# Text for a numbered list item. ## Text for second-level list. ### Text for third level, etc. ## Another Text for the second level.
http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TextFormattingRules
Simple editing is one of the major benefits of using a wiki. Users can edit pages without knowing HTML, and still use many formatting features of HTML. Most wikis define a set of formatting rules to convert plain text into HTML. Some wikis (like this one) also allow some HTML "tags", like <b>, <i>, and <pre> within a page.
Entering text on a wiki can be done simply. Follow these guidelines:
Carriage returns (ie pressing the Enter key) are significant in formatting a wiki page
Multiple spaces and tabs are ignored
use '' (two single-quotes) for italics, ''' (three single-quotes) for bold, and ''''' (five single-quotes) for bold-italics. Alternatively, use tags <b>bold</b> and <i>italic</i>
Use tag <tt>for monospace text</tt>
The first character entered on a line often controls the formatting of the text on that line (shades of Fortran), in brief (see below and sub pages for details): o " " space causes text to appear in a monospaced font where spaces are significant o ":" colon causes text to be indented o "=" equals - followed by a space - creates a heading, a trailing "=" - preceded by a space - is required o "*" asterisk creates a bulleted list o "#" hash creates a numbered list o ";" semicolon creates a definition list, a ":" colon is required subsequently on the same line o "----" four hyphens creates a horizontal line o "||" vertical bar creates a table (requires a table patch for versions prior to 1.0, eg WikiPatches/TableSyntaxCommonMarkup).
Repetition of the first character on the line generally increases the indentation or emphasis
Leave a single blank line between paragraphs.
Suppress wiki formatting and linking through escaped WikiWiki text — <nowiki>WikiWiki</nowiki>
Insert an image using a full URL, eg http://usemod.com/wiki.gif
Simple lists:
Text for a bulleted list item. * Text for second-level list. ** Text for third level, etc.
Text for a bulleted list item. o Text for second-level list. + Text for third level, etc.
# Text for a numbered list item. ## Text for second-level list. ### Text for third level, etc. ## Another Text for the second level.
Text for a numbered list item.
Text for second-level list.
Text for third level, etc.
Another Text for the second level.
: Text to be indented (quote-block) :: Text indented more ::: Text indented to third level
Text to be indented (quote-block)
Text indented more
Text indented to third level
Term with indented definition: [without a blank line between term and definition]
;Term:Definition (indented) ;;Term (indented):Definition (indented two levels) ;;;Term (indented twice):Definition (indented to third level)
Term Definition (indented)
Term (indented)
Definition (indented two levels)
Term (indented twice)
Definition (indented to third level)
Individual lines can be displayed as preformatted (fixed-width or "typewriter"-font) text by placing one or more spaces at the start of the line. Other wiki formatting (like links) will be applied to this kind of preformatted text.
Additionally, multi-line sections can be marked as pre-formatted text using lines starting with <pre> (to start pre-formatted text), and </pre> (to end preformatted text). The <pre> and </pre> tags are not displayed. Wiki links and other formatting is not done within a preformatted section. (If you want wiki formatting, use spaces at the start of the line instead of the <pre> and </pre> tags.)
> How can I create a comment in UseModWiki? I want to place a comment in a > Wiki, not shown on the generated HTML page.
There is no way to add invisible comments in UseModWiki. (Some other wikis allow HTML-style comments, but not UseModWiki.) — CliffordAdams
We looked at eight (eight!) Wikis including the utterly confusing and IMO actually rather bad TWiki, and this one came out top. The only issue we have with it is that it's hard to customise the look and feel, but hey, that's just cosmetic. It's now going to be used on about 15 mini intranets for a client of ours. Rock on! — Jonathan Bates, August 2001
See WikiPatches/CSSskins for custom headers & CSS stylesheets. I've completely customized the look of my UseModWiki. -- Tarquin
Similar to Jonathan Bates I did a rather extensive search for good wiki software and I like UseMod the best. It's easy, small, configurable. TWiki is utterly overloaded and all the PHP, Zope etc. style wikis depend on additional software. The only thing I like about TWiki are the powerful search facilities - I am planning to implement them into UseMod. Here the only thing I think could be better solved would be having a clear plug-in interface (UseModWikiPlugins) to not have to fiddle around in the code a lot. But that's a minor thing. I've installed it as organizational tool on our intranet and it works great :-) —DavidAndel, March 2002
I have to echo what's been said so far. I looked at several for implementation, including TWiki and Chiq_Chaq, but this was by far the simplest to install and configure - especially since I run on a mainframe under IBMs S390, which is a non-ASCII environment. Usemod also has the advantage of working well with Nutscape (which is my client's browser of choice - yuk!). I also like the fact that by simply renaming the file, I can run as many wikis as I want. Great Stuff! DonLoveday
I tried phpwiki but failed to get it to install after 3 hours of fiddling. LinuxUser? had a demo, and 3 minutes later I had a working system… excellent This is what programming used to be link..cleaning…simple and above all IT WORKS!!! --- wayne
Ditto to the previous comments. I'll just add this: If you like Bosxom (http://www.blosxom.com/) for blogging, you'll like UseModWiki for wikiing. --- mjf