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WikiMarkup

Hey Phiz, welcome to WP! I want to give you some quick pointers on WikiMarkup that will alleviate the need to use HTML markup and simplify your life. A more complete explanation can be found at the How to edit a page page.

Unordered lists

To create an unordered list you only need to use an asterisk (*) before each line, it will automatically create an unordered list.

Example:

* List item 1
* List item 2

will create

• List item 1
• List item 2

This alleviates the need to use the whole <ul><li></li></ul> html markup. Adding a double asterisk after the first single one will create a sub-list.

Example:

* List item 1
** Sub item 1
** Sub item 2
* List item 2

will create

• List item 1
  • Sub item 1
  • Sub item 2
• List item 2

Ordered lists

To create an ordered list you only need to use an pound symbol (#) before each line, it will automatically create an unordered list

Example:

# List item 1
# list item 2

will create

1. List item 1
2. list item 2

This alleviates the need to use the whole <ol><li></li></ol> html markup. Doubling up on the pound sign will produce the same result as with a double asterisk.

Example:

# List item 1
## Sub item 1
## Sub item 2
# List item 2

will create

1. List item 1
   1. Sub item 1
   2. Sub item 2
2. List item 2

Line breaks

To start a new paragraph, just hit "ENTER" twice to create a new paragraph. You do not need to add html breaks (<br/>).

Indents

To indent a line, just add a colon (:) when you start to type.

Example:

:text

will produce

text

This will also automatically create a line break at the end, so you can continue typing right after a line break. The more colons you add, the more indented it will be. Just indenting using a single space will produce one of the boxes you see in the examples

Italics and Bold

To italicize and bold words, use single quote marks, two for italics and three for bold

Example:

''Italics'', '''Bold'''

will produce Italics, Bold

If you need any other help, feel free to ask, --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 19:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)