TextFormattingRules

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Background Info on this page: In its 'hay day' its usage was mainly to learn the syntax for formating a wiki engine we don't use anymore (called Usemod). A main reason we changed wiki engines was because of the amount of spam accumulating was really frustrating. With our new wiki engine, Mediawiki, we have more precise ways of weeding out spam + an amazing amount of other features that we are still learning to incorporate.

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(Information provided by usemod TextFormatingRules & The WikiMarkupStandard & hytext.com)

Table of Contents
General information | Monospace text | Insert Preformated text | How to make indentations |

Bulleted lists | Numbered lists | Definition lists |

Links | InterWiki links | Non-wiki links | Targeted or Anchor links |

Insert Images |

Make Headings | How to make tables | Built-in isbn funtion |

How to have multiple pages sharing 1 page (page redirect) |

todo | Play in the SandBox

[#general]

General information
Entering text on a wiki can be done simply. Follow these guidelines:

This can be useful for breaking up long sections of text in line-sensitive sections (like lists or indented text). (see this sentence for  example)
 * When editing a page remember: the 'Preview' button is your friend.
 * You will find that Pressing the Enter key (a.k.a. Carriage returns) will not show up on a wiki page unless you start a new paragraph. (They are still significant to use when editing a page)
 * Multiple spaces and tabs are ignored
 * Use tags like  for bold' and ' for italics''
 * typing: (4 hyphens in a arow) makes a horizontal line
 * typing: will not format/compile any text between these tags
 * If you don't understand how something works..use the source (look how it's done through the edit page function)
 * A line which ends in a backslash character will be joined with the next line before most formatting rules are applied.
 * The first character entered on a line often controls the formatting of the text on that line (see below)

[#monospace]

Monospace
A single " " (or 1 white space) character at the beginning of a sentence causes text to appear in a monospaced font where spaces are significant This is monospaced text You can also use    tag for monospace text

This is also monospaced using the above tag

[#pre]

Preformatted Text
Individual lines can be displayed as preformatted (fixed-width or "typewriter"-font) text by placing one or more spaces at the start of the line. Other wiki formatting (like links) will be applied to this kind of preformatted text.

Alternatively, multi-line sections can be marked as pre-formatted text with all other formatting suppressed by surrounding the text section with lines starting with (to start pre-formatted text), and (to end preformatted text). The and tags are not displayed. Wiki links and other formatting is not done within a formatted section. (If you want wiki formatting, use spaces at the start of the line instead of the and tags.)

For instance:

Pre-formatted section here. No other link or format processing is done on pre-formatted sections. For instance, UseModWiki is not a link here, and this is not bold.

and: This is the starting-spaces version of  preformatted text. Note that links like UseModWiki still work and bolding works.

[#indentation]

Indentation
A single ":" (colon) character at the beginning of a sentence - causes text to be indented. Simple indented text:
 * Paragraph to be indented (quote-block)
 * Paragraph indented more
 * Paragraph indented to third level

...which looks like:
 * Paragraph to be indented (quote-block)
 * Paragraph indented more
 * Paragraph indented to third level

[#bulleted]

Bulleted lists
A single "*" (asterisk) character at the beginning of a sentence - creates a bulleted list.
 * Text for a bulleted list item.
 * Text for another bulleted list item.
 * Text for a third bulleted list item.
 * Text for second-level list.
 * Text for third level, etc.

...which looks like:
 * Text for a bulleted list item.
 * Text for another bulleted list item.
 * Text for a third bulleted list item.
 * Text for second-level list.
 * Text for third level, etc.

[#numbered]

Numbered lists
A single "#" (hash) character at the beginning of a sentence - creates a numbered list.
 * 1) Text for a numbered list item.
 * 2) Text for another numbered list item.
 * 3) Text for a third numbered list item.
 * 4) Text for second-level list.
 * 5) Text for third level, etc.

...which looks like:
 * 1) Text for a numbered list item.
 * 2) Text for another numbered list item.
 * 3) Text for a third numbered list item.
 * 4) Text for second-level list.
 * 5) Text for third level, etc.

[#definition]

Definition lists
A single ";" (semicolon) character at the beginning of a sentence - creates a definition list. A ":" colon is required subsequently on the same line. Terms with indented definitions: [without a blank line between term and definition]
 * Term One:Definition for One (indented)
 * Term Two:Definition for Two (indented)
 * Term Three:Definition for Three (indented)
 * Term (indented):Definition (indented two levels)
 * Term (indented twice):Definition (indented to third level)

...which looks like:
 * Term One:Definition for One (indented)
 * Term Two:Definition for Two (indented)
 * Term Three:Definition for Three (indented)
 * Term (indented):Definition (indented two levels)
 * Term (indented twice):Definition (indented to third level)

[#links]

Links
An Inline link is a page within the wiki you are using Several ways to Inline link shown here

3 quick ways:


 * http://wiki.s23.org/wiki.pl?SandBox
 * CamelCase (SandBox)
 * FreeLinks  (typing: fnord produces: fnord)

[#interwiki]

InterWiki Links
Link to other wikis or services: Explanation of InterWiki links

[#nonwiki]

Non-Wiki Links
[#anchor]
 * Type: [] To make a Non Wiki link but a refference: []
 * Type: Slashdot To make Non Wiki links with a description Slashdot or /.

Targeted Links
To place a link anchor in a page use [#anchor]" [#anchor] " (without the double quotes) which can be referred to with any of the linking methods:


 * Wiki link: TextFormattingRules#anchor
 * URL link: http://wiki.s23.org/wiki.pl?TextFormattingRules#anchor
 * Bracketed link: #anchor

[#images]

Images
http://seti23.org/image/23mid.gif

The above was produced by simply typing http://seti23.org/image/23mid.gif into the wiki. Just provide the URL, and the image will be inserted inline.

These extensions are recognized: gif, jpg, png, bmp, jpeg (If you have a choice, results are usually best with png for computer generated images, and JPEG for photographic images.)

[#headings]

Headings
Start a sentence with:

"=" (equals) + a space + any word + an additional space + a trailing "="

Like the following examples: = Heading One =

== Heading Two =

=== Heading Three = ==== Heading Four =

=
Heading Five =

=
Heading Six = produces:

= Heading One =

Heading Six
[#table]

Tables
"|" 2 vertical bars create a table

Typing: ||This||is||in||a||Box||

Results:

(Make sure you make the box on a seperate line for it to work)
 * This||is||in||a||Box||

[#isbn]

ISBN links
Just write the ISBN Number, like this: ISBN 0-471-25311-1

Result: ISBN 0-471-25311-1

[#redirect]

Page Redirect
This solution allows multiple names to share the same page. To use the PageRedirect command, simply type: ...at the beginning of the page. (The command must start at the first character of the first line of the page. REDIRECT must be in FULL CAPS.)
 * 1) REDIRECT NewPageName

When the page containing the command is viewed, the NewPageName will be viewed instead. Redirections are not recursive--only the first redirection will be used. see UseMod:PageRedirect about editing a redirected page example: Free Links & SoulSeek

[#todo] Todo:
 * fnord

UseMod:UseModWiki/Features & UseMod:PageDeletion