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This wiki is a "MediaWiki" - like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]. MediaWikis use a simple form of markup to enrich plain text. This is a cheat sheet; the [[Help:Editing|standard editing help page]] is | This wiki is a "MediaWiki" - like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], and also like the Mozilla intranet. MediaWikis use 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. Bookmark it, then whenever you need it, type "Help Me" into your Awesomebar. | ||
Type things from the left into the page editing box of your page, 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;"> | <div style="width: 50%; float:right; border-left: 2px black solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;"> | ||
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<div style="clear: both"> | <div style="clear: both"> | ||
<br> | <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. | |||
</div> | </div> | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 14 June 2012
This wiki is a "MediaWiki" - like Wikipedia, and also like the Mozilla intranet. MediaWikis use a simple form of markup to enrich plain text. This is a cheat sheet; the standard editing help page is... comprehensive. Lots of trees, hard to see the wood. Bookmark it, then whenever you need it, type "Help Me" into your Awesomebar.
Type things from the left into the page editing box of your page, and the result will be what you see on the right.
Heading
Smaller Heading (More Equals Signs; Use Up To 5)
Separate your paragraphs with a blank line.
Explicit line breaks are also possible, e.g. for poetry.
- Numbered list - start with a #
- Bulleted list - start with a *
- Sub-bulleted list - multiple *s
A blank line finishes a list.
Links within the wiki - two square brackets on either side, with link text separated from page name by a | (pipe).
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.
==Heading==
===Smaller Heading (More Equals Signs; Use Up To 5)===
Separate your paragraphs with a blank line.<br>
Explicit line breaks are also possible, e.g. for poetry.
# Numbered list - start with a #
* Bulleted list - start with a *
** Sub-bulleted list - multiple *s
A blank line finishes a list.
[[Help:Editing|Links within the wiki]] - two square brackets on either side, with link text separated from page name by a | (pipe).
[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''.
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.