Wikigit pages are written in Markdown, a way of formatting text by typing a few plain symbols. You don’t have to memorise it — the editor previews your page as you write — but the examples below cover almost everything you’ll reach for. This is the one page where the syntax is shown as code rather than rendered; the rendered versions live on Links and references and Images and media.
The basics edit
# Big heading
## Smaller heading
**bold**, *italic*, and `code`.
- a bullet
- another bullet
1. a numbered item
2. the next one
> A quote.
Leave a blank line between paragraphs.
Linking to other pages edit
Put a page’s name in double brackets:
See [[Getting started]] for more.
Want different link text? Add it after a bar:
See our [[getting-started|quick start guide]].
A link to a page that doesn’t exist yet shows up red, and clicking it offers to create that page. To link to Wikipedia, put w: in front:
The [[w:Coffee|coffee]] article on Wikipedia.
For any other site, use a normal link:
[Visit the site](https://example.com)
Images edit
A picture on its own line becomes a centered captioned figure. To float one to the side so the text wraps around it, use the ::image form:
::image[Coffee flowers in bloom]{src=https://example.com/coffee.jpg align=right}
The [...] is the caption. Inside {...}: src= is the image address (required); align= is right, left, center, or none; width= caps the size, like width=320 or width=50%; and upright gives a narrower default for tall pictures. See Images and media for the rendered result.
References and citations edit
Back up a fact with a footnote. Put a marker where the fact is, and the note anywhere on the page:
Coffee is popular worldwide.[^1]
[^1]: Source: the coffee almanac, 2024.
The marker becomes a small number and the source collects at the foot of the page. For a formatted citation, use a template:
{{cite|url=https://example.com|title=All About Coffee|author=J. Bean|date=2024}}
Mentioning people edit
Type @ and a contributor’s name — @some-editor — to link to them. It’s the friendly way to credit someone or point to them in a discussion.
Reusing one page inside another edit
To pull a page’s content into another (handy for a shared notice), put its name in double braces on its own line:
{{shared/free-and-yours}}
A few tips edit
- Use headings to structure a long page — Wikigit builds the table of contents from them.
- Keep one idea per paragraph; short paragraphs read better on screens.
- Preview as you write — the finished page sits right beside your text.
For page-level options like the summary, categories, and notices, see Page settings.