Syntax

The Wikidot Engine provides an enormous amount of functionality. Here we document the syntax used to empower your sites and create an interface built to impress.

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Syntax Summary Size
Bibliography

Allows you to reference your articles to the sources the information came from

1407
Buttons (Page Options)

Allows you to grant users custom-control over your pages

1615
Code Blocks

Enables you to present computer code in an appropriately formatted way

1406
Collapsible Blocks

Demonstrates how to use collapsible blocks in your wiki

1005
Comments

Allows you to place invisible comments in the source code of your pages

263
Dates

Provides functions relating to specific dates and times

2932
Definition List

Provides the functionality to neatly display a definition list

541
Div Blocks

Shows how to use the [[div]] syntax to render custom HTML <div>s

1464
Embedding

Provides ways to embed 3rd party services into your Wikidot pages

3124
Attached Files

Explains how to use the [[file]] syntax

648
Footnotes

Enables you to place footnotes within your content, and provide addition information to users

703
footnoteblock

Compiles all of your footnotes and renders them in a nice <div> block

72
Formatting Blocks

Shows how you can horizontally align the text in your paragraphs

1443
Gallery

Documents the [[gallery]] syntax, and provides a streamlined “light box” user interface

2041
Headings

Reports on how to use headings within your wiki

390
Horizontal Line Dividers

Allows you to easily divide your content into sections

218
HTML Blocks

Allows you to “embed” 3rd party services into your Wikidot pages through a sandboxing technique

1349
iftags

Allows you to display content conditionally based on the page's tags

1257
Images

Explains the [[image]] syntax

3460
Include Other Pages

Provides a way to extract code from other Wikidot pages and inject it onto your Wikidot page

1567
Inline Formatting

Presents the different inline formatting techniques you can use

838
Links

Enables you to use URLs within your wikis

3484
Lists

Enables you to create neatly structured lists

1114
Literal Text

Shows you how to bypass the Wikidot parser and interpret your text literally

259
Math

Allows you to render beautiful math equations

1851
Modules

Describes the [[module]] syntax

254
Notes

Easily create [[note]] blocks with this

309
Paragraphs & New Lines

Reports on how to create new lines and paragraphs

618
Quote Blocks

Generate beautiful quoted text with this syntax

991
Text Size

Shows you how to adjust the text size with the [[size]] syntax

2509
Social Bookmarking

Use this syntax to allow users to easily share your pages

805
Tables

Demonstrates on how you can create simple and advanced tables

2585
tabview

Use this to easily organise your information in a professional tabbed interface

1089
Table of Contents

This will automatically generate a Table of Contents based on your page sections

514
Typography

Insert non-keyboard punctuation characters with ease

464
Universal Escaping

Enables you to bypass the Wikidot parser, and process HTML entities

886
Users

Create simple links to contributors within your wiki

332
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