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This wiki is powered by "MediaWiki" - like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], and also like the Mozilla intranet. MediaWiki uses a simple form of markup to enrich plain text. This is a cheat sheet; the [[Help:Editing|standard editing help page]] is... comprehensive. Lots of trees, hard to see the wood. If you bookmark this page, then whenever you need it, just type "Help Me" into your Awesomebar.
This wiki is powered by "MediaWiki" - like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], and also like the Mozilla intranet. MediaWiki uses a simple form of markup to enrich plain text. This is a cheat sheet; the [[Help:Editing|standard editing help page]] is... comprehensive. Lots of trees, hard to see the wood. If you bookmark this page, then whenever you need it, just type "Help Me" into your Awesomebar.
If you have text already marked up with HTML, much of it will Just Work. Paste it in to the Edit box, press "Show preview", and see how it looks. (Sadly, links don't work - you have to use the syntax below.) You can mix HTML and MediaWiki markup in the same page.


Type things from the left into the page editing box of the page you are editing, and the result will be what you see on the right.
Type things from the left into the page editing box of the page you are editing, and the result will be what you see on the right.


<div style="width: 50%; float:right; border-left: 2px black solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;">
{|
|<tt><nowiki>==Heading==</nowiki></tt>
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==Heading==
==Heading==
|-
|<tt><nowiki>===Smaller heading (more 'equals' signs; use up to 5)===</nowiki></tt>
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===Smaller heading (more 'equals' signs; use up to 5)===
===Smaller heading (more 'equals' signs; use up to 5)===
 
|-
Separate your paragraphs with a blank line.<br>
|<tt>Separate your paragraphs with a blank line, just like in plain text.<nowiki><br></nowiki><br>
Explicit line breaks are also possible, e.g. for poetry.
Explicit line breaks are also possible, e.g. for poetry, like this: <nowiki><br></nowiki></tt>
 
|Separate your paragraphs with a blank line, just like in plain text.<br>
# Numbered list - start with a #
Explicit line breaks are also possible, e.g. for poetry, like this: <br>
 
|-
|<tt>* Bulleted list - start with a *<br>
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Sub-bulleted list - multiple *s</tt>
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* Bulleted list - start with a *
* Bulleted list - start with a *
** Sub-bulleted list - multiple *s
** Sub-bulleted list - multiple *s
 
|-
[[Help:Editing|Links within the wiki]] - two square brackets on either side, optional link text separated from page name by a | (pipe).
|<tt># Numbered list - start with a #
 
[http://www.mozilla.org/ Links to other sites] - one square bracket and a space separator for the link text. You ''will'' get these two forms mixed up. :-|
 
  Start a line with whitespace to have it rendered like this - good for quotations, code etc.
 
'''Three single quotes for bold'''. ''Two for italics''.
 
Two curly braces surround templates, for example {{bug|1234}}.
</div>
 
<div style="font-family: monospace; font-size: medium">
<br>
<nowiki>==Heading==</nowiki>
<br>
 
<nowiki>===Smaller heading (more 'equals' signs; use up to 5)===</nowiki>
<br>
<br>
<br>
A blank line finishes a list.</tt>
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# Numbered list - start with a #


Separate your paragraphs with a blank line.<nowiki><br></nowiki><br>
Explicit line breaks are also possible, e.g. for poetry.
<nowiki># Numbered list - start with a #</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>* Bulleted list - start with a *</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>** Sub-bulleted list - multiple *s</nowiki><br>
A blank line finishes a list.
A blank line finishes a list.
|-
|<tt><nowiki>[[Help:Editing|Links within the wiki]]</nowiki> - two square brackets on either side, optional link text separated from page name by a <nowiki>|</nowiki> (pipe).</tt>
|[[Help:Editing|Links within the wiki]] - two square brackets on either side, optional link text separated from page name by a <nowiki>|</nowiki> (pipe).
|-
|<tt><nowiki>[http://www.mozilla.org/ Links to other sites]</nowiki> - one square bracket and a space separator for the link text. You ''will'' get these two forms mixed up. <nowiki>:-|</nowiki></tt>
|[http://www.mozilla.org/ Links to other sites] - one square bracket and a space separator for the link text. You ''will'' get these two forms mixed up. <nowiki>:-|</nowiki>
|-
|<tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;Start a line with whitespace to have it rendered like this - good for quotations, code etc.</tt>
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  Start a line with whitespace to have it rendered like this - good for quotations, code etc.
|-
|<tt><nowiki>'''Three single quotes for bold'''. ''Two for italics''.</nowiki></tt>
|'''Three single quotes for bold'''. ''Two for italics''.
|-
|<tt><nowiki>"Templates" use two curly brackets to include standard snippets of text by name. E.g. {{bug|123456}} links to a bug. See below for a handy list.</nowiki></tt>
|"Templates" use two curly brackets to include standard snippets of text. E.g. {{bug|123456}} links to a bug. See below for a handy list.
|}


<nowiki>[[Help:Editing|Links within the wiki]] - two square brackets on either side, optional link text separated from page name by a | (pipe).</nowiki>
===Useful Templates===
 
<nowiki>[http://www.mozilla.org/ Links to other sites] - one square bracket and a space separator for the link text. You ''will'' get these two forms mixed up. :-|</nowiki>
<br>
<br>
<nowiki>&nbsp;&nbsp;Start a line with whitespace to have it rendered like this - good for quotations, code etc.</nowiki>
<br>


<nowiki>'''Three single quotes for bold'''. ''Two for italics''.</nowiki>
{| width="100%"
<br>
|<nowiki>{{draft}}</nowiki> - worth putting on all unfinished pages, for clarity
 
|{{draft}}
<nowiki>Two curly braces surround templates, for example {{bug|1234}}.</nowiki>
|}
</div>
 
<div style="clear: both">
<br>
Lastly, if you have text already marked up with HTML, much of it will Just Work. Paste it in to the Edit box, press "Show preview", and see how it looks. You can mix HTML and MediaWiki markup.
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