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Understanding Wiki Syntax

To format and style the text in a wiki page, you use wiki syntax. This syntax is similar to HTML or other markup languages.
NoteNote:
Starting in Release 4.x (and improved with each release) Tiki also includes a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor that can be enabled on the Admin: Text Area page. For earlier versions, additional customization is required to implement WYSIWYG capabilities.


Wiki Syntax

The Tiki wiki syntax consists of special notation that must be placed before and after the words that you want to format.

The following table lists the wiki syntax for some common text formatting:

Format Wiki Syntax
Bold __text__
(two underscores)
Italic ''text''
(two single quotes)
Underline ===text===


You can use Tiki's wiki syntax to maintain complete control over how your text will look.

You can also create heading levels by using !. For example:

!First level heading

!!Second level heading


will produce:


First level heading

Second level heading



You can create collapsible headings by by placing + (opened by default) or - (closed by default) in front of the heading text. For example:

!!!+Heading open
The heading is open, by default.

!!!-Heading closed
The heading is collapsed (closed) by default.


will produce:


Heading open

[-]
The heading is open, by default. Click - to close the heading.

Heading closed

[+]


A complete list of Tiki's wiki syntax is available from the Tiki online help and in the TikiWiki documentation(external link). In addition to the standard wiki syntax, you can use Tiki Plugins to create custom formats.

NoteNote:
You can also include some standard HTML codes in Tiki wiki pages if you have enabled the Allow HTML option on the Administration: Wiki page. However, enabling this option may present a potential security liability to your site — users could potentially inject HTML functions into your website.



Toolbar

With the Tiki Toolbar, you can quickly apply wiki formats to your text. The Toolbar appears in the Edit area of the Edit page.
NoteNote:
In earlier Tiki releases, these buttons were called Quicktags.

#Click Edit. The Edit page appears.
  1. By default, the Quicktags button bar appears above the Edit area.
    Toolbars
    The Toolbars appear in the Edit area.

    NoteNote:
    You can optionally configure up to three rows of toolbars and customize which buttons appear in each toolbar on the Admin: Toolbars page. See Customizing Toolbars for more information.



Try using the Quicktags to add wiki syntax. Click the Bold button Bold button.. Tiki automatically adds the wiki syntax to the Edit area: __text__ .

You can also use the Quicktags buttons to apply wiki syntax to selected text:
  1. In the Edit area, type: This is italic
  2. Highlight the word italic and click the Italic quicktag Italicbutton. button.

Tiki automatically applies the wiki syntax for underline to the word: ''italic'' .


Getting Help

Tiki includes a help system that explains each of the Quicktags, as well as the available plugins.

Click the Wiki Help button ( Help button) on the Toolbar.
Wiki Help
Accessing the Editing help.


The wiki help displays in a pop-up window with two sections:
  • Wiki help: Displays a list of the available Quicktags and other common formatting syntax.
  • Plugin help: Displays the available plugins. See Using Plugins for details on using the Edit Help to easily add plugins to wiki pages.

Wiki Help
The Wiki help defines each button on the Toolbar and other common wiki syntax.




TipTip:
You can customize the available Quicktags, as well as create your own tags.





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Contributors to this page: Rick Sapir , system , rlees1942 and System Administrator .
Page last modified on Thursday, April 22, 2010 09:08:53 pm EDT by Rick Sapir.
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