Latest revision as of 09:29, 24 February 2026

Here are the technical details on how to format wiki pages. Some are standard html methods, while others are just for wiki use.

See also...
Wikipedia Cheat Sheet
Help:Formatting - MediaWiki ________________________________________________

Bold...

Formatting: <b>Text</b>
or: '''Text'''
Example: Text
or: Text ________________________________________________

Italic...

Formatting: <i>Text</i>
Example: Text ________________________________________________

New line...

(Line break)
Formatting: <br>
or: <br/>
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Paragraph...

Formatting: <p>Text</p> ________________________________________________

Space (non-breaking)...

Formatting:
Example: Word1 Word2 ________________________________________________

Bullet point (•)... (?)

Formatting:
* Item 1
* Item 2

Example:

Item 1
Item 2

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Link...

Formatting: [[Overview]]
Example: Overview ________________________________________________

Image...

Formatting: [[File:filename.png|<size>]]
(<size>: NNNpx)
Example: ________________________________________________

Block of text...

Formatting: <space>Text
(<space>: at start of line)
Example:

Text

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Various styles...

Formatting: <pre style="Style/s">Text</pre>
(Style/s: each style ended with ; character)
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Text color...

Formatting: <pre style="color: #NNNNNN">
Text</pre>

Example:

Text

Formatting: <p style="color: #NNNNNN">
Text</p>

Example:

Text

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Text background color...

Formatting:
<pre style="background-color: #NNNNNN">
Text</pre>

Example:

Text

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Rounded corners...

Formatting:
<pre style="border-radius: NNpx;">
Text</pre>
Example:

Text

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Padding...

Formatting: <pre style="padding: NNpx;">
Text</pre>

Example:

Text

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Combined styles...

Text

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MacroDroid uses these...

(yet to test all)
Bold text
Important text
Italic text
Emphasized text
Marked text
Smaller text
~~Deleted text~~
Inserted text
_{Subscript text}
^{Superscript text}
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Text size...

- Must be at start of line
- The larger the number inside <h></h>, the
smaller the displayed text will be
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Text (biggest; collapsible)

Formatting: <h1>Text</h1>
Example: (biggest)
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Text (smaller)...

Formatting: <h2>Text</h2>

Example:

Text

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Text (even smaller)...

Formatting: <h3>Text</h3>

Example:

Text

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Text (smaller still)...

Formatting: <h4>Text</h4>

Example:

Text

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Escaping formatting...

<nowiki>formatted text</nowiki>

Used by macrodroidforum.com:
[PLAIN]formatted text[/PLAIN] ________________________________________________
(TO ADD MORE) ________________________________________________

Headings...

All headings have a separate edit page
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Heading (smallest)...

Formatting: (===)Heading===
Example:

Heading

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Heading (middle)...

Formatting: (==)Heading==
Example: == Heading (==)
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Heading (biggest; collapsible)...

Formatting: =Heading(=)
Example: = Heading (=) ________________________________________________

