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Wiki's were mainly created to make it easy-easy (wiki-wiki in Hawaiian) to dump text on a web page. Of course there are a few simple facts you should know to do this succesfully.

The first column

Once you start typing on an edit page, it is very important what symbol you put in the very first column on the left.

• A space or tab in the first column means that the text that follows is not interpreted by the wiki software, it will simply appear unaltered in a somewhat greyish box, like

so

• most other characters are shown as typed, but after interpretation of the whole line by the wiki software.
• some special characters have special effects when put in the first column
  • An asterisk * creates a bullet point, two of them a dubbel bullet somwhat indented etc.
  • A pound sign # starts off a numbering, it is possible to insert examples by adding a colon #: .
  • A colon : creates a tab. Multiple colons are possible

You can combine pound signs and colons to intersperse text without upsetting the numbering, E.g.:

# number one remark
#: this goes inbetween
# number two remark

1. number one remark

   this goes inbetween

2. number two remark

Headers

It is possible to create a hierarchy of headers by using equal signs. E.g. =physics=,==nuclear==,===fusion=== would create a header phyiscs with a subtopic nuclear and a subsubtopic fusion. The software will automatically generate a clickable summary a the top of the page, although it may take a while before the system updates to show it after you typed it in (even a day or so).

It is important to start with a singly marked up header =physics=, without that the summary does not work. Usually the singly marked up one is the only one on the page (its main heading).

It is also advisable not to skip levels, i.e. don't follow a single with a triple mark up.

It is possible to use headers as a link point by using the # sign see Tips\linking#Links to paragraphs

New paragraphs

The easiest way to start a new bit of text is to simply leave a line open. Adding a carriage return does not work. But it is possible to use a break tag <br> instead.

Italics, bold

The apostrophe is used to produce special effects.

1. Single quotes produce no effect : 'this'.
2. Double quotes give italics: this.
3. Triple: this.
4. Five quotes: this.

Markup tags

A lot of HTML tags work. They have the format <xxxxx>....</xxxxx>

A few useful ones to know:

• nowiki
  • this tag prevents wiki from interpreting whatever code you type and shows it as plain text
• pre
  • this tag prevents templates and tables from being interpreted
• br
  • Forces a carriage return line feed.
• font
  • this allows you to manipulate the font's size, color etc., e.g. <font color=blue> produces a blue text (But please avoid red and blue because they indicate full and empty links)
• sub and sup
  • these tags produce _subscripts and ^superscripts
• big and small
  • this is big and this is small
• u
  • this is u
• s
  • this is s

It is possible to create macro's in e.g. Word that will put tags around a selected piece of text See e.g. here

Comments

It is possible to put remarks on the edit page that are not shown on the interpretated page when saved. This is particulary handy if you are afraid that people may mess with what you have written.

E.g.

<!--- Please do not change this, I'm still working on it -->

may prevent such mishaps.

Links

1. The most important linking device is the [[double square brackets]]. See Tips\linking. They are used to create a new wiki page
2. The [double square brackets] are used to create a link to an outside url
3. {{double accolades}} are used to tag with a template. See tips\templates
4. {{{triple accolades}}} denote a template parameter.
5. {| accolade pipe |} bracket a table. See: tips\tables