Markups
Documentation > Handbook > MarkupsBecause BoltWire uses a markup engine, editing a page does not require you to learn html, css, or other kinds of programming. (These are helpful in creating a new skin however). Rather, you only need to learn BoltWire's simpler markup syntax. Generally, BoltWire follows a common standard called Wiki Creole. This means its markup is similar to many other wikis --though not identical. Listed below you can find a list of some of BoltWire's commonly used markups, and what they produce when placed in a page. The exact output may very depending on your skin's style sheet.
There are many more markups BoltWire will recognize, including variables, functions, conditions, forms, and more. Many simple HTML tags are allowed, and most white space is honored (including line returns, and leading tabs and spaces). Furthermore, BoltWire supports full styling controls. Click here for a more complete table of BoltWire recognized markups.
| //text// | text | italics | ||||||
| **text** | text | bold | ||||||
| <<text<< <<<<<text<<<<< | text text | bigger | ||||||
| >>text>> >>>>>text>>>>> | text text | smaller | ||||||
| __text__ | text | underline | ||||||
| ||text|| | text | highlight | ||||||
| ^^text^^ | text | superscript | ||||||
| text(cite link) (citations) | text1
1. link | citations | ||||||
| ! text | text | header (h1) | ||||||
| !! text | text | header (h2) | ||||||
| !!! text | text | header (h3) | ||||||
| !!!! text | text | header (h4) | ||||||
| !!!!! text | text | header (h5) | ||||||
| !!!!!! text | text | header (h6) | ||||||
| * bullet ** bullet *** bullet |
| unnumbered bullets | ||||||
| # bullet ## bullet ### bullet |
| numbered bullets | ||||||
| -> text <- | text | block indent | ||||||
| ---- | horizontal line | |||||||
| [[some.page]] [[some.page|label]] [[some.page|+]] [[www.boltwire.org]] | some.page label Page www.boltwire.org | various kinds of links | ||||||
| [[email@example.com]] | email@example.com | email link | ||||||
| img:boltwire.gif |  | image shortcut | ||||||
| [^boltwire.gif parameters^] [^download.zip^] |
download.zip | image with css border parameter file download | ||||||
| Note: if a file exists on the server, it will automatically display as either the image, or a download link. If not, it will appear as a link to an upload action. Click here for more information about uploads. More examples of image syntax can be found here. | ||||||||
[t] [r][h]header1 [h]header2 [r][c]cell1 [c]cell2 [r][c]cell3[c]cell4 [t] |
| tables Most parameters allowed, border added for display. Table styling can be changed in code.style. | ||||||
| <center>text</center> | text | align text (also left, right) | ||||||
| <color=red>text</color> | text | set color (also #f7f7f7) | ||||||
| <box>**BOLD**</box> | BOLD | pre-styled "box" span/div - Still processes Wiki Commands | ||||||
| <code>**BOLD**</code> | **BOLD** | pre-styled "code" span/div - Does not process Wiki commands | ||||||
| <markup> <b>text<b> </markup> | **BOLD**
BOLD | creates a code span/div and a box span/div to show what markup looks like. | ||||||
| <html>**BOLD**</html> | <strong>BOLD</strong> | creates a span/div to show html output. | ||||||
| Note: for box, code, markup and html, a div is used if there is a linebreak in the content, a span if there is not a linebreak. | ||||||||
| /= **BOLD** =/ | **BOLD** | used to not process text like other Wiki Commands | ||||||
| `[form] | [form] | backtick escapes next character | ||||||
| /*comment*/ | hidden comments | |||||||
To look more closely into the code used to generate BoltWire's markups, use the Help System.
How does one allow html without any processing? I want the html not to be mangled. Some wikis allow <code><html>...</html></code>
to be non-mangled output. Boltwire mangles the <html> areas.