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.

Note: 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:



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:

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

Note: 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.

Note: In earlier Tiki releases, these buttons were called Quicktags.

Try using the Quicktags to add wiki syntax. Click the 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 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.

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

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