_:_:::_:_ Editing Tips

For a quick reference see the FormattingRules.

Names of pages have to LookLikeThis. It's called a WikiName. If you write a word that HERE, it will be automatically turned into a link.

Be aware that PikiPiki does not lock pages during editing, so if you pause for a long time on the edit screen you may overwrite somebody else's changes.

Make a header by enclosing the header text in 2 or 3 equal signs

A level 2 (h2) header

Leave blank lines...

...between paragraphs.

URLs like http://footils.org get replaced by links, you can make them look nicer with 

 ( Text ==> the URL)

like this URL here

A level 3 (h3) header

You can also write italics and bold. To write italics, enclose the text in double single quotes. To write bold, enclose the text in triple single quotes. If you can't figure out what I mean, click EditText to look at the source for this page.

If you indent text

like this, then it is not anymore indented in the output

because that messed up the HTML with incorrect <ul></ul>'s

And if you put asterisks at the start of the line

To insert program source without reformatting in a monospace font, use three curly braces: 

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    out.println("Hello");
  }

Just like that.

Entities are < > & and will get replaced in the final output with 

 < >
etc.

You can make HorizontalRules with at least four dashes.

Now click EditText in the footer to see the markup for this page, and try it yourself in PikiSandBox.

If you are logged in, you can type two dashes and the word "me" without spaces, to insert your --login_name automatically.

Contributors and PikiGurus: JohnFarrell, MartinPool