WikiSyntax
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Wiki Syntax Help
ExpressionEngine uses a special wiki syntax to perform a set of actions directly on the wiki. The actual formatting is done by Textile. (have a look on the external page too Textism: Tools: Textile [textism.com])
This is only a very short introduction. If you want to learn the more advanced textile features, the TextileSyntax wiki page has all the information for you.
Linking Pages
Linking to Qt Documentation
Using Tables
Readability is enhanced if your markup indicates a title row and if you color the title row green and alternate entry rows with a light gray.
Note the space before the | designating beginning of a cell.
| Title 1 | Title 2 |
|---|---|
| somestuff in clear row | more stuff |
| some stuff in gray row | more stuff |
Categories
Link to a Category Page
Add a Table of Contents
When a page is long, adding a table of contents can help a lot. You can control alignment and depth of the table.
The optimal depth corresponds structure and size of the article. For a short article a toc is absolutely unnecessary.
Right aligned articles
For wiki pages you can add
to the top of the page and it will be all right aligned on save.
Character Codes, or How to Bypass the Wiki Formatter
Sometimes you need a character in your wiki article that the wiki engine thinks is a formatting code. When this happens, replace the character with a code for the character. Here is a good list of such codes [degraeve.com].
For example, in Textile the percent symbol (%) indicates a <span> tag in HTML, but you may need to show a % in a command line example. Use % instead of % in your example:
Show:
By entering: