the same mix of * and # </li>
67 </ol>
68 </li>
69 </ul>
71 <h4> HyperLinks</h4>
73 <ul>
75 <li> just enter a WikiWord inside your text to create a new hyper link</li>
76 <li> enclose some words in [square brackets] to create a HyperLink inside the WikiWikiWeb which is not made up of a valid WikiWord</li>
78 <li> any valid internet address (starting with http:/) like http://www.example.com/ inside the text will be made clickable automatically</li>
79 <li> enclose a www address or a WikiLink inside square brackets and assign it a neat title using quotation marks or the | character
80 <ul>
81 <li> [title | http://example.com]</li>
83 <li> [WikiWord "title"] or ["title for" WikiLink] </li>
84 </ul>
85 </li>
86 <li> if you don't want a WikiWord or a http://www-address (or [anything] inside square brackets) to become a HyperLink then just prepend it with a exclamation mark or a tilde
87 <ul>
88 <li> !NoHyperLink, ~NoHyperLink</li>
89 <li> ![no hyperlink], !http://nolink.org/ </li>
91 </ul>
92 </li>
93 </ul>
95 <h4> Tables with |</h4>
96 | just enclose | things with the dash | character | <br />
97 | to build a | table structure | <br />
98 | browsers usually | leave out the missing | cells | <br />
102 Please always put an empty line before and after a table, so it stands out from other text in its own paragraph.
103 </p>
105 <h4> Pictures</h4>
107 <ul>
109 <li> to include an image into a page enclose its absolute www-address in square brackets, like [http://www.example.com/pics/image.png] </li>
110 <li> alternatively you could use the image uploading function.</li>
111 </ul>
113 <h4>Further readings</h4>
114 There are more possibilities for Wiki mark-up. Please consult the <a href="http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net" target="_new">Erfurt Wiki Homepage</a> for more information.