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==Basic editing using wiki codes== | ==Basic editing using wiki codes== | ||
The same way most webpages use HTML, Clicklaw Wikibooks uses a relatively simple markup language to determine how content looks. The headings, lists, indented paragraphs and other formatting that give form and structure to a wiki page are controlled using wiki codes. | The same way most webpages use HTML, Clicklaw Wikibooks uses a relatively simple markup language to determine how content looks. The headings, lists, indented paragraphs and other formatting that give form and structure to a wiki page are controlled using wiki codes. | ||
The good news is that there are not very many wiki codes, and many of them (for example, bold, italics, hyperlink) also have buttons in the edit toolbar that you can use that will automatically insert the codes. | |||
===Lists=== | ===Lists=== | ||
Information is often easier to understand when it is broken into lists. To make a simple numbered list, you put each item on a separate line and start the line with a pound symbol. To make a list with bullets, replace the pound symbol with an asterix. | |||
To make a numbered list, you put each item on a separate line and start the line with a pound symbol: | Example: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! This wiki code | |||
! Results in this display on the page | |||
|- | |||
| <tt># One</tt><br /> | |||
<tt># Two</tt><br /> | |||
<tt>## Two point one</tt><br /> | |||
<tt># Three</tt> | |||
| | |||
# One | |||
# Two | |||
## Two point one | |||
# Three | |||
|} | |||
More complicated lists with sublists are achieved by adding an extra pound or asterix symbol beside items you want to appear as indented subordinate list, and repeat this | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|} | |} | ||
The [[Clicklaw Wikibooks Cheatsheet]] features the key wiki codes. Also available is a [[Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide]] that highlights key style and word usage for Clicklaw Wikibooks. | The [[Clicklaw Wikibooks Cheatsheet]] features the key wiki codes. Also available is a [[Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide]] that highlights key style and word usage for Clicklaw Wikibooks. | ||