Wixpert:Formatting

This page describes the formatting possible on Wixpert and shows examples of how to use each one.

For simple formatting, see formatting basics. The sandbox is provided to make formatting tests.

Text Formatting

 * italics: italics (two ' single quotes/apostrophes)
 * bold: bold (three ' single quotes/apostrophes)
 * italics and bold: italics and bold (five ' single quotes/apostrophes)
 * x2: x2 (superscript)
 * CO2: CO2 (subscript)

Links

 * Carbon: Carbon or Carbon
 * Link text Link text or Carbon|Link text
 * Carbon : Carbon
 * Carbon : Carbon
 * Carbon : Carbon

Images

 * [[Image:Imagename.jpg|thumb]] : a thumbnail of the image. Default - use this unless other settings are necessary.
 * [[Image:Imagename.jpg]] will be the full sized image. Be careful with this one if the image is large.
 * [[Image:Imagename.jpg|500px|right]] will a 500 pixel wide version of the image, at the right side of the screen.

Definitions
Use these on Define: pages. First definition : First definition Second definition : Second definition

Specifying a definition

 * Ferric (highlights the "Chemistry" definition of Define:Ferric): Ferric
 * In chemistry, this means... (Define: page)

Bullet Lists and Outlines

 * Item 1: *Item 1
 * Item 2: *Item 2
 * Subitem: **Subitem
 * Item 3: *Item 3


 * 1) Item 1: #Item 1
 * 2) Item 2: #Item 2
 * 3) Subitem: ##Subitem
 * 4) Item 3: #Item 3

Templates

 * is replaced with the Template: page in brackets.
 * puts the text of a regular page into another one.

Common Templates

 * : put this at the bottom of very short articles.
 * : put this at the bottom of rough draft articles.
 * : put this at the bottom of rough draft articles.

Headings/Sections

 * ==Headings/Sections==

Subheading
Headings are used as the entries in the table of contents. See the table of contents at the top of this page for an example.
 * ===Subheading===

Page Description

 * Description will create a description meta tag which describes the page and might show up in a search engine's results page.
 * Description adds a description meta tag but does not show the text on the page.

Modifying Page Behavior

 * will hide the table of contents. That's two _underscores on each side. The TOC is hidden automatically on pages with few or no sections.
 * #REDIRECTDestination will redirect a page to 'Destination'.
 * Bypass formatting : Bypass formatting

HTML

 * will make a line break.