CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2011/WIKI Features

Indentation Levels

Indentation levels, 1 and 2, demonstrated below, automatically put a separator line below the heading. When you create Headings, a table of contents is automatically created and placed at the top of your WIKI article.

Level 1

To create a Level 1 heading, you enclose your heading in between a single pair of text equal signs, like this:

= Level 1 =

Level 2

To create a Level 2 heading, you enclose your heading in between a single pair of text double equal signs, like this:

== Level 2 ==

For subsequent levels you increase the indentation by increasing the number of equal signs that surround the heading text.

Bold Text

To mark text as bold, you enclose the text in a set of triple apostrophe characters: '''your bold text goes here'''

While editing your article, a tool bar will be displayed at the top of the screen. You can use the B icon to create the bold stub.

Creating Hyperlinks

Perhaps you need to refer the reader to the definition of a word or an acronym. You can do this using a hyperlink to the definition. For example, suppose you want to define the term IDE, you can do that using this construct:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_development_environment IDE]

While editing your article, a tool bar will be displayed at the top of the screen. You can use the world icon to create the hyperlink stub.

Escaping Wiki Formatting

You may find it necessary to escape WIKI formatting so that you can use it literally in your article. Like this article does. To do this you use the <nowiki> and </nowiki> formatting tags.

For example: <nowiki>=== Level 3 ===</nowiki> disables rendering the text as a Level 3 heading and prevents it from showing up in the table of contents.

Italicized Text

To italicize text, include the text in a double set of apostrophes: ''your italicized text goes here''. Please note this isn't the use of the quote (") character but the double use of the apostrophe (') character.

A stub for italicized text can be created using the I icon button on the toolbar while editing your article.

Separator Line

To create a separator line, you place ---- (four dashes) at the beginning of line, and on a line by itself.

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