Markup guide
From WikiREADia
Wikireadia shorthand
| Formatting Command: | You write: | You get: |
| Paragraphs:
Blank lines will create new paragraphs. |
1st paragraph
2nd paragraph |
1st paragraph
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| Line breaks:
Use <br/> for a single line break |
1st sentence <br/>
2nd sentence |
1st sentence
2nd sentence |
| Headings
Use -OR- Two equal signs at the beginning of a line and also at the end. This automatically includes a line break and an “edit” button. If you add three or more headings, a contents box will appear automatically at the top of the wiki entry. |
==Reading== |
Reading |
| Bold Text:
Use -OR- Put three single quotation marks either side of the word. |
'''Bold''' | Bold |
| Italic Text:
Use -OR- Put two single quotation marks either side of the word. |
''Italics'' | Italics |
| Small text for captions
Put <small> and </small> either side of the word. |
You can use <small>small text</small> for captions. | You can use small text for captions. |
| Internal links
Create a link to another page in Wikireadia. OR Create a link to another page in the wiki and display different text. |
Use the  button or type [[2008 National Year of Reading]]
OR [[2008 National Year of Reading|Get involved in the National Year of Reading]] |
2008 National Year of Reading
OR Get involved in the National Year of Reading |
| Create a page
If you create an internal link to a page that doesn’t exist, this creates a new page. |
[[This is a new page]] | This is a new page |
| External links:
Creating an external link |
Use the  button or type [http://www.example.org]
[http://www.example.org Displayed text] </nowiki>http://www.example.org</wiki> |
[1] |
| Bulleted points:
Use an asterisk followed by a space in front of the sentence. |
* First bullet * Second bullet |
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| Using article templates: | To create a tempate,1. create a page naming it - Template:templatename, 2. in the page where you'd like to use the template insert the name of temaplte {{templatename}} and save the page. You can edit the template as you would a normal page. | |
| Adding an image: | Firstly, upload your image using the upload file option under the toolbox area located at the bottom of the left-handside navigation. Once the image is saved, go back to the page where you want to insert it and add this code: [[Image:imagename.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Alt text and subtitle in here.]] and save the page. | |
| Adding your article to a category: | Add the code [[Category:Category title here]] and save the page. You can find the categories at the bottom of the Wikireadia homepage. Categories are case sensitive so be careful when copying the category names. |
