The pages on this site are WikiWikiWeb pages, which means that pages can be created and edited by multiple authors. To edit a page, click the Edit link that exists somewhere on the page, usually in the header or footer. Some pages will be password-protected on a group and individual basis, depending on the Wiki policies for extending invitations to edit pages.
Editing pages
Watch our FLASH video files to gain a quick overview of the basic editing techniques to use as an authorised author within our Wiki.
When editing a page as an author, you will see the markup text that describes the content of the page. At the top of the edit window there a number of "buttons" you can use to format the text. These work best when you first highlight an area of text. Use the Wiki Sandbox the try out formating and markup of text.
Please note - the Sandbox facility is only available to authorised users from the Keighley Extended Schools Cluster.
You may also use "access keys" which makes it easy to select actions using a sequence of key strokes. Below is a list of the access keys that can be used with this Wiki. Each of access key letters must be used with the key combination for your operating system and browser. For a Mac use Ctrl+, for a PC use Alt+ (unless you are using a browser that requires something else!!!).
| Key | Function |
|---|
| e | edit |
| h | history |
| c | recent changes |
| s | save page |
| u | save and keep editing |
| p | preview page |
| i | emphasized text (italic) |
| b | strong text (bold) |
Saving changes
To save the edits, enter a brief summary and make sue that you include your author name otherwise the changes to the page will not be saved. The best nomenclature to use is something like Dave J for example.
The basic rules
For information, the basic rules for page markup are fairly simple:
- Put a blank line between paragraphs
- To make a list, start each line with # for numbered (ordered) lists or * for bulleted (unordered) lists.
- To make a heading, start a line with two or more ! marks; !! is a subheading, and !!! is a sub-subheading.
- To emphasize text, enclose it in 2 or 3 single quotes;
''text'' for italics or '''text''' for bold.
- To make a link to another page, enclose the page's name in double brackets; for example
[[basic editing]] links to this page. Links to nonexistent pages? are displayed specially, to invite others to create the page.
- To make a link to another site, type its address, such as http://www.example.com/ .
Examples
The table below demonstrates many of the common markups used to format pages. The left column shows the effect of the markup, the right column shows what to write to achieve the effect. More details are available from the text formatting rules? and other documentation pages. An exhaustive list of default markup is available as the markup master index?
General Usage
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What it looks like
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What to type
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A single newline
usually doesn't affect the layout.
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A single newline
usually doesn't affect the layout.
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An author must
place an empty line in the markup to
start a new paragraph. For a break
in the paragraph, use two backslashes.
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An author must
place an empty line in the markup to
start a new paragraph. For a break\\
in the paragraph, use two backslashes.
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- Lists are created by using asterisks
- More asterisks result in deeper lists
by the first line that is not a list
- Numbered lists
- are also possible
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* Lists are created by using asterisks
** More asterisks result in deeper lists
*** The list is terminated
by the first line that is not a list
# Numbered lists
# are also possible
** and lists can nest
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- A backslash at the end of a line joins the next line to the previous one.
- Two backslashes create
a line break.
- Three backslashes generate
two line breaks.
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* A backslash at the \
end of a line joins the \
next line to the previous one.
* Two backslashes create \\
a line break.
* Three backslashes generate\\\
two line breaks.
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An arrow (->) indents a paragraph
Longer arrows indent more
A reverse arrow creates a hanging indent, the first line is outdented and remaining lines are indented.
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->An arrow (->) indents a paragraph
-->Longer arrows indent more
--<A reverse arrow creates a \
hanging indent, the first line \
is outdented and remaining lines \
are indented.
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- Definition list
- list of definitions
- item
- the item's definition
- another item
- another item's definition
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: Definition list : list of definitions
: item : the item's definition
: another item : another item's definition
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Lines that begin with
a space are formatted exactly
as typed, in a fixed-width font.
Note that very long lines of preformatted text
can cause the whole page to be wide.
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Lines that begin with
a space are formatted exactly
as typed, in a fixed-width font.
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This text is centered.
This text is right justified.
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%center% This text is centered.
%right% This text is right justified.
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Four or more dashes
at the beginning of a line
produce a horizontal line.
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Four or more dashes
at the beginning of a line
----
produce a horizontal line.
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What it looks like
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What to type
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- Text in double brackets become links to other pages.
- Words are automatically capitalized in page titles.
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[[link to a new page]]
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- Text after a pipe (|) is used as the link text
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[[ NewPage | link to new page}}
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- Endings become part of the link text.
- Parentheses hide parts of the link name.
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Links to external sources can be entered
- bare url: http://www.google.com
- link text: Google
- as reference: [1]
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Links to external sources can be entered
# bare url: http://www.google.com
# link text: [[http://www.google.com | Google]]
# as reference: [[http://www.google.com |#]]
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Links can open in another window,
as in http://www.pmwiki.org.
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Links can open in another window,
as in %newwin% http://www.pmwiki.org.
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Character formatting
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Emphasize, strongly,
very strongly.
- These are all apostrophes (single-quote marks), not double-quotes.
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''Emphasize'', '''strongly''',
'''''very strongly'''''.
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Monospaced text
This is a
preformatted
text block
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@@Monospaced text@@
[@This is a
preformatted
text block@]
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- Text with superscripts
- Text with subscripts
- deleted
strikethrough text
- inserted underline text
- big, bigger, small, smaller text
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* Text with '^superscripts^'
* Text with '_subscripts_'
* deleted {-strikethrough-} text
* inserted {+underline+} text
* [+big+], [++bigger++], [-small-], [--smaller--] text
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WikiStyles? allow text
to be
different colors.
- Use lowercase letters for RGB colors (#ff7f00, not #FF7F00).
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[[WikiStyles]] allow %red% text
%blue% to %green% be
%color=#ff7f00% different %%colors.
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Headings and blocks
Major subheading
Minor subheading
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!! Major subheading
!!! Minor subheading
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Page titles
Not shown
- The
(:title:) directive sets the page's title to something other than its name.
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(:title Basic Editing:)
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Block styles
All of the text in this block
is purple.
- Purple cow
- Purple people eater
- Now this list is red
- And this is normal
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>>purple<<
All of the text in this block
is purple.
* Purple cow
* Purple people eater
>>red<<
* Now this list is red
>><<
* And this is normal
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