Wikitext Cheatsheet
Condensed guide to Wikitext coding
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Headers | ==Header 2== ===Header 3=== |
Header 2 Header 3
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Lists - unordered | *Item one *Item two *Item three |
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Lists - ordered | #Item one #Item two #Item three |
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Links - internal | [[Missouri Genealogy|Missouri]] Double square brackets - Name of article - pipe - Name of link |
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Links - external | [https://familysearch.org(space)Family Search] Single square brackets - Name of article - space - Name of link |
Family Search Notice little box and arrow at the end of the name of the link. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comments | <!--Comment goes here between dashes--> (At least two dashes are required on either side of the comment) |
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Categories | [[Category:name of category]] | [[Category:Name of Category]] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Images | [[File:name of image|location on page|width|caption]] | IMAGE | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paragraph | <p>Lorem ipsum ....</p> | |||||||||||||||||||||
In-line style | <p style="property:change">Lorem ipsum ....</p> | |||||||||||||||||||||
font-size | <p style="font-size:16pt">Lorem ipsum ....</p> |
Lorem ipsum ..... | ||||||||||||||||||||
font-family | <p style="font-family:times new roman">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
Click here for all acceptable font styles |
Lorem ipsum .....
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font-color | <p style="color:blue">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
Click here for all acceptable colors |
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bold text | <p>'''Lorem ipsum ....'''</p> | Lorem ipsum .... | ||||||||||||||||||||
italicized text | <p>''Lorem ipsum ....''</p> | Lorem ipsum .... | ||||||||||||||||||||
multiple attributes | <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt; color:blue">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
Note the semi-colon between attributes |
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backgrounds | <p style="background:lightgray">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
Click here for all acceptable colors |
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padding | <p style="padding:10px">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
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Content .... Content ....
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Margins | <p style="margin:10px">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
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Contents.... Contents ....
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div tag | <div style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt; color:blue">Lorem ipsum ....</div> No builtin margins or padding as in paragraph tags
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Lorem ipsum ....
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borders | <div style="border:1px solid black">Lorem ipsum ....</div>
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border radius | <p style="border:1px solid black; border-radius:5px">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
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border shadow | <p style="border:1px solid black; box-shadow:5px 5px 3px lightgray">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
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width and height | <p style="width:200px; height:50px">Lorem ipsum ....</p> |
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Alignment - horizontal | <p style="text-align:center">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
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alignment - vertical | <p style="height:50px; line-height:50px">Lorem ipsum ....</p>
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Tables |
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Text Wrapping (floating) | <p style="float:right">Lorem ipsum ....</p> |
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Table scrolling | <div style="overflow:scroll; width:300px; height:100px"
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Templates |
To save a template: {{Template:name of template}} |
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Breadcrumb trails |
Breadcrumb trails are just a chain of internal links separated by pointers: [[Article name|link name]] > [[Article name|link name]] > [[Article name|link name]].
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United States ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
References/Footnotes | <ref>This is a footnote</ref>
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SEO |
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United States ![]() ![]() Guide to Adair County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Table column spans |
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Parameters | {{{parameter}}}
{{Name of template
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If functions | |{{#if:{{{parameter|}}}|name of parameter |
{{{parameter}}} }}
| parameter= If nothing is entered after the equal sign the entire line will be missing. |
If the parameter is blank, there is no line. If the parameter is added, the text will show. | |||||||||||||||||||
Position relative | <div style="position:relative">
<div style="position:relative;top:20px; left:100px">Stuff</div>
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Position-absolute | <div style="position:absolute">
<div style="position:relative">
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