Markup Reference
Basic rules
Any text you type in the edit window and save will show on your page.Leave a blank line (like that above) to start a new paragraph. Line breaks are ignored and all text within a block is treated as a paragraph.
You can add style and features to your page using markups. All markups are denoted by square brackets [ ] with a special character immediately inside these. For example [/show in italics/] will show as show in italics. Some 'special' markups use double square braclets [[ ]].
Markup works between start and end points - so remember to close the brackets or the markup will continue to the end of your document!
Inline markups
New lines |
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Back to back square brackets [] start a new line. Otherwise text just continues... |
Back to back square brackets start a new line. Otherwise text just continues... |
Headings |
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[~Heading~] [~~Sub-heading~~] the ~ character is usually shift # on your keyboard a heading in the first line of a blog entry is used |
HeadingSub-heading |
Text formatting |
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[*bold*] [/italic/] [+big+] [-small-] super[^script^] |
bold italic big small superscript |
Highlighting |
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[!this phrase is highlighted!] use to highlight key words/phrases in your page or draw attention to important items | this phrase is highlighted |
Entities |
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['copy'] ['reg'] ['euro'] ['egrave'] ['aacute'] use to show special characters (html entities)
| © ® € è á |
Special markups
Internal page links |
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[[Welcome]] use page title in double square brackets | Welcome |
[[Welcome|Home]] you can give a page an 'alias' name | Home |
External page links |
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[[link:http://www.bbc.co.uk]] [[link:http://www.bbc.co.uk|The BBC]] note use of optional | to add a site name |
http://www.bbc.co.uk ![]() The BBC ![]() |
Pictures |
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[[snap:02 04 16 immature male Ero aphana ]] use [[picture:title]] for full width picture you can also use [[thumb:title]] to show 'thumbnail' or small views of a picture you can use [[credit:title]] or [[location:title]] to show the picture credit or location information You can use [[snap:title|right]] or [[snap:title|left]] to 'float' a picture within paragraph text |
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Lists
Simple lists |
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[_ Item 1 Item 2 ...etc _] underscore _ is usually shift - on your keyboard |
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Bulleted lists |
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[. Item 1 Item 2 ...etc .] |
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Numbered lists |
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[# Item 1 Item 2 ...etc #] |
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Page layout
Centring |
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[%this text is centred%] [% [[thumb:02 04 16 immature male Ero aphana ]] %] you can centre text, pictures or any other object |
this text is centred |
Block quotes |
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[" this is a block quote, with right and left indents "] |
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Other markups
Escape/ignore markup |
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{{markup in [/this/] section [*will*] be ignored}} use double curly brackets if you need to prevent markup rendering | markup in [/this/] section [*will*] be ignored |