Help:How to Format

To create a page, see the Starting a new page guide

Basic Formatting

In a wiki, both wiki mark up and some html are allowed. Sadly, no BBC like at Absit Omen. But it's pretty easy to get the hang of it.

For more in depth formatting, see Help:Formatting.

You type	You get
''italic''	italic
'''bold'''	bold
'''''bold italic'''''	bold italic
# one # two # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two three three point one three point two
* one * two * three ** three point one ** three point two	one two three three point one three point two
: Single indent :: Double indent	Single indent Double indent
<center> Text </center>	This centers the text.</center?
<blockquote> Quote </blockquote>	This sets off a quote.

Links

1. Internal Links to other pages in the wiki
2. External Links to other websites

Please notice that Internal Links use double brackets [[, and External Links use single brackets [.

Internal Links

You type	You get
[[Main Page]]	Main Page
[[Main Page|different text]]	different text

External Links

You type	You get
http://www.absitomen.com	http://absitomen.com
[http://www.absitomen.com Absit Omen]	Absit Omen
[http://www.absitomen.com]	[1] (Good for quick reference links)

Table of Contents

When a page has more than three headings, a table of contents will be automatically generated.

You type	You get
{{TOCright}}	Place on its own line to force the Table of Contents to appear there floating to the right.
{{TOCleft}}	Place on its own line to force the Table of Contents to appear there floating to the left.
__NOTOC__	Place this anywhere in the page, and a Table of Contents will not appear.

Tables

You type	You get
{| class="wikitable" ! Heading 1 ! Heading 2 ! Heading 3 |- | First item in row | Second item in row | Third item in row |- | Second row | Second row | Second row |- |}	Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 First item in row Second item in row Third item in row Second row Second row Second row

• More Help With Tables

Quote Blocks

Use the code below to create a quote block. You can include a link in Author/Speaker place to an article on the wiki or to a post on the forum. Help with link formatting.

Example:

You type	You get
{{QuoteBlock|quote=Place Quote Here|author=Author/Speaker, will accept a link}} Formatting a link	Place Quote Here —Author/Speaker
{{QuoteBlock|quote=Place Quote Here}}	Place Quote Here
{{QuoteBlock|quote=Place Quote Here|author=}}	Place Quote Here
{{QuoteBlock|Place Quote Here}}	Place Quote Here

Daily Prophet Articles

Use the code below to create a Daily Prophet Article Link.

You type	You get
{{Prophet|url=URL|hl=HEADLINE|author=AUTHOR|summary=OPTIONAL SUMMARY}}	HEADLINE, article by AUTHOR OPTIONAL SUMMARY
{{Prophet|url=URL|hl=HEADLINE|author=AUTHOR}}	HEADLINE, article by AUTHOR

Note

Use the code below to add a note to a page.

Method 1

The following displays the note icon and the word 'Note:'. You can follow this with whatever text/images/markup you like, and it works in-line, within a paragraph.

Monsters are green. {{note}} this is an in-line note, to remind you that some monsters are orangey-purple.

Monsters are green. Note: this is an in-line note, to remind you that some monsters are orangey-purple.

Method 2

The following includes the text passed to the template, and uses a table to stop the text flowing round the icon. These always force a newline before and after the note.

{{note|Here is a long note, which is sufficiently wordy to run onto a second line, which would normally cause it to wrap round the icon, but because we passed it as a parameter it keeps its left alignment straight.}}

Note: Here is a long note, which is sufficiently wordy to run onto a second line, which would normally cause it to wrap round the icon, but because we passed it as a parameter it keeps its left alignment straight.