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Use Wiki Markup editor to create professional looking, dynamic content...
What is the Wiki Markup Editor?
When you are editing content, such as Pages, News and Comments, you can either use Wiki Markup editor or the Rich Text Editor.
The Wiki Markup editor allows you to edit the Wiki Notation text that describes content and also advanced features such as Macros:
Note: If you are only adding basic content such as text, images and tables, you'll probably find it easier to use the Rich Text Editor.
You can switch between the Rich Text editor, the Wiki Markup editor and the Preview of the content at any time by clicking the tabs above the eitor.
If you prefer using the Wiki Markup editor, you can click the link next to the tabs to make it your default editor.
What is Wiki Notation?
All content in Pages, news posts, comments, personal profiles and even the Site Welcome Message is defined using Wiki Notation - even if you use the Rich Text Editor to create that content1 .
After remembering a few simple techniques, such as putting *'s around text to make it bold or putting []'s round page titles to create Links to them, you can create great looking content with minimal fuss!
| Ref | Notes |
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| 1 | The Rich Text Editor is a visual tool for editing Wiki Notation. |
Related Tutorials
The following tutorials show you how to perform some common tasks using Wiki Notation:
Basic Text Formatting
Text plays a major role in any online site and the ability to quickly and easily format text is essential. This tutorial explains how to perform basic text formatting...
Emoticons
Emoticons are a great way to spice up your content and allow you to convey more meaning and emotion than the text alone...
Headings
Headings are used to split your content in to managable chunks to make it easier for the reader to digest information. This tutorial shows you how to add headings...
Images, Flash, Videos and Audio
Too much text makes for a dull read. Spice up your pages by adding some multimedia...
- Image Options — This tutorial covers the various additional options that can be used when displaying JPEG, GIF and PNG files...
- Images
Links
Links are the glue which makes the web work and Wiki Notation makes it easy to link to anything...
- External Links
- Linking to Attachments — Pages, news articles and even user pofiles can have files attached to them. This tutorial shows you how to create links to those attachments...
- Linking to Comments
- Linking to Email and Email Archives — Email is a key feature of the Internet so it's important to incorporate it in to your sites. This tutorial shows you how to create email links and also link to messages in your email archive...
- Linking to Headings and Anchors — As well as linking to pages, you can also link to specific places within a page. This tutorial shows you how to link to headings and how to create and use anchors...
- Linking to News — You can create links to news on your own site and news on external sites. This tutorial shows you how to link directly to news items and provides details on linking to external news sites...
- Linking to Pages — The most common form of links are those that link web pages together. This tutorial shows you how to link to pages within Confluence and also on external sites...
- Linking to User Profiles — When users register an account on your site, a profile page is automatically created. This tutorial shows you how to link a profile page...
- Relative Links — Use three slashes to create a relative link to Confluence content.
Lists and Indents
Lists are a great way to summarise information and indents are perfect for highlighting blocks of information. This tutorial shows you how to add both to your content...
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Text and Paragraph Breaks
Learn how to quickly add non-breaking spaces, dashes, horizontal rules, line breaks and paragraph breaks to your content...
Frequently Asked Questions
| Q | Is this the only way to edit content? |
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| A | No. If you only need simple content formatting, you can use the Rich Text Editor. |
| Q | My web designer wants to paste some HTML in to a page - can this be done? |
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| A | Yes. Just use the html macro, html-include macro or html-tag macro as applicable. Alternatively, if you need to insert the same HTML several times, you can create a User Macro. |
| Q | I've used Wiki Notation before but had to join words together to link them - do I still have to do this? |
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| A | No. Confluence uses []'s to define Links allowing you to use normal page names. You can, if you wish, enable "CamelCase" linking within the General Configuration settings panel. |
| Q | I've forgotten some of the notation - help! |
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| A | When editing content in Wiki Notation, a brief notation guide appears at the side of the screen and also has links to more detailed information including quick guides to macros. You can also come to this site at any time to get more in-depth examples, hits and tips. |
Comments (7)
Jun 25, 2008
Charles LaBrec says:
This page could use a section on tables, especially advanced usage.This page could use a section on tables, especially advanced usage.
Jul 19, 2008
Guillermo Chutrau says:
I learned how to use the cloak and card/deck macros. I feel like I am the wizard...I learned how to use the cloak and card/deck macros. I feel like I am the wizard of confluence at my workplace!
I am the only one using these macros, because nobody else has tried to overcome the hurdle posed by a little bit of wiki markup coding...
My question: any plans to pack or bundle an editor that can help the end user implement these macros, without having to actually know or deal with the markup involved?
I don't know how to monitor this page/comments. If you have any tips or comments, would you email me at gchutrau@gmail.com ?
Thanks. And great job!
Feb 25, 2009
Paul Meehan says:
Whatever happened to the brief wiki notation guide that used to appear on the ri...Whatever happened to the brief wiki notation guide that used to appear on the right when in Edit > Wiki Markup mode?
Currently running: Builder 3.3.2 — Confluence 2.9.2
Apr 09, 2009
Jeremy Swan says:
Yes, please bring back the notation guide!Yes, please bring back the notation guide!
Apr 25, 2009
Herman de Boer says:
Hi, you can bring back the notation guide with the {builder-infopanel} macro, e...Hi,
you can bring back the notation guide with the {builder-infopanel} macro, e.g. by adding this code in the right panel:
{builder-show:context=page,blogpost|mode=edit} {builder-infopanel} {builder-show}Jun 28, 2009
Al Mecklenburg says:
Just a note to others: you want to add herman's code to the "Right Side Panel" C...Just a note to others: you want to add herman's code to the "Right Side Panel" Content in a Theme Builder layout. And while the builder-show macro can't hurt, as I read elsewhere, the builder-info panel seems to hide itself, all by itself, when it doesn't make sense to be shown.
Feb 11, 2011
Dave Furlani says:
Herman, thanks. That's the sort of simple description of how to get the notatio...Herman, thanks. That's the sort of simple description of how to get the notation guide to appear during edit mode I've been looking for.
I found it work well (as the only code) in the Right sidebar or the Right ad-bar. I assume it'd work well anywhere.
I owe you a beer.