Wiki Parser Formatting Verification

Formatting a Wiki is a little bit like formatting a Web page, if you are familiar with that. You turn a feature on, then turn it off.

Paragraphs are separated by blank lines. However, to get a space between paragraphs you can put a colon on a line all by itself, surrounded by two blank lines. This fools the Wiki into giving you a blank line. It looks like this:

:

Formatting conventions:

To create new pages within a Wiki, either use a WikiWord -- compound, capitalized text (e.g. SevenDomains) -- or surround words with double brackets. For example:

TEST: Seven Domains[new page]

will create a page with the name, "Seven Domains" after you save the page you are working on. If a page with that name already exists, the Wiki will link to that page. Otherwise, it will add the text "[add page]" next to the word. Click on this link to create the page.

To prevent a word that is formatted like a WikiWord from turning into a link, or other formatting options from appearing, surround the text with nowiki tags. Nowiki tags look like this: <nowiki> and </nowiki> but without the spaces (we have to show them here all spaced out like that or the wiki software reads them as active tags and won't display them). The one without the slash goes right in front of the text and the one with the slash goes right after it, like this:

<nowiki>McDonald</nowiki>

Note that the nowiki tag needs to be used within a paragraph and cannot span paragraphs.

Links:

TEST: http://site.name.com/here/

TEST: Link Text

To include an image file, put the file on a web server and insert the URL to that file:

This Wiki will display that image on the page:

TEST:

Headlines are indicated using equal signs:

TEST:

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 2.1

Heading 2.1.1

TEST:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Subitem 2.1
• Subitem 2.1.1

For numbered lists, use # instead of *.

TEST:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
1. Subitem 2.1
1. Subitem 2.1.1

Indented text is preceded by : (the colon character).

TEST:

Preformatted text:

TEST:

Hard rules (solid lines) are indicated with four dashes:

They look like this in the saved Wiki:

If you have any formatting questions, feel free to post them to the CN Help Discussion.