User:TheGnuGod/Styling
Subheading guide
[edit]Surrounding text with varying quantities of equals signs makes then in to subheadings. That one just up there is made with one equals sign on either side.
Two is a good size for a subheading
[edit]Make sure it's in sentence case!
Three lets you make a subberheading
[edit]That word is not official, but it should be
Four is super sub
[edit]Not used often, but enough that it exists
This is the subbest heading you can make (five)
[edit]Any more than this and it renders like the subbest heading but with equals signs on the edges
Basic formatting
[edit]You can make text italic, bold or both, by placing 2, 3, or 5 apostrophe signs around your text like this: ''ilatic'' '''bold''' '''''both'''''
.
Colours
[edit]To make stuff a different colour, use a <span>
tag, and style it like this: <span style="color: #HEXCODE;">
, where HEXCODE is the RRGGBB values of the colour you want to display, written in hexadecimal. (commonly called a hex code)
Code
[edit]To show code you can use the <code>
tag to surround text, and it will be rendered in a monospace font. The code will likely include wiki characters though, so you can use the <nowiki>
tag inside your <code>
tags, to escape out HTML and the like. (Note: you must use the <nowiki>
tags inside the <code>
tags, or the <code>
tags will get nowiki'd.)
Text Size
[edit]To make big text, use the <big>
tag!
To make small text, use the <small>
tag!
Nothing happens when you use both.
More advanced CSS
[edit]You can easily apply
to wikitext, by putting it inside a <div style="SOMECSS; MORE;">
tag, and replacing the caps-lock text with actual CSS. You almost definitely shouldn't do this on a real article, but it can work on user pages, or if you're making a template.
You can find a CSS tutorial here: [1], or just search "w3" and w3schools should come up.