Explanatory prefatory note to other writers: This is a sandbox page in that you have to edit it to learn the lessons. Before you will be able to edit this page you will have to register to this site. There is already a WikiSyntax page that includes a Quick Reference. This is an alternative approach to learning the same information. The complete page or set of pages that take this new approach to learning the syntax won't be developed in a day. Any help would be appreciated. When this page is completed, these comments can of course be deleted.

Note to new user Use the preview button to see the text here and the page produced at the same time. Make minor changes to this page as you try various things in the spirit of helping others to learn TikiWiki syntax by example rather than with a lot of words.

First Lesson

The above is a title because the line begins with the ! character. You will see headings and subheadings throughout the remainder of this document. The heading level is determined by the number of !'s at the beginning of the line. Compare the following headings:

A Main title

A subtitle

A subsubtitle

General Editing

I need to learn the basics of editing TikiWiki. You can modify this page, but please leave the lessons for others to learn from.

bold "italics" underline
red text
green text
blue text

This is monospace font because of the space at the beginning of the line.
012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
While this is not monospace type because there is no space at the beginning.

Lists

Bulleted Lists

To create a bulleted list use * at the beginning of a line.

• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth

Compare the results from these two lines:

• Bullet

* Not a bullet

The second asterisk is not the first character on the newline and therefore is not recognized as a bullet like the first one is.

Numbered Lists

To create a numbered list use the # character at the beginning of the line:

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth

These lists (both numbered and bulleted) cannot have spaces in the middle:

1. First number

1. Second number

Combined Lists and sub-bullets

By using more than one asterisk (*) or pound sign (#) you can create subbullets. Here is an example:

1. First number
   • First subbullet
   • Second subbullet
   • Third subbullet
2. Second number

• This breaks the numbered list because it is not indented.

1. Third number
2. Fourth number