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Smash words together like this (SyntaxWiki?) to create a page link. Click on the ? to edit the new page.

You can also create free links that aren't words smashed together. Type them like this: ((free links)). (This is an option that is turned on in this wiki. WikkiTikkiTavi allows you to turn free links off if you want only the classic Wiki link style.)


''italic text'' becomes italic text


'''bold text''' becomes bold text


{{monospace text}} becomes monospace text


---- becomes a horizontal rule:


Create a remote link simply by typing its URL: http://andstuff.org. Door Hangers [http://www.doorhangers.com ]

Studly Caps are words in a special format, where the wiki automatically generates links to it [StudlyCaps].

If you like, enclose it in brackets to create a numbered reference and avoid cluttering the page; [http://andstuff.org] becomes [dsl].

Or you can have a description instead of a numbered reference; [http://nytimes.com NY Times] becomes [NY Times].


You can put a picture in a page by typing the URL to the picture (it must end in gif, jpg, or png). For example, http://c2.com/sig/wiki.gif becomes
wiki.gif.


You can link to some other sites by typing shortcuts. See InterWiki for more details. For example,

MeatBall:RecentChanges
Advogato:proj/WikkiTikkiTavi
Wiki:WorseIsBetter


You can indent by starting a paragraph with one or more colons.

:Indent me!
::Me too!
becomes

Indent me
Me too!

Thisbug:destroythepage


You can create bullet lists by starting a paragraph with one or more asterisks.

*Bullet one
**Sub-bullet becomes

  • Bullet one
    • Sub-bullet


Similarly, you can create numbered lists by starting a paragraph with one or more hashes.

#Numero uno
#Number two
##Sub-item
becomes

  1. Numero uno
  2. Number two
    1. Sub-item


You can mix and match list types: 

#Number one
#*Bullet
#Number two
  1. Number one
    • Bullet
  2. Number two


You can make various levels of heading by putting = signs before and after the text =

Level 1 heading

Level 2 heading

Level 3 heading

Level 4 heading

Level 5 heading
Level 6 heading

There is no Level 7 heading

= Level 1 heading =
== Level 2 heading ==
=== Level 3 heading ===
==== Level 4 heading ====
===== Level 5 heading =====
====== Level 6 heading ======



You can create tables using pairs of vertical bars:

cell one cell two
big ol' line
cell four cell five 
||cell one || cell two ||
|| big ol' line ||
|| cell four || cell five ||