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MediaWiki syntax
Description | You type | You get |
Applies anywhere | ||
Italicise text |
''italic'' |
italic |
Bold text |
'''bold''' |
bold |
Bold and italic |
'''''bold & italic''''' |
bold & italic |
Internal link (within the wiki) |
[[name of page]] |
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Link to section in another page |
[[Another page#Some heading]] |
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Link to a section in this page |
[[#Some heading]] |
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Redirect to another page |
#redirect [[Target page]] |
Going to that page automatically bounces you to the specified other page. |
External link (to other websites) |
[http://www.example.org] |
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Applies only at the beginning of the line | ||
Headings of different sizes |
==level 1== |
Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4 |
Bullet list |
* one |
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Numbered list |
# one |
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Thumbnail image |
[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb|Caption text]] |
Indented text
If you start a line with a colon (:), it is indented. Two colons mean double-indented.
e.g. a line like this:
: Hello world.
Gives you text like this:
- Hello world.
Key-value lists
This:
; Chestnut: The most common colour of horse. ; Dapple grey: Another colour for horses.
Gives you this:
- Chestnut
- The most common colour of horse.
- Dapple grey
- Another colour for horses.
Tables
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table
Basic table
Here is a table:
Fruit | Colour |
Banana | Yellow |
Apple | Green |
Tomato | Red |
And here is the code for it:
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" | '''Fruit''' || '''Colour''' |- | '''Banana''' || Yellow |- | '''Apple''' || Green |- | '''Tomato''' || Red |}
Alternative syntax for basic table
Or alternatively, you can do it like this (each cell on its own line):
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" | '''Fruit''' | '''Colour''' |- | '''Banana''' | Yellow |- | '''Apple''' | Green |- | '''Tomato''' | Red |}
Colspans
You can do things like colspan:
Fruits | ||
Banana | Yellow | |
Apple | Green | |
Tomato | Red |
Here's the code for it:
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" | colspan="3" align="center" | '''Fruits''' |- | '''Banana''' || Yellow |- | '''Apple''' || Green |- | '''Tomato''' || Red |}
Cell colors
Fruit | Colour |
Banana | Yellow |
Apple | Green |
Tomato | Red |
And here is the code for it:
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" | '''Fruit''' || '''Colour''' |- | '''Banana''' || style="background: #ffff00;" | Yellow |- | '''Apple''' || style="background: #00FF00;" | Green |- | '''Tomato''' || style="background: red;" | Red |}
Sortable table
When a list of entries is included in a table on a page, you can use JavaScript to make the table 'sortable' (it is not possible to force a table to be sorted by a default order on page load). To do this, add the "sortable" class to the table declaration and make sure you defined headers using exclamations marks:
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Fruit !! Price |- | Apples || £0.95 |- | Oranges || £0.85 |- | Pears || £1.15 |- | Purple mangosteen || £1.05 |}
Which produces the following output:
Fruit | Price |
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Apples | £0.95 |
Oranges | £0.85 |
Pears | £1.15 |
Purple mangosteen | £1.05 |
By clicking on the buttons in the cell headers, the entries can be sorted by the value in that column, in either ascending or descending order.