History of TikiWikiSyntax

<p>If the input format of your page is set to <strong>TikiWiki</strong> you have various possibilities to style and to structure your content. For a list of content formats other than TikiWiki please refer to ((LibertyFormats)). You might also be interested in the list of <a href="/wiki/DataPlugins">plugins</a> that let you include images, attachments, tabs, modules and loads of other functionality. <strong>Here, you see a list of the available markup options of the TikiWiki syntax:</strong>

<h2>Emphasis</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Result</th>
<th>Notes</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Headings</td>
<td><div>! text </div><div>!! text</div></td>
<td><h1>text</h1><h2>text</h2></td>
<td>Number of ! correponds to heading level.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Italics</td>
<td>''text''</td>
<td><em>text</em></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Underline</td>
<td>===text===</td>
<td><span>text</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Coloured background</td>
<td>++yellow:text++</td>
<td><span>text</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Coloured text</td>
<td>~~red:text~~</td>
<td><span>text</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bold</td>
<td>__text__</td>
<td><strong>text</strong></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Center Text</td>
<td>::text::</td>
<td>text</td>
<td>centers text relative to its container</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Combinations of the above</td>
<td>::__~~red:++yellow:text++~~__::</td>
<td><span>text</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>




<h2>Lists</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Result</th>
<th>Notes</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Unordered Lists</td>
<td><div>* item 1 </div><div>** item 2</div></td>
<td><ul><li>item 1<ul><li>item 2</li></ul></li></ul></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ordered Lists</td>
<td><div># item 1 </div><div>## item 2</div></td>
<td><ol><li>item 1<ol><li>item 2</li></ol></li></ol></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Definition Lists</td>
<td>; item 1 : item 2</td>
<td><dl><dt>item 1</dt><dd>item 2</dd></dl></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>




<h2>Wiki References</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Result</th>
<th>Notes</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Automatic link to wiki page</td>
<td>CamelCaps</td>
<td><a href="#">CamelCaps</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Automatic link to wiki page</td>
<td>under_scores</td>
<td><a href="#">under_scores</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Double Brackets</td>
<td>((Page Name|Description))</td>
<td><a href="#">Description</a></td>
<td>If you leave out the Description, it will display the Page Name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Avoid Link Creation</td>
<td>))PageName((</td>
<td>PageName</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>




<h2>External Links</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Result</th>
<th>Notes</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>External Link</td>
<td>[http://www.example.com|Description]</td>
<td><a href="http://www.example.com">Description</a></td>
<td>If you leave out the Description, it will display the URL.</td>
</tr>
</table>




<h2>Miscellaneous</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Result</th>
<th>Notes</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Horizontal Rule</td>
<td>---</td>
<td><hr /></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Highlighted Bar</td>
<td>-=highlighted bar=-</td>
<td><span>highlighted bar</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Highlighted Box</td>
<td>^highlighted box^</td>
<td><span>highlighted box</span></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

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<span ><strong>Note:</strong> If you are looking for a way to include <strong>CODE</strong> (with highlighting for various languages) or <strong>DIV</strong>s or <strong>IMG and ATTACHMENT</strong> please refer to <a href="/wiki/DataPlugins">the list of plugins</a>. Additionally, in most cases you find a plugin list + explanations at the bottom of the page you are editing.</span>