Editing Help:Formatting

= Help:Formatting – Advanced Formatting Tips =

This page provides advanced formatting techniques to help you create clean, professional-looking pages using MediaWiki markup.

== 🧱 Section Headers ==

Use equals signs (`=`) to create section headers. The number of `=` symbols sets the heading level:

<pre>
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
</pre>

== 🔠 Bold, Italics and Monospace ==

* Bold text: <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> → '''bold'''
* Italic text: <nowiki>''italic''</nowiki> → ''italic''
* Bold and Italic: <nowiki>'''''bold italic'''''</nowiki> → '''''bold italic'''''
* Monospace: Use <nowiki><code></code></nowiki> or <nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki>

== 🔗 Internal and External Links ==

* Internal: <nowiki>[[Page Name]]</nowiki> → [[Page Name]]
* Display different text: <nowiki>[[Page Name|Click Here]]</nowiki> → [[Page Name|Click Here]]
* External: <nowiki>[https://example.com Example]</nowiki> → [https://example.com Example]

== 📋 Lists ==

=== Unordered List ===
Use asterisks:
<pre>
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Subitem
</pre>

=== Ordered List ===
Use hashes:
<pre>
# First
# Second
## Substep
</pre>

=== Definition List ===
<pre>
; Term
: Definition
</pre>

== 📐 Tables ==

Basic table:
<pre>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header 1 !! Header 2
|-
| Row 1, Cell 1 || Row 1, Cell 2
|-
| Row 2, Cell 1 || Row 2, Cell 2
|}
</pre>

Tips:
* Use <nowiki>style=</nowiki> for custom widths, colors, or alignment
* Use <nowiki>colspan=</nowiki> and <nowiki>rowspan=</nowiki> for complex layouts

== 🎨 Coloring and Styling ==

You can use inline styles:
<pre>
<span style="color: red;">Red Text</span>
<div style="background-color:#f0f0f0; padding:10px;">Box</div>
</pre>

For reusable styling across dark/light mode, use:
<pre>
<templatestyles src="Template:YourTemplate/styles.css" />
</pre>

== 📝 Code Blocks and Escaping Wikitext ==

Use <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki> to prevent wiki syntax from rendering:
<pre>
<nowiki>[[Page Name]]</nowiki>
</pre>

For multiline code:
<pre>
<pre>
Line 1
Line 2
</pre>
</pre>

== ⏹️ Horizontal Line ==

<nowiki>----</nowiki> creates a horizontal rule:

----

== 📂 Categories ==

Add pages to categories using:
<pre>
[[Category:Category Name]]
</pre>

== 🧩 Templates ==

To include a template:
<pre>
{{TemplateName}}
</pre>

With parameters:
<pre>
{{TemplateName | param1 = value | param2 = value }}
</pre>

== 🔎 Useful Pages ==
* [[Help:Editing]]
* [[Help:Templates]]
* [[Help:Categories]]
* [[Help:Images]]