Giftypedia Formatting

[edit] Commands

[edit] Numbering

The # at the beginning of a line will number the line. It will number consecutively until another command is entered.

#This is what it will look like
#when you are typing in the text
#with the commands

1. This is what it will look like
2. when you preview the page or after
3. it has been saved.

[edit] Bullets

The * at the beginning of a line will put a bullet. Adding *'s will indent further in the page.

*This is what it will look like
*when you are typing in the text
*with the commands.
**And if you add ** this is
***what it will do.

• This is what it will look like
• when you preview the page or after
  • it has been saved.
    • I had to do 3 since my example had 3.

[edit] Using Both Numbers and Bullets

You can also mix * and # to indent and number.

For example:

*If you use both this is what
*#it will look like
*#when you are typing it in.

• If you use both this is what
  1. it will look like when you
  2. preview or save the page.

[edit] Bold

Below is what you type to make text bold.

'''type the text you want bold'''

This is what it would look like...

type the text you want bold

[edit] Adding Color Text

To change certain text to a color do the following...

<font color=red> then type the text you want in color </font>

This is what it will look like...

I want to have the following words in red, the following words. I did it!

[edit] Adding Internal Links

All you need is the name of the page in Giftypedia that you want to link to.

[[Gift Exchange Games]]

This is what it would look like and do, go ahead, click on it.

Gift Exchange Games

If you want to link to another page but you want to use other wording you can do this...

Please [[Gift Exchange Games|check the gift games]] section for interesting gift giving games.

Here's what it would look like...

Please check the games section for interesting gift giving games.

[edit] Adding External Links

This is how you create a simple external link...

http://www.giftypedia.com

and it would appear as:

http://www.giftypedia.com

However, if you want to link to a page but you want to use other wording, you can do this...

[http://www.giftypedia.com Giftypedia Home Page]

and it would appear as:

Giftypedia Home Page

[edit] Indentation

To indent something, insert a colon in front of it.

:This is how you indent something.

::This is how you indent something else.

Produces:

This is how you indent something.

This is how you indent something else.

[edit] References

[edit] Reference syntax

To utilize the footnote-like reference syntax, wrap your footnote text in ref tags.

Dogs are better than cats. <ref>http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0008/LPMArticle.asp?ID=803</ref>

Produces:

Dogs are better than cats. ^[1]

[edit] Reference list generation

In order to generate the footnote list you need to include the references tag.

<references/>

Produces:

1. ↑ http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0008/LPMArticle.asp?ID=803

[edit] Titles / Sub-titles

==The title==
===Watch me get smaller but still be bold===
====See I'm getting smaller====
=====And smaller=====

This is what it will look like

[edit] The title

[edit] Watch me get smaller but still be bold

[edit] See I'm getting smaller

[edit] And smaller