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
   Here are the technical details on how to format wiki pages. Some are standard html methods, while others are just for wiki use.
-See also: Wikipedia Cheat Sheet (https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/wikipedia/)
+See also...<br>
+[https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/wikipedia/ Wikipedia Cheat Sheet]<br>
+[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Help:Formatting - MediaWiki]
 ________________________________________________
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Bold...</b></p>
-Formatting: < b>Text< /b><br>
+Formatting:
-&nbsp;&nbsp;or: ' ' 'Text' ' ' (no spaces)<br>
+<nowiki><b>Text</b></nowiki><br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;or: <nowiki>'''Text'''</nowiki><br>
 Example: <b>Text</b><br>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;or: '''Text'''
 ________________________________________________
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Italic...</b></p>
-Formatting: < i>Text< /i><br>
+Formatting: <nowiki><i>Text</i></nowiki><br>
 Example: <i>Text</i>
 ________________________________________________
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>New line...</b></p>
 (Line break)<br>
-Formatting: < br><br>
+Formatting: <nowiki><br></nowiki><br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;or: < br/><br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;or: <nowiki><br/></nowiki><br>
 ________________________________________________
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Paragraph...</b></p>
-Formatting: < p>Text< /p>
+Formatting: <nowiki><p>Text</p></nowiki>
 ________________________________________________
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Space (non-breaking)...</b></p>
-Formatting: & nbsp;<br>
+Formatting: <nowiki>&nbsp;</nowiki><br>
 Example: Word1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Word2
 ________________________________________________<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Bullet point (•)...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(?)</b></p>
-Formatting: (*)<br>
+Formatting:<br><nowiki>* Item 1</nowiki><br><nowiki>* Item 2</nowiki><br><br>
-Example: *
+Example:
+* Item 1
+* Item 2
 ________________________________________________<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Link...</b></p>
-Formatting: [ [Overview]]<br>
+Formatting: <nowiki>[[Overview]]</nowiki><br>
 Example: [[Overview]]
 ________________________________________________<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Image...</b></p>
-Formatting: [ [File:filename.png|<size>]]<br>
+Formatting: <nowiki>[[File:filename.png|<size>]]</nowiki><br>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;(<size>: NNNpx)<br>
 Example:
@@ Line 48: / Line 53: @@
 =<p style="color: #112A46"><b>Various styles...</b></p>=
-Formatting: < pre style="Style/s">Text< /pre><br>
+Formatting: <nowiki><pre style="Style/s">Text</pre></nowiki><br>
 (Style/s: each style ended with ; character)<br>
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Text color...</b></p>
-Formatting: < pre style="color: #NNNNNN"><br>
+Formatting: <nowiki><pre style="color: #NNNNNN"></nowiki><br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;Text< /pre>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;<nowiki>Text</pre></nowiki>
 Example: <pre style="color: #112A46">Text</pre><br/>
-Formatting: < p style="color: #NNNNNN"><br>
+Formatting: <nowiki><p style="color: #NNNNNN"></nowiki><br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;Text< /p>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;<nowiki>Text</p></nowiki>
 Example: <p style="color: #112A46">Text</p>
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Text background color...</b></p>
 Formatting:<br>
-&nbsp;< pre style="background-color: #NNNNNN"><br>
+&nbsp;<nowiki><pre style="background-color: #NNNNNN"></nowiki><br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;Text< /pre>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;<nowiki>Text</pre></nowiki>
 Example: <pre style="background-color: #ACC8E5">Text</pre>
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Rounded corners...</b></p>
 Formatting:<br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;< pre style="border-radius: NNpx;"><br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;<nowiki><pre style="border-radius: NNpx;"></nowiki><br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;Text< /pre>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;<nowiki>Text</pre></nowiki><br>
 Example:
 <pre style="border-radius: 10px;">Text</pre>
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Padding...</b></p>
-Formatting: < pre style="padding: NNpx;"><br>
+Formatting: <nowiki><pre style="padding: NNpx;"></nowiki><br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;Text< /pre>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;<nowiki>Text</pre></nowiki>
 Example: <pre style="padding: 50px;">Text</pre>
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@@ Line 102: / Line 107: @@
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 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Text (biggest; collapsible)</b></p>
-Formatting: < h1>Text</ h1>
+Formatting: <nowiki><h1>Text</h1></nowiki><br>
-Example: < h1>Text</h1>
+Example: (biggest)<br>
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Text (smaller)...</b></p>
-Formatting: < h2>Text</ h2>
+Formatting: <nowiki><h2>Text</h2></nowiki>
 Example: <h2>Text</h2>
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Text (even smaller)...</b></p>
-Formatting: < h3>Text</ h3>
+Formatting: <nowiki><h3>Text</h3></nowiki>
 Example: <h3>Text</h3>
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
 <p style="color: #112A46"><b>Text (smaller still)...</b></p>
-Formatting: < h4>Text</ h4>
+Formatting: <nowiki><h4>Text</h4></nowiki>
 Example: <h4>Text</h4>
 ________________________________________________<br>
-MacroDroid forum uses these...<br>
+Escaping formatting...<br>
-Doesn't work: [ PLAIN]Formatted text[/PLAIN]
+<nowiki><nowiki>formatted text</nowiki></nowiki><br><br>
+Used by macrodroidforum.com:<br>
+[PLAIN]formatted text[/PLAIN]
 ________________________________________________<br>
 (TO ADD MORE)

Difference between revisions of "Editing the wiki"

Latest revision as of 09:29, 24 February 2026

Contents

Various styles...

Text size...

Text

Text

Text

Headings...

Heading