Help:WikiMarkup Formatting

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Description	You type	You get
applies anywhere
Italic text	`''italic''`	italic
Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold
Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic
Escape wiki markup	`<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>`	no ''markup''
only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different levels ^[1]^[2]	`==level 1==` `===level 2===` `====level 3====` `=====level 4=====`	Contents 1 Level 1 1.1 Level 2 1.1.1 Level 3 1.1.1.1 Level 4 2 Paragraphs 3 HTML 4 Links 5 Images Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Horizontal rule	`----`
Bullet list	* one * two * three three and one-third three and two-thirds	one two three three and one-third three and two-thirds
Numbered list	# one # two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering three three point one three point two
Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists	# one # two #* two point one #* two point two	one two two point one two point two
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Preformatted text	preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line	preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line

Notes:

↑ Use of a heading created by single equal signs is discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.
↑ An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.

Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <br> or <br/>.

HTML

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.

Links

You will often want to make clickable links to other pages.

Description	You type	You get
Internal link	`[[Veterinary Education Online]]`	Veterinary Education Online
Category link	`[[:Category:Help]]`	Category:Help
Piped link	`[[Veterinary Education Online\|different text]]`	different text
Anchor link	`[[#External links\|Anchor link]]`	Anchor link
External link	`http://mediawiki.org`	http://mediawiki.org
Internal link to image file	`[[media:example.jpg]]`	media:example.jpg
External link, different title	`[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]`	MediaWiki
External link, unnamed	`[http://mediawiki.org]`	[1]
External link, same host unnamed	`[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]`	[2]
Interwiki link	`[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]`	Wikipedia:MediaWiki
mailto	`mailto:info@example.org`	mailto:info@example.org
mailto unnamed	`[mailto:info@example.org]`	[3]
mailto named	`[mailto:info@example.org info]`	info
redirect	`#REDIRECT [[Veterinary Education Online]]`	→ Veterinary Education Online

Images

You will often want to make links different sizes, move them to different positions on the page, make them clickable links or give them captions.

Description	You type	You get
Image appears on page In this example want to display the WikiVet logo, so insert file name Wikivet.png into the image code [[File:]]. Click "edit" on the page you want image on, then insert the code in desired location and click "save". File name must match exactly what appears in WikiVet Commons. The default size is as uploaded to WikiVet Commons, the default position is to the left.	`[[File:Wikivet.png]]`
Change size of image can set width and height will adjust according to same ratio as uploaded. In this example, want to make image 50 pixels wide, so insert \|50px into the image code	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|50px]]`
Change position of image Can change default position for image on the screen to left, center or right. In this example, have made aligned to the center by inserting \|center into the image code. Can align to the left with \|left and to the right with \|right	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|center]]`
Make image into a thumbnail Can put box around image by inserting \|thumb into the image code. Default position for thumbnails is to the right of the screen.	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|thumb]]`
Add captions to a thumbnail Can add a description or a link underneath a thumbnail image. In this example a simple description is entered - see Links section for different links you can display. To dispaly "WikiVet Logo" under the thumbnail, add \|thumb\|WikiVet Logo to the image code.	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|thumb\|WikiVet Logo]]`	WikiVet Logo
Make image a clickable link This uses the Imagemap extension which puts an information button on the bottom right corner linking to the image file. You add the file name after "Image:", you can also define size and position. Add link to page after "default" - this is the page that user will be taken to when they click the image.	`<imagemap>` `Image:Wikivet.png\|50px\|center default [[Veterinary Education Online]] </imagemap>`

For further help please look at this site; help from MediaWiki

[1] Use of a heading created by single equal signs is discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.

[2] An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.

[1]

[2]

Description	You type	You get
Image appears on page In this example want to display the WikiVet logo, so insert file name Wikivet.png into the image code [[File:]]. Click "edit" on the page you want image on, then insert the code in desired location and click "save". File name must match exactly what appears in WikiVet Commons. The default size is as uploaded to WikiVet Commons, the default position is to the left.	`[[File:Wikivet.png]]`
Change size of image can set width and height will adjust according to same ratio as uploaded. In this example, want to make image 50 pixels wide, so insert \|50px into the image code	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|50px]]`
Change position of image Can change default position for image on the screen to left, center or right. In this example, have made aligned to the center by inserting \|center into the image code. Can align to the left with \|left and to the right with \|right	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|center]]`
Make image into a thumbnail Can put box around image by inserting \|thumb into the image code. Default position for thumbnails is to the right of the screen.	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|thumb]]`
Add captions to a thumbnail Can add a description or a link underneath a thumbnail image. In this example a simple description is entered - see Links section for different links you can display. To dispaly "WikiVet Logo" under the thumbnail, add \|thumb\|WikiVet Logo to the image code.	`[[File:Wikivet.png\|thumb\|WikiVet Logo]]`	WikiVet Logo
Make image a clickable link This uses the Imagemap extension which puts an information button on the bottom right corner linking to the image file. You add the file name after "Image:", you can also define size and position. Add link to page after "default" - this is the page that user will be taken to when they click the image.	`<imagemap>` `Image:Wikivet.png\|50px\|center default [[Veterinary Education Online]] </imagemap>`

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