Quick Start for Wikipros

This entry assumes that you have experience using a Wiki and know basic Wiki markup. It covers technical details that aren't necessary to use the Wiki.

The Software

The Nittany Wiki runs a new type of Wiki software written in PHP. The markup is generally derived from the DavisWiki variant of MoinMoin, but makes a couple changes that attempt to fix some of the problems that appeared later in the DWMM development, especially dealing with images, thumbnails and functions.

Links

Links are quoted in a single set of brackets, like:

 

[this]

Unlike some Wikis, text TypedInCamelCase is ignored. If a link has spaces in it, use double quotes:

 

["like this"]

If you want the text to appear different, you can put more text into the link after the link itself. So if you want to link to "Home" with the text "The place you start", you can use

 

[Home The place you start]

, although quotes make it a bit more readable:

 

["Home" The place you start]

The end result of both looks like this:

The place you start.

You can also use outside links:

 

[http://www.wikipedia.com/ Another Wiki]

produces Another Wiki. Links to user entries also have icons: Guest

Formatting

 

''Double single quotes''

produces italic text, while

 

'''triple single quotes'''

produces bold text.

 

^^carets^^

will superscript.

Functions

Functions are called within

 

[[double brackets]]

. They are formatted like unix command lines, with a function name plus optional arguments or options prefixed with two dashes. A paramater with spaces should be enlosed in double quotes. For instance:

 

[[include "Featured Page"]]
  • info
  • include <entry>
    • Inserts the text of <entry> into the page.
  • user
  • bt
  • br
  • nbsp

Global Escape

The backtick (usually under the tilde, looks like: `), is a hard escape. Text inside backticks is printed out exactly as it is typed (other than html escaping), and no Wiki markup is valid. Markup that was started before a backtick will not generally continue across it (with very few exceptions, and those are not promised to work in the future). To use a single backtick, use the backtick function:

 

[[BT]]

.

 

 
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