wiki syntax

Try out what you learn here in the sandbox.

The first line is the page title.

Separate your paragraphs by a blank line.

Tags

You can add style information, links, bulleted lists and more with tags.

A tag starts with < ("less than" sign) followed by a single character that determines the tag's meaning. For example, to make a Headline you would enter <H. Then (as with most tags) you would enter the end tag: <> to mark the end of your headline. So here's our complete example:

<HBig Headline!<>

It will look like this:

Big Headline!

Unlike html/xml/sgml all tags use the same end tag <> (unless of course they don't have an end tag.)

inline tags

These tags can be used anywhere in your paragraphs:

• << put a < in the text
• <c monospace font (<code>)
• <e bold (<strong>)
• <l link (that's a lowercase ELL)
• <i image
• <t thumbnail that links to the full size image
• <> end tag.

block-level tags

The following can only apear at the begining of the line:

• <H headline
• <h subhead
• <r horizontal rule (no end tag)
• <p start a block of preformatted text. (Don't rewrap it, and display with a fixed width font.)
• <* start bulleted list. Each paragraph that follows will display as a list item. To end the list, make a paragraph containing just an end tag (<>). Edit the sandbox for a nice example of a list.
• <i Put an image at the begining of the line, and wrap the rest of the paragraph to the right of it. (Note that the <i tag has a different behavior when it is is the middle of the paragraph. See inline tags above.)
• <t put a thumbnail at the begining of the line, and wrap the rest of the paragraph to the right of it. (Note that the <t tag has a different behavior when it is is the middle of the paragraph. See inline tags above.)

See examples and try these tags out in the sandbox.