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Simple editing is one of the major benefits of using a wiki. Users can edit pages without knowing HTML, and still use many of the formatting features of HTML. Please feel free to experiment in the [[Sandbox]]. | Simple editing is one of the major benefits of using a wiki. Users can edit pages without knowing HTML, and still use many of the formatting features of HTML. Please feel free to experiment in the [[Sandbox]]. | ||
The MediaWiki software | The MediaWiki software (the wiki software that is used here at WikiIndex) uses a special wiki markup language that is quite intuitive and very easy to learn. However one can also use HTML tags. That's handy in case wiki syntax doesn't provide a needed formatting feature. | ||
== Basic text == | == Basic text == | ||
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* There is no need to encode HTML characters like <, >, & or " | * There is no need to encode HTML characters like <, >, & or " | ||
== Bold | == Bold and italic text == | ||
To mark text as '''bold''' or ''italic'' put inverted commata (') before and after those parts – two for italic and three for bold For example: | To mark text as '''bold''' or ''italic'' put inverted commata (') before and after those parts – two for italic and three for bold For example: | ||
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<nowiki>'''''bold+italic'''''</nowiki>. | <nowiki>'''''bold+italic'''''</nowiki>. | ||
Note that MediaWiki (like most Wikis) processes | Note that MediaWiki (like most Wikis) processes wiki syntax line-by-line, so if you want three bold lines of text, so you will have to format every line separately. | ||
== Headings == | == Headings == | ||