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   1 <h1>Wiki Usage</h1>
   2
   3 <p>
   4 Wiki is a platform for working together on constructing web pages. The principles are simple.
   5 </p>
   6
   7 <ul>
   8 <li>A text is written and saved.</li>
   9 <li>Later, another person may read that text and think of some additions or
  10     corrections that could be made. They choose "Edit" and make their changes to the page. </li>
  11 <li>After saving their new version, it is available globally.</li>
  12 </ul>
  13
  14 <p>With a wiki, it is also easily possible to add a page or link to existing pages.</p>
  15
  16
  17 <ul>
  18 <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>
  19 <li>Clicking on this question mark, will start a new blank page with that name, ready to edit.</li>
  20 </ul>
  21
  22
  23 <h3 class="center">Wiki formatting rules</h3>
  24
  25
  26 <h4> Paragraphs</h4>
  27   <ul>
  28   <li> separate paragraphs inside the text with empty lines</li>
  29   <li> use three percent signs %%% to enforce a line break</li>
  30   <li> if you prepend text with spaces or tabs it will get indented  </li>
  31   </ul>
  32
  33 <h4> !! Headlines</h4>
  34
  35   <ul type="circle">
  36   <li> use an exclamation mark ! at the beginning of a line to create a small headline</li>
  37
  38   <li> !! for medium</li>
  39   <li> !!! for large headlines  </li>
  40   </ul>
  41
  42 <h4>Text style</h4>
  43
  44   <ul>
  45
  46   <li> if you want to <em>emphasize text</em> enclose it in two single-quotes '' (usually looks italic)</li>
  47   <li> <strong>text gets bold</strong> with two underscores __ (or if enclosed with two asterisks **)</li>
  48   <li> to make <big>text big</big> enclose it in hash characters ##</li>
  49
  50   <li> you can get <small> smaller text </small> using "µµ" likewise</li>
  51   <li> a <tt>typewrite like font</tt> will be used if you enclose text in two equal == signs  </li>
  52   </ul>
  53
  54 <h4>Lists</h4>
  55
  56   <ul>
  57   <li> start a line with an asterisk * to begin a list</li>
  58   <li> use # instead for numerated lists
  59     <ol>
  60     <li> you can create sublists</li>
  61
  62     <li> subsequent list points should start with the same mix of * and #    </li>
  63     </ol>
  64   </li>
  65   </ul>
  66
  67 <h4> HyperLinks</h4>
  68
  69   <ul>
  70
  71   <li> just enter a WikiWord inside your text to create a new hyper link</li>
  72   <li> enclose some words in [square brackets] to create a HyperLink inside the WikiWikiWeb which is not made up of a valid WikiWord</li>
  73
  74   <li> any valid internet address (starting with http:/) like http://www.example.com/ inside the text will be made clickable automatically</li>
  75   <li> enclose a www address or a WikiLink inside square brackets and assign it a neat title using quotation marks or the | character
  76     <ul>
  77     <li> [title | http://example.com]</li>
  78
  79     <li> [WikiWord "title"] or ["title for" WikiLink]    </li>
  80     </ul>
  81   </li>
  82   <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
  83     <ul>
  84     <li> !NoHyperLink, ~NoHyperLink</li>
  85     <li> ![no hyperlink], !http://nolink.org/    </li>
  86
  87     </ul>
  88   </li>
  89   </ul>
  90
  91 <h4> Tables with |</h4>
  92 | just enclose | things with the dash | character | <br />
  93 | to build a | table structure  | <br />
  94 | browsers usually | leave out the missing | cells | <br />
  95
  96
  97 <p>
  98 Please always put an empty line before and after a table, so it stands out from other text in its own paragraph.
  99 </p>
 100
 101 <h4> Pictures</h4>
 102
 103   <ul>
 104
 105   <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>
 106   <li> alternatively you could use the image uploading function.</li>
 107   </ul>
 108
 109 <h4>Further readings</h4>
 110
 111 <p>
 112 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.
 113 </p>