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WikiMarkup Rules

In order to write anything on a Pliante WikiBlog, you must use its markup conventions.


= WikiMarkup Rules =
== Headers ==

Headers are one through five equals surrounding the header text, all on their own line. The above header's encoding is shown. Headers can be set to clear existing float images by appending a slash or a minus (\, -, or /) to ensure the left, both, or right are clear.


Adjacent lines of text are automatically merged into paragraphs unless one or more completely blank lines come inbetween.

Like this.

Preformatted Text

Double or Triple braces surrounding text causes it to appear typewritten or preformatted. Put the text inline with the braces to appear typewritten; put the text on separate lines to use preformatting. When posting code or other output, please use three instead of two and put them on separate lines like in this example:

Preformatted Text

Links come in a couple formats all of which place square brackets [] around a link and optional title:


Styles include the familiar *bold*, //italic//, __underline__ and #strikethrough#, indicated by surrounding text with a pair of the appropriate character: * // __ or #. Monospace and formatted {{text}} is also available with double or triple { and } characters. Use three to quote all wiki characters inside. If double or triple {}s are placed on separate lines, it creates a block.


Lines starting with spaces up until either a * or a # make bulleted or numbered list items. Several such in a row are part of one list. Differing indentations generate sublists in a python style. If the line starts with no space, these are the style markers from above.


To use any of the special characters used for indicating formatting or styles, precede it with a backslash. For instance *bold* vs \*escaped\* becomes bold vs *escaped*.