Please note that the editing function is undergoing some development work so some parts of these instructions may no longer be correct. Apologies for the inconvenience and we hope to have these updated soon. What's this page about?
Mostly this helps you use simple tricks to make text and pictures you want in your wiki look nice an shiny.
There is also a page of
Top tips for editing content that is more about style, using links and tags constructively, etc... so that your wiki hangs together well and (more important) so other people can find stuff you have written about!
Making new text look smart on the page
If you do write in a
TiddlyWiki then it is worth knowing some of this stuff. Learning a few of these very simple "conventions" (the programmers call these conventions
"Mark-up") means you can turn text in tiddlers into something much easier on the eye and easier to read!
Introductory video:
Rather than reading all the notes below, there is a quick
Video introduction to editing conventions ("Mark-up") that you might find simpler...
Formating
Tiddlers use a very simple "language" (known as the 'syntax'.) This language tells your browser how to display text when the page (or
Tiddler) is switched from its
Editing mode (what I describe as "having the bonnet/hood up, so you can see the workings") back to the standard 'viewing' mode.
The
"syntax" is just "what you type in the Content box of a tiddler" that is switched to
Edit mode. The
"Output" is what you see when the tiddler is switched back into the ordinary viewing mode.
Basic syntax
By
"syntax" we just mean
"what you type into the page in order to make it display the way you want it to"| Option | Syntax | Output |
|---|
| bold font | ''bold'' | bold |
| italic type | //italic// | italic |
| underlined text | __underlined__ | underlined |
| coloured text | @@color(blue):text in blue@@ | text in blue |
| highlighted text | @@highlighted@@ | highlighted |
| strikethrough text | --strikethrough-- | strikethrough |
| superscript text | ^^super^^script | superscript |
| subscript text | ~~sub~~script | subscript |
| preformatted text | {{{preformatted}}}
| preformatted |
Other stuff you might like to use:
Headings and Sub-headingsBullet points and Numbered ListsAdding IMAGES, DOCUMENTS or VIDEO clipsLinks and Shortcuts to making themBlockQuotesCreating TablesSpecial Markers and clever tricks