6 | ƒŠ | Editing wiki text is easy, using any web browser and a simple [WikiFormatting formatting system], rather than more complex markup languages like HTML. The reasoning behind its design is that HTML, with its large collection of nestable tags, is too complicated to allow fast-paced editing, and distracts from the actual content of the pages. Note though that Trac also supports [wiki:WikiHtml HTML], [wiki:WikiRestructuredText reStructuredText] and [http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/ Textile] as alternative markup formats.ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 7 | Editing wiki text is easy, using any web browser and a simple [WikiFormatting formatting system], rather than more complex markup languages like HTML. The reasoning behind its design is that HTML, with its large collection of nestable tags, is too complicated to allow fast-paced editing, and distracts from the actual content of the pages. Note though that Trac also supports [WikiHtml HTML], [WikiRestructuredText reStructuredText] and [http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/ Textile] as alternative markup formats, which can eventually be used in parts of a page (so called wiki âÀÜblocksâÀÝ).ƒŠ |
10 | ƒŠ | The wiki itself does not enforce any structure, but rather resembles a stack of empty sheets of paper, where you can organize information and documentation as you see fit, and later reorganize if necessary.ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 11 | The wiki itself does not enforce any structure, but rather resembles a stack of empty sheets of paper, where you can organize information and documentation as you see fit, and later reorganize if necessary. ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 12 | As contributing to a wiki is essentially building hypertext, ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 13 | general advice regarding HTML authoring apply here as well.ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 14 | For example, the ''[http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style Style Guide for online hypertext]'' explains how to think about theƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 15 | [http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/Structure.html overall structure of a work] ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 16 | and how to organize information [http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/WithinDocument.html within each document]. One of the most important tip is âÀÜmake your HTML page such that you can read it even if you don't follow any links.âÀ݃Š |
23 | ƒŠ | Some more information about wiki on the web:ƒŠ |
24 | ƒŠ | * http://wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiƒŠ |
25 | ƒŠ | * http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistoryƒŠ |
26 | ƒŠ | * http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorksƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 24 | Before saving your changes, you can ''Preview'' the page or ''Review the Changes'' you've made.ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 25 | You can get an automatic preview of the formatting as you type when you activate the ''Edit Side-by-side'' mode (you have to Preview the page for the setting to take effect). '' There is a [wiki:/TracIni#trac-section configurable delay] between when you make your edit and when the automatic preview will update.''ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 26 | ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 27 | Some more information about wikis on the web:ƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 28 | * A definition of [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki], in a famous wiki encyclopediaƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 29 | * The [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory History] of the original wikiƒŠ |
ƒŠ | 30 | * A wiki page explaining [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks why wiki works]ƒŠ |