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:
= 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:
<templatestyles src="Template:YourTemplate/styles.css" />
📝 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 }}