Introduction to MediaWiki syntax

Headings

== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====

Basic Formatting

Bold and italic

''italic text'' --> italic text

'''bold text''' --> bold text

'''''bold and italic text''''' --> bold and italic text

monospaced type

<code>monospaced type</code> is rendered into
monospaced type

Or: framed monospaced type through leading space:

monospaced type

misc

<br/> --> forced linebreak

<nowiki></nowiki> --> Ignoring the WikiEngine

Listings

unnumbered

* Topic 1
** Topic 1.1
* Topic 2
** Topic 2.1
** Topic 2.2

is rendered into

Topic 1
- Topic 1.1
Topic 2
- Topic 2.1
- Topic 2.2

numbered

# Topic 1
## Topic 1.1
# Topic 2
## Topic 2.1
## Topic 2.2

is rendered into

Topic 1
1. Topic 1.1
Topic 2
1. Topic 2.1
2. Topic 2.2

Link

internal links

[[internal link]] --> internal link
[[internal link | This is an internal link]] --> This is an internal link

external links

http://www.externallink.com/ --> http://www.externallink.com/
[http://www.externallink.com/] --> [1]
[http://www.externallink.com/ This is an external link] --> This is an external link

referencing uploaded files

[[Image:Beispiel-pdf.pdf\|example PDF]]	File:Beispiel-pdf.pdf
[[Image:IPTLogo.png\|IPTrading Logo]]	IPTrading Logo
[[Image:IPTLogo.png\|framed\|IPTrading Logo]]	File:IPTLogo.png IPTrading Logo
[[Image:IPTLogo.png\|thumb\|100px\|IPTrading Logo]]	File:IPTLogo.png IPTrading Logo

Tables

Using html formatting:

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3" border="1"

|cell 1
|cell 2
|-
|cell 3
|cell 4
|-
|cell 5
|cell 6
|}

is rendered into:

cell 1	cell 2
cell 3	cell 4
cell 5	cell 6

Using the Prettytable template:

{| {{Prettytable}}