How To Wiki in syntax ewiki

In Moodle's DFwiki you can choose the sintax of ErfurtWiki, which is an implementation of the WikiWikiWeb hypertext system. It allows simple collaborative editing and creation of web pages.

• learn how to CreatePages
• just click on or select "Edit this page" from the drop down menu to change the contents of a page
• you can format your pages with eWiki Markup, or with HTML
• SearchPages or go to the list of NewestPages
• there are also lists of the MostVisitedPages, MostOftenChangedPages and recently UpdatedPages

Create Pages:
You create a page by naming it in the text of an existing page. A wiki page is named enclosing it in square brackets ( [[]] ).

• [[My Wiki Page]] (enclosed in square brackets)

Text that has been given a wiki page name will have a '?' after it. Clicking on the '?', will enter edit mode for that page. Enter your text, save and you have a new wiki page.

eWiki Markup:
Each page inside a Wiki can be edited easily, using wiki markup.

Paragraphs

• separate paragraphs inside the text with empty lines
• if you prepend text with spaces or tabs it will get indented

!! Headlines

• use an exclamation mark ! at the beginning of a line to create a small headline
• !! for medium
• !!! for large headlines

text style

• if you want to emphasize text enclose it in two single-quotes '' (usually looks italic)
• text gets bold with two underscores __ (or if enclosed with two asterisks **)
• to make text big enclose it in hash characters ##
• you can get smaller text using "µµ" likewise
• a typewrite like font will be used if you enclose text in two equal == signs

Lists

• start a line with an asterisk * to begin a list
• use # instead for numerated lists
  1. you can create sublists
  2. subsequent list points should start with the same mix of * and #

HyperLinks

• enclose some words in square brackets to create a HyperLink
• any valid internal page address (starting with [[ and endind by ]] where type is separated by : of the page name and also separated by | of the addicional name)
• enclose a www address inside square brackets [http://www.moodle.org Moodle]
  • [http://example.com example]
  • [[dfwiki page | addicional name]]
  • [[Name of the page]]
• if you don't want a WikiWord (or [anything] inside square brackets) to become a HyperLink then just prepend it with <nowiki> and ended by </nowiki>
  • <nowiki>NoHyperLink</nowiki>
  • <nowiki>[no hyperlink]</nowiki>

Tables with |

Please always put an empty line before and after a table, so it stands out from other text in its own paragraph.

Pictures and Files

• to include an image into a page enclose its absolute www-address in square brackets, like [http://www.example.com/pics/image.png]
• the type of inserts with external links can be of format: jpg, jpeg, bmp, png, gif y swf
• alternatively you could use the ImageUploading function and after realize an attach in the page [[attach: name_of_file]].
• in this way we can put into Dfwiki page all kind of files.

While language purists hate Wikis for that naming scheme, it is very common in the computing world and well known to most programmers.