Alfino:Community Portal

Quick Reference

Here are some of the main text formats that are useful:

Format Type	You type this:	You get this:
Headings of different levels	=level 1= ==level 2== ===level 3=== ====level 4==== =====level 5===== ======level 6====== An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a table of contents.	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
User name and date stamp	~~~~	Alfino 04:12, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Horizontal rule	----
Bullet list	* one * two * three ** three point one ** three point two Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.	one two three three point one three point two
Numbered list	# one # two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two spanning more lines doesn't break numbering three three point one three point two
Definition list	;item 1 : definition 1 ;item 2 : definition 2-1 : definition 2-2	item 1 definition 1 item 2 definition 2-1 definition 2-2
Blockquotes	text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text	text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text quote quote quote quote quote quote text text text text text text text text text text text text
Comment	<!-- This is a comment --> Text can only be viewed in the edit window.

Wiki Links

The main types of wiki links are:

Link Type	You type this:	You get this:
Basic website link	[http://alfino.org]	[1]
Website link with text label	[[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]]	[Alfino's Website]
Link to an uploaded file	[[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]]	My uploaded file

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