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.

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]

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.

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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