Formatting Summary

Editing and Formatting Basics

The normal "richtext" editor allows you to add and change material in the page in the same way you would in an email program or word processor, using the toolbar to apply styles like bold and italics.

You can switch to the "wiki source markup" editor, which lets you do more advanced things by placing simple format codes into the page (described in this help material). But the basics of editing change a bit too.

In the source markup editor, a single paragraph can be entered over several lines, with a blank line separating paragraphs. A single dash on its own line causes a line break, but with no space between like in paragraphs. Four or more dashes alone on a line make a horizontal rule.

Here is how some other basic formatting is done using wiki source markup:

Two single quotes surround italic text. ''italic''
⇒ italic

Three single quotes surround bold text. '''bold'''
⇒ bold

Three asterisks surround headings (which go on their own line). ***Heading***
⇒ Heading

Square brackets have special meaning, so you'll need to double them up. [[brackets]]
⇒ [brackets]

Lists

Create a bulleted list by starting each line with an asterisk and then a space, and then typing the entire bullet point on a single line (it can wrap in the browser window).

* first * second

⇒	first second

Do the same thing with a numbered list, but use a "#" sign instead.

# one # two

⇒

Use multiple "*" or "#" at the start of the line to create nested lists.

* first *# one *# two * second

⇒	first one two second

Tables and Preformatted Text Blocks

Create tables using "|" as a cell divider, and also starting and ending each row of the table. | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | 5 | 6 |

Center or right align table cells by using two or more spaces before and after (center) or just before (right) the cell's contents. | _⊔⊔center_⊔⊔ | | _⊔⊔right |

Put a border on any tables in the rest of the page (or reset to no border). [tablestyle:borders] or [tablestyle:default]

Preserve line and character spacing by starting and ending the block with "===". Displayed in a fixed width font. === ... ===

Use six "=" to prevent any other formatting (links, italics, etc.) from being applied to a preformatted block. ====== ... ======

With HTML formatting turned on in the forum, you can provide a block of raw HTML within the page. ===html=== ... ===html===

Top-posted comments will be placed below this divider. ===comments===

External Links

Just type the address for a web page to create a link to it. http://www.foo.com
⇒ http://www.foo.com

Enclose it in square brackets to create a shorter reference. [http://www.foo.com]
⇒ [link]

Put a space and a new name after it to change the text that is displayed. [http://foo.com_⊔Foo]
⇒ Foo

Links can also be displayed as an image (either uploaded to the forum or loaded from an external website; see "Files and Images"). [http://foo.com_⊔ image:12345] or [http://foo.com_⊔ image:http://...gif]

Email links work in the same way. mailto:[email protected]
⇒ [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
⇒ [email]

Links to 'https:', 'ftp:', 'news:', 'rtsp:', 'telnet:' etc. sites work similarly.

Links to Forum Pages
To link to a page within the same forum, put the name of the page in square brackets.	`[My Page]` ⇒ My Page
To link to a page in the main group of the forum from a project, put a "#" sign before the page name.	`[#My Page]`
To link to a page in an arbitrary forum, put the forum's URL prefix (the number or short word in its web address) first.	`[3#My Page]` `[newprod#My Page]`
You can omit the page name to link to the forum's Home page. The link will display as the name of the forum.	`[3#]` `[newprod#]`
Link to a page, but display the link using a different name.	`[page:"My Page"_⊔Other Name]`
Link to a page, but display the link using an image (either uploaded to the forum or loaded from an external website; see "Files and Images").	`[page:"My Page"_⊔ image:12345]` or `[page:"My Page"_⊔ image:http://...gif]`
Help and popup links point to pages in the same forum, and appear in their own popup window.	`[help:My Page]` `[popup:My Page]`
Files and Images
Files attached with 'Attach File' appear as file: links in the page.	`[file:12345]`
You can also point to files on a shared network drive.	`[file:\\server\x.doc]`
Images attached with 'Add Image' appear as image: links in the page.	`[image:12345]`
You can optionally specify a size to display the image (`@`width`x`height).	`[image:12345@640x480]`
You can also include an image from an external website.	`[image:http://..gif]`
MP3 files can be included, just like images.	`[mp3:12345]` or `[mp3:http://..mp3]`
Including Web Pages, RSS Feeds, and More
Include either another forum page (from this forum or another) or another web page.	`[include:My Page] [include:3#My Page] [include:http://...]`
'Inline' is just like 'include' but can be used to include a short snippet within an existing paragraph.	`[inline:My Page]` etc.
Display an RSS feed in a page.	`[rss:http://..rss.xml] [rsslong:http:..rss.xml] [rssfull:http:..rss.xml]`
Display an Atp, feed in a page.	`[atom:http://..atom.xml] [atomlong:http:..rss.xml] [atomfull:http:..rss.xml]`
Show the recent changes for this forum or another.	`[recentchanges:] [recentchanges:newprod] [recentchangeslong:]`
Show all pages that link to this page.	`[references:]`
Show all the pages that are in this forum in the page.	`[pagelist:] [pagelist:bydate]`
Table of contents based on page headings.	`[toc:]` or `[toc:horizontal]`
Miscellaneous Formatting
Have this page automatically redirect to another (must be the very first thing on the page).	`[redirect:Other Page]`
Display mathematical equations formatted using TeX (requires add-on to be installed by site admin).	`[math:a=n \times \sum sin(\theta)]`
Allow displaying the page as a very simple slideshow (use horizontal rules between "slides").	`[slideshow:]`
Place a footnote marker in the page.	`[footnote:start]`text of note`[footnote:end]`
Define a named footnote that can be referenced later.	`[footnote:start name]`text of note`[footnote:end]`
Reference a previously defined named footnote.	`[footnote:ref name]`
Display the table of footnotes (not needed for right at end of page).	`[footnote:display]`
You can also add your own formatting, either by inserting HTML into the page (must be okayed by the forum administrator) or by having the site administrator create "custom links".