[Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work

[Jim Wilson]

Yeah - MediaWiki uses its own markup language called wikitext.  Here's a
good place to get started learning it (if you're interested):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Most_frequent_wiki_markup_explained

There are other wiki systems that take a WYSIWYG approach to wiki editing -
I can't really recommend one off the top of my head without knowing what you
intend to do with your wiki.

Good luck!

-- Jim

On 4/23/07, BAI Zeming <baizeming at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Exactly as what you said. The formating function simply doesn't work :(
> I typed ''Italic Text'' and I got the same character string, not italic
> font.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Xin
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jim Wilson <wilson.jim.r at gmail.com>
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <
> mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 9:32:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work
>
> > Did I missed something like skin or extensions?
>
> No, nothing like that - I'm just trying to find out what your setup is.
>
> For reference, the formatting toolbar adds formatting characters, but
> doesn't format the text directly, per se.
>
> So for example, if you write this:
>
>   Italic Text
>
> And highlight it and hid the Italics button, you'll get this:
>
>   ''Italic Text''
>
> Those two apostrophes before and after the text indicate italics.  They're
> the same as <i></i> in HTML.
>
> Is this what you're talking about? (Sorry if I misinterpreted the
> question)
>
> -- Jim
>
> On 4/23/07, BAI Zeming <baizeming at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just downloaded the mediawiki-1.9.3.tar.gz and decompressed it in my
> > local directory.
> > Did I missed something like skin or extensions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- Ming
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jim Wilson <wilson.jim.r at gmail.com>
> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <
> > mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:11:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work
> >
> > Are you using MediaWiki out-of-the-box?  or have you installed any
> > extensions or skins?
> >
> > -- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw)
> >
> > On 4/23/07, BAI Zeming <baizeming at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Sorry if somebody else has posted this question. But the formating
> tool
> > > bar doesn't work for me. For example,
> > > ''Italic text'' would become ''Italic text'' after I press the save or
> > > preview button.
> > > Does anybody know this problem before?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -- Ming
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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