Quick guide to editing and formatting codes
Picture codes
To see examples of code, edit this page by adding .edit at the end of the internet address, or use one of the bookmarklets.
Linking codes
To create a link within the site, enclose the name of the page that you want to link to within double square brackets. For example test page.
If there is a section title that matches the text in a link, the link will be interpret as a within-page link to that title. For example: garden birds.
A "display name" for a link can be inserted between the two closing square brackets. For example guide to editing and formatting codes.
To link to a URL within the site, include the leading /. For example this page or the home page.
To link to an external site, use the full URL (including http://). Linking to an external site might cause the page on which the link appears to be publicly discoverable.
To create a new page, create a link to the desired page by placing its name between double square brackets in the text of a page intended to link to the new page, follow that link, and edit the content of the new page in the normal way.
Formatting codes
Basics:
- Leave a blank line between paragraphs.
- Use a single underscore (_) in a line to put a space without a paragraph break between images.
- Lines breaks can be inserted wherever convenient (except in the middle of other structures e.g. links).
- The title of the page starts with "==".
- Section titles start with "=".
- Bullet points start with "*".
- To embed another page, "**[[page]optional alternative title]".
- Indented paragraphs (e.g. quotations) start with "->".
- A "+" at the beginning of a line provides a line break.
- Within a paragraph, use [_text to be formatted_] for strong formatting.
- Within a paragraph, use [*text to be formatted*] for emphasis.
