Help:Formatting

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:

= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====

🔠 Bold, Italics and Monospace

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

🔗 Internal and External Links

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

📋 Lists

Unordered List

Use asterisks:

* Item 1
* Item 2
** Subitem

Ordered List

Use hashes:

# First
# Second
## Substep

Definition List

; Term
: Definition

📐 Tables

Basic table:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header 1 !! Header 2
|-
| Row 1, Cell 1 || Row 1, Cell 2
|-
| Row 2, Cell 1 || Row 2, Cell 2
|}

Tips:

• Use style= for custom widths, colors, or alignment
• Use colspan= and rowspan= for complex layouts

🎨 Coloring and Styling

You can use inline styles:

<span style="color: red;">Red Text</span>
<div style="background-color:#f0f0f0; padding:10px;">Box</div>

For reusable styling across dark/light mode, use:

📝 Code Blocks and Escaping Wikitext

Use <nowiki></nowiki> to prevent wiki syntax from rendering:

[[Page Name]]

For multiline code:

<pre>
Line 1
Line 2

⏹️ Horizontal Line

---- creates a horizontal rule:

---

📂 Categories

Add pages to categories using:

[[Category:Category Name]]

🧩 Templates

To include a template:

{{TemplateName}}

With parameters:

{{TemplateName | param1 = value | param2 = value }}

🔎 Useful Pages

• Help:Editing
• Help:Templates
• Help:Categories
• Help:Images