This page contains the most frequently used wiki markup, briefly. Follow the links in each section to learn more.
Links
See Links
External links
http://example.com
 [[http://example.com]] 
 [[http://example.com"tool tip"]] 
 [[http://example.com | link text]] 
 [[link text -> http://example.com]] 
Page links
 [[PageName]] 
 [[page name]] 
 [[page (name)]] 
 [[PageName | link text]] 
 [[PageName | + ]]  (titled link)
 [[PageName | # ]]  (anonymous numerical reference link)
 [[PageName"tool tip"]] 
 [[link text -> PageName]] 
 [[#anchor]]  (to create an anchor)
 [[#anchor | link text]]  (to refer to an anchor)
 [[anchor | # ]]  (anonymous numerical reference link)
 [[PageName#anchor | link text]]  (to refer to an anchor in another page)
See also WikiWord on how to enable WikiWord links.
WikiGroup links
See Links and Categories
 [[GroupName/]] or [[Group name/]] 
 [[GroupName"tool tip"]] 
 [[GroupName.]] 
 [[GroupName/PageName]] or [[GroupName/page name]] 
 [[(GroupName.)page name]] 
 [[~Author Name]] 
 [[~Author Name | +]] 
 [[~Author Name | #]] 
 [[~Author Name | link text]] 
 [[~Author Name"tool tip"]] 
 [[!Category Name]] 
InterMap links
See InterMap
 [[Path:/path/local_document.html]] 
 [[Wikipedia:WikiWikiWeb]] 
Email links
 mailto:someone@example.com 
 [[(mailto:)someone@example.com]] 
 [[mailto:someone@example.com | display text]] 
 [[display text -> mailto:someone@example.com]] 
Upload links
 Attach:file.odt 
 [[(Attach:)file.odt]] 
 [[Attach:file.odt | alternative text ]] 
 [[Attach:file with spaces.pdf]] 
 [[Attach:Groupname./file with spaces.pdf]] 
Images
Images as Images
http://example.com/image.gif
http://example.com/image.gif"alt text"
Attach:image.gif"My image"
Attach:Groupname./image.gif"image in another group"
Attach:Groupname.Pagename/image.gif"image on another page"
%lfloat% Attach:image.gif | Caption %% (could be %rfloat%, %center%, %rframe%, %lframe%, %frame% )
%width=200px% Attach:image.gif %%
%thumb% Attach:image.gif %%
Images as links
 [[Attach:image.gif]] 
 [[(Attach:)image.gif]] 
 [[PageName | Attach:image.gif"alt text"]] 
 [[http://example.com/ | Attach:image.gif"alt text"]] 
%rframe thumb% [[Attach:image.gif | Attach:image.gif"alt text"]] | Caption 
Start-of-line markup
Lists
See List Styles, Wiki styles and Cookbook:Outline lists
* unordered list
** deeper list
# ordered list
# %item value=#% arbitrary start number
# %decimal%, %roman%, %ROMAN%, %alpha%, %ALPHA% 
:term:definition
Also
Q: start a question paragraph
A: start an answer paragraph
Headings
!! Heading
!!! Deeper heading
Paragraph blocks
-> indented text
-< hanging indent
<space> preformatted text
[@...@] preformatted block
---- (horizontal rule)
blank line is vertical space
\ at end of line joins next line
\\ at end of line produces a line break
\\\ at the end of a line produces a blank line, even within a list item
 [[<<]]  produces a line break that clears floating content
Division blocks
See Block markup?, Wiki styles and Page directives
>>wikistyle<<
>><<
 (:div class="" style="":) 
 (:divend:) 
Text markup
Character format
''emphasized'' 
'''strong'''
'''''strong emphasis'''''
@@monospaced@@
[-small-], [--smaller--]
[+big+], [++bigger++]
'-small-', '+big+'
'^superscript^', '_subscript_'
{+inserted+} (underscore)
{-deleted-} (strikethrough)
[@escaped code@]
[=escaped text=]
Posting markup
~~~ (author's signature)
~~~~ (author's signature and date)
(:encrypt phrase:) -- replaced with encrypted form of phrase
Tables
Plain rows and columns of text
See Tables
||table attributes
||!table caption!||
||left aligned  || centered ||  right aligned||
||!column heading||
||spanned columns ||||||
Structured tables
See Table directives
 (:table attr:) 
 (:cellnr attr:) 
 (:cell attr:) 
 (:tableend:) 
Directives
Page directives
See Page directives
 (:redirect PageName:) 
 (:(no)spacewikiwords:) 
 (:(no)linkwikiwords:) 
 (:(no)linebreaks:) 
Display
See Page directives Group headers
 (:noheader:), (:nofooter:) 
 (:notitle:) 
 (:noleft:), (:noright:) 
 (:nogroupheader:), (:nogroupfooter:) 
 (:noaction:) 
Metadata
See Page directives, Comment markup, Page variables
 (:title text:) 
 (:keywords word, ...:) 
 (:description text:) 
 (:comment text:) 
{Group/PageName$:Var} includes from  (:name:text:) 
Include
See Include other pages, Page text variables
 (:include PageName:) 
 (:include PageName#start#end lines=n paras=n:) 
 (:include Page1 Page2 Page3:) 
{Group/PageName$:Var} includes from  (:name:text:) 
 (:nl:)  separate included text by conditional line break
Conditional markup
 (:if (!) cond param:)...(:ifend:)
 (:if (!) cond param:)...(:else:)...(:ifend:)
 (:if (!) cond param:)...(:elseif (!) cond param:)...(:ifend:) 
Pagelists
See Page lists
 (:searchbox label=label order=-time:) 
 (:searchresults incl -excl group=abc fmt=def:) 
 (:pagelist incl -excl group=abc fmt=def:) 
Other directives
See Page directives
 (:markup:)...(:markupend:) 
 (:markup class=horiz:)...(:markupend:) 
 (:markup caption='...':)...(:markupend:) 
 (:messages:) 
Forms
See Forms
 (:input form method=get action=url enctype=multipart/form-data:) 
 (:input default name=xyz value="abc":) 
 (:input text name=first value="Bob" size=20:) 
 (:input textarea name=xyz [=value=] rows=2 cols=80:) 
 (:input submit name=post value="Go" accesskey=g:) 
 (:input reset:) 
 (:input hidden name=action value=edit:) 
 (:input radio name=xyz value="abc" checked=1:) 
 (:input checkbox name=xyz value="abc" checked=1:) 
 (:input password name=authpw:) 
 (:input file name=upload:) 
 (:input image name=xyz src="http:..." alt="Alt Text":) 
 (:input select name=xyz value="val1" label="Value 1":) 
 (:input select name=xyz value="val2" label="Value 2":) 
 (:input end:) 
See also PmWiki Edit forms.
Wiki trails
See Wiki trails
<<|[[TrailPage]]|>>
<|[[TrailPage]]|>
^|[[TrailPage]]|^
Page variables
See Page variables, Page text variables, Page lists
 {$variable} 
 {pagename$variable} 
 (:name:description:)  sets a page text variable
Expressions
 {(function args)} 
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