Help:Editing

Basics

Sections, Paragraphs, Newlines

Result	Markup
Sections
Section Sub-section Sub-sub-section Sub-sub-sub-section If your document needs more than four section levels, it is recommended that you break it up into smaller pages and link those together.	== Text Formatting == {| class="fullwidth-table" |- |class="header" width="50%"|Result |class="header" width="50%"|Markup |- |- |class="header" width="50%" colspan="2"|Text Formatting |- |- | ''italic'' or ''emphasis'' | <pre> ''italic'' or ''emphasis''
bold or strong	'''bold''' or '''strong'''
bold italic or very strong	'''''bold italic''''' or '''''very strong'''''
Here is some in-line code as an example.	Here is some <code>in-line code</code> as an example.
This is how to do code blocks.	<pre> This is how to do code blocks. </pre>
Blockquotes - this is a blockquote.	<blockquote> Blockquotes - this is a blockquote. </blockquote>
Small text.	<small>Small text.</small>
Big text.	<big>Big text.</big>
Strikeout.	<strike>Strikeout.</strike>
Underlined.	<u>Underlined.</u>
SuperScript.	<sup>Super</sup>Script.
SubScript.	<sub>Sub</sub>Script.

Advanced markup

Tables

Result	Markup
Table Markup
You can use regular HTML table markup to do wiki tables, or you can use the wiki markup. The wiki table markup uses fewer characters, but that's about the only real advantage. Use what you're most comfortable with.
heading 1 heading 2 cell 1 cell 2	<table class="standard-table"> <tr> <th>heading 1</th> <th>heading 2</th> </tr> <tr> <td>cell 1</td> <td>cell 2</td> </tr> </table>
heading 1 heading 2 cell 1 cell 2	{| class="standard-table" |- |class="header"|heading 1 |class="header"|heading 2 |- |- |cell 1 |cell 2 |- |}

Images

Result	Markup
Images
Inline image...	[[Image:Firefox-logo.png]]
Inline image with alt text... Firefox - Take back the web.	[[Image:Firefox-logo.png|Firefox - Take back the web.]]
Thumbnail image with alt text... File:Flower.jpg Flower macro shot.	[[Image:Flower.jpg|thumb|Flower macro shot.]]
Link to a picture... Flower macro shot.	[[media:Flower.jpg|Flower macro shot.]]

Categories

Every page in the wiki should be included in at least one MediaWiki Category. To add a category to a page, use the following syntax:

These category links should be put at the bottom of the page after the content. Add as many Category links as appropriate. For example, a tutorial about how to use Venkman could be in the "Venkman", "Tools", and "Tutorials" categories.

All categories, in turn, should be put in Category:All Categories.

Reference to versions in other languages

It is always nice when there are references to the page's versions written in other languages. For example, to insert in this page a reference to this page's version in portuguese, you simply need to add the following syntax at the end of this page:

[[pt:Referência de Marcação Wiki]]

In other words, you simply need to add the internal link to the desired site with the prefix which refers to the page's language.

The reference to other language's pages also works with category pages.

Force Ignore of Wiki Markup

If you need a particular piece of wiki markup ignored by the parser, simply enclose it in "nowiki" tags, like so:

<nowiki>'''this wiki markup will not be interpreted'''</nowiki>

'''this wiki markup will not be interpreted'''

HTML in Wikitext

The following tags are currently allowed in wiki markup:

<b> <big> <blockquote> <br> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <dd> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1>

<h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr> <i> <li> <ol> <p> <pre> <rb> <rp> <rt> <ruby>

<s> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <!-- ... -->

Special Characters

Result	Markup
Umlauts and accents: è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ	è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ
Punctuation: ¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • - – —	¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • - – —
Commercial symbols: ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤	™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤
Greek characters: α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω	α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω
Math characters: ∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔ ↑	∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔ ↑
x2   ≥   0 true. To space things out, use non-breaking spaces - &nbsp;. &nbsp; also prevents line breaks in the middle of text, this is useful in formulas.	<i>x</i><sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&ge;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 true.

Useful Firefox extensions

• Wikipedia Firefox Extension that adds a tag-helper toolbar. It's very cool, and seems to work ok with Firefox 1.0.3.
• External text editor support for Firefox and Mediawiki.

Other references

Devmo-specific

• Custom CSS classes defined for all Devmo pages.
• Notable Mediawiki templates created for use on Devmo, with explanations.
• Devmo policies and guidelines:
  • If you're not sure how to name your page, see Page naming guide.
  • MDC:Disambiguation

External

• Wikipedia: How to edit a page
• Wikipedia: Manual of Style
• MediaWiki Handbook