Wiki Markup

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Introduction For easy formatting of text in Hornbill, a subset of wiki markup can be used for decorating text with italics or bold, creating bulleted or numbered lists, and defining titles and subtitles. Wiki markup lets you quickly apply some basic formatting to your text as you type, giving it that extra touch to make it stand out.

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Section Headings

Using the equal sign (=) on either side of a word creates a section heading. The number of equal signs determines the size of the heading. Each heading is followed by a line break.

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= Heading 1 =	Heading 1
== Heading 2 ==	Heading 2
=== Heading 3 ===	Heading 3

Lists

There are two available types of lists, numbered and bulleted.

Bullet List

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* Start each line * with an asterisk (*). ** More asterisks give deeper *** and deeper levels. * Line breaks <br />don't break levels. *** But jumping levels creates empty space. Any other start ends the list.	Start each line with an asterisk (*). More asterisks give deeper and deeper levels. Line breaks don't break levels. But jumping levels creates empty space. Any other start ends the list.

Numbered List

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# Start each line # with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#). ## More number signs give deeper ### and deeper ### levels. # Line breaks <br />don't break levels. ### But jumping levels creates empty space. # Blank lines # end the list and start another. Any other start also ends the list.	Start each line with a number sign (#). More number signs give deeper and deeper levels. Line breaks don't break levels. But jumping levels creates empty space. Blank lines end the list and start another. Any other start also ends the list.

Indents

No indent : Single indent :: Double indent ::: Triple indent

No indent Single indent Double indent Triple indent

Mixture of different types of list

# one # two #* two point one #* two point two # three #: three def one # four #: four def one #: this looks like a continuation # five ## five sub 1 ### five sub 1 sub 1 ## five sub 2

one two two point one two point two three three def one four four def one this looks like a continuation five five sub 1 five sub 1 sub 1 five sub 2

Text Formatting

Single quotation marks ( ' ) are used to format text as either bold or italic. Typing two single quotation marks either side of some text will italicize the text. Typing three single quotation marks either side of some text will bold the text.

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''italics''	italics
'''bold'''	bold
<del>strike through</del>	strike through
<ins>underline</ins>	underline
<span style="color:red;font-size:16px;font-family:fantasy">font formatting such as color and font type</span>	font formatting such as color and font type

Links

Hyperlinks to other areas of Hornbill can be added. This includes the ability to provide some friendly text along with the link. These links are internal to your instance of Hornbill. The URL link will always be prefixed with https://live.hornbill.com/<your instance>/

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[[newsfeed]]	newsfeed
[[newsfeed|Link to your Newsfeed]]	Link to your Newsfeed

The same concept will be available for external links using absolute URLs

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[[http://forums.hornbill.com/|Hornbill Community]]	Hornbill Community

Date Formatting

You can wrap a Date & Time value (e.g. 21-02-2020 16:10:30) with square brackets to apply the configured preferences in your Profile's Regional Settings.

For example, if the "Date Time Format" option in my Profile's Regional Settings is set to "21/02/2020 16:10", the syntax [01-01-1970 01:00:00] would result in 01/01/1970 01:00.

Another common use is using the Variable Picker in the Business Process Engine to post to a Timeline or Workspace. You can wrap the generated value (by the Variable Picker) with square brackets. For example, &[functions.pcf("askAQuestion","selectStartDate")] becomes [&[functions.pcf("askAQuestion","selectStartDate")]].

Images

Images can be added to any text field that allows wiki markup other than Posts or Comments as they have their own mechanism for managing images.

Syntax: [[File:filename.extension|options|caption]]

Legacy Image: namespace prefix is still supported as a synonym as well as Media.

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some [[File:https://www.hornbill.com/images/logo.png]] text	some text
some [[File:https://www.hornbill.com/images/logo.png|right|caption]] text	some text
some [[File:https://www.hornbill.com/images/logo.png|center|50px|caption]] text	some text

Images with Links

Images can also be linked to a URL.

The syntax is: [[File:https://www.hornbill.com/images/logo.png|link=http://www.hornbill.com|alt=Hornbill Logo]]

Symbols

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:-)	😀
:)	😀
:D	😆
:-(	😞
:(	😞
;)	😉
;-)	😉
:-o	😮
:o	😮
:O	😮
:P	😛
:p	😛
:-bd	👍
(y)	👍
(yes)	👍
(ok)	👍
(n)	👎
(no)	👎
X(	😠
~O)	☕
:-S	😕
:/	😕
:-/	😕
8-)	😎
(cwl)	😂
:\'(	😢
:|	😐
:$	☺
:-$	☺
|)	😴
|-)	😴
(zip)	🤐

Code Snippets

A language can be passed as an option after a colon [code:SOURCE-LANGUAGE] These are the available languages: "bsh", "c", "cc", "cpp", "cs", "csh", "cyc", "cv", "htm", "html", "java", "js", "m", "mxml", "perl", "pl", "pm", "py", "rb", "sh", "xhtml", "xml", "xsl", "sql"

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[code] var a = 1; [/code] [code:xml] <element>a</element> [/code]	var a = 1; <element>a</element>

Blockquote

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[blockquote] some text [/blockquote]	some text
More properties: actor - The name of the person date - Can be a custom format or ISO date format. In the case of ISO format it will be converted to the user's local time and format based on his settings.
[blockquote|actor:Daniel|date:2015-03-06T16:46:08Z] some text [/blockquote]	some text -- Daniel - 06/03/2015 4:46pm

Horizontal Rule

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Nowiki

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[nowiki