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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Saturday, December 11, 2004 6:33:37 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Sunday, December 5, 2004 1:56:38 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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 !!! References 
  
-* Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the page name in square brackets: [this is a page link] or UsingWikiWords (preferred
+* Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made UsingWikiWords (preferred) or by placing the page name in square brackets: [this is a page link] (discouraged
 * Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this: [http://www.wcsb.org/] 
-* You can name the links by providing a name, a bar ( |) and then the hyperlink or pagename: [PhpWiki home page | http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/] --- [the front page | HomePage]  
-* You can suppress linking to old-style references and [URI ]s by preceding the word with a '<tt>~~</tt>', e.g. ~NotLinkedAsWikiName, ~http://not.linked.to/  
-* Also, the old way of linking [URL]s is still supported: precede [URL]s with "<tt>http:</tt>", "<tt>ftp:</tt>" or "<tt>mailto:</tt>" to create links automatically as in: http://c2.com/  
-* URLs ending with <tt>.png</tt>, <tt>.gif</tt>, or <tt>.jpg</tt> are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves: 
+* You can name the links by providing a name, a vertical bar "<tt> |</tt>" and then the [URL] or pagename: [PhpWiki home page | http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/] [the front page | HomePage]  
+* You can suppress linking to WikiWord~s and plain [URL ]s by preceding the word with a '<tt>~~</tt>', e.g. ~NotLinkedAsWikiName, ~http://not.linked.to/  
+* Also, the old way of linking [URL]s is still supported: any text starting with "<tt>http:</tt>", "<tt>ftp:</tt>" or "<tt>mailto:</tt>" will be linked to automatically, as in: http://c2.com/  
+* [URL]s ending with <tt>.png</tt>, <tt>.gif</tt>, or <tt>.jpg</tt> are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves: 
  <br> [http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/demo/themes/default/images/png.png] 
  
 !!! Tables 
  
-* Old-style tables are supported through the OldStyleTablePlugin -- at the WlugWiki we prefer you use that. 
+Old-style tables are supported through the OldStyleTablePlugin at the WlugWiki we prefer you use that. 
  
-* Definition list style tables are written just like definition lists,  
- except that you replace the trailing colon on the term with a "pipe"  
- ( <tt>|</tt>)
+Definition list style tables are written just like definition lists, except that you replace the trailing colon on the term with a vertical bar "<tt>|</tt>"
  
- <pre>  
- Term 1 |  
- Definition 1 begins here.  
- Term 1.1 |  
- Definition 1.1  
- Term 1.2 |  
- Definition 1.2  
- This is part of definition 1.  
- Term 2 |  
- Here's definition 2.  
- </pre> 
+ <pre>  
+ Term 1 |  
+ Definition 1 begins here.  
+ Term 1.1 |  
+ Definition 1.1  
+ Term 1.2 |  
+ Definition 1.2  
+ This is part of definition 1.  
+ Term 2 |  
+ Here's definition 2.  
+ </pre> 
  
- Term 1 |  
- Definition 1 begins here.  
- Term 1.1 |  
- Definition 1.1  
- Term 1.2 |  
- Definition 1.2  
- This is part of definition 1.  
- Term 2 |  
- Here 's definition 2.  
+results in:'''
  
-!!! HTML Mark-Up Language  
+ Term 1 |  
+ Definition 1 begins here.  
+ Term 1.1 |  
+ Definition 1.1  
+ Term 1.2 |  
+ Definition 1.2  
+ This is part of definition 1.  
+ Term 2 |  
+ Here's definition 2.  
  
-* Some in-line markup is allowed through the use of HTML tags: <b>b</b>, <big>big</big>, <i>i</i>, <small>small</small>, <tt>tt</tt>, <em>em</em>, <strong>strong</strong>, <abbr>abbr</abbr>, <acronym>acronym</acronym>, <cite>cite</cite>, <code>code</code>, <dfn>dfn</dfn>, <kbd>kbd</kbd>, <samp>samp</samp>, <var>var</var>, <sup>sup</sup> and <sub>sub</sub> 
+!!! [HTML] MarkupLanguage  
+  
+ * Some in-line markup is allowed through the use of [ HTML] tags: <b>b</b>, <big>big</big>, <i>i</i>, <small>small</small>, <tt>tt</tt>, <em>em</em>, <strong>strong</strong>, <abbr>abbr</abbr>, <acronym>acronym</acronym>, <cite>cite</cite>, <code>code</code>, <dfn>dfn</dfn>, <kbd>kbd</kbd>, <samp>samp</samp>, <var>var</var>, <sup>sup</sup> and <sub>sub</sub> 
 * < and > are themselves 
 * The & characters will not work 
  
 !!! Creating various kinds of special links 
  
-* See [MagicPhpWikiURLs] for gory details on how to write various kind of wiki maintenance and other special links. 
+See [MagicPhpWikiURLs] for gory details on how to write various kind of wiki maintenance and other special links. 
  
 !!! Inserting plugins 
  
-* Several plugins permit embedding additional functionality to Wiki pages. For example,  
- <verbatim>  
- <?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ?>  
- </verbatim>  
- gives  
- <?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ?>  
+Several plugins permit embedding additional functionality to Wiki pages. For example, 
  
-* For more information on plugins, see WikiPlugin.  
+<verbatim>  
+<?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ?>  
+</verbatim>  
  
-----  
+gives  
  
+<?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ?>  
+  
+For more information on plugins, see WikiPlugin.  
+  
+----  
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