How to Wiki

LearnMate's wiki is based on ErfurtWiki, which is an implementation of the WikiWikiWeb hypertext system. It allows simple collaborative editing and creation of web pages.

• Learn how to CreatePages
• Just click on or select "Edit this page" from the drop down menu to change the contents of a page
• You can format your pages with Wiki Markup, or with HTML (if the wiki has been given that option)
• SearchPages or go to the list of NewestPages
• There are also lists of the MostVisitedPages, MostOftenChangedPages and recently UpdatedPages

Create Pages:

You create a page by naming it in the text of an existing page. A wiki page is named using CamelCase or by enclosing it in square brackets ( [] ).

For example:

• MyWikiPage (Camel Case)
• [My Wiki Page] (enclosed in square brackets)

Text that has been given a wiki page name will have a '?' after it. Clicking on the '?', will enter edit mode for that page. Enter your text, save and you have a new wiki page.

Wiki Markup:

If you are using the WYSIWYG HTML editor with ordinary word-processor style controls, then you should use those controls to format your entry. Otherwise (when the edit box is just a normal text box with no special controls) you can use the following wiki markup. These features do not apply when using the WYSIWYG editor.

Paragraphs

• Separate paragraphs inside the text with empty lines
• Use three percent signs %%% to enforce a line break
• If you prepend text with spaces or tabs it will get indented

!! Headlines

• Use an exclamation mark ! at the beginning of a line to create a small headline
• !! for medium
• !!! for large headlines

Text style

• If you want to emphasize text enclose it in two single-quotes '' (usually looks italic)
• text gets bold with two underscores __ (or if enclosed with two asterisks **)
• To make text big enclose it in hash characters ##
• You can get smaller text using "µµ" likewise
• A typewrite like font will be used if you enclose text in two equal == signs

Lists

• Start a line with an asterisk * to begin a list
• Use # instead for numerated lists
  1. You can create sublists
  2. Subsequent list points should start with the same mix of * and #

HyperLinks

• Just enter a CamelCase WikiWord inside your text to create a new HyperLink
• Or, enclose some words in square brackets to create a HyperLink
• Any valid internet address (starting with http://) like http://www.example.com/ inside the text will be made clickable automatically
• Enclose a www address or a WikiLink inside square brackets [LearnMate] and assign it a neat title using quotation marks or the | character
  • [title | http://example.com]
  • [WikiWord "title"] or ["title for" WikiLink]
• if you don't want a WikiWord or a !http://www-address (or [anything] inside square brackets) to become a HyperLink then just prepend it with a exclamation mark or a tilde
  • !NoHyperLink, ~NoHyperLink
  • ![no hyperlink], !!http://nolink.org/

Tables with |

just enclose	things with the dash	character
to build a	table structure
browsers usually	leave out the missing	cells

Please always put an empty line before and after a table, so it stands out from other text in its own paragraph.

Pictures

• To include an image into a page enclose its absolute www-address in square brackets, like [http://www.example.com/pics/image.png]
• Alternatively you could use the ImageUploading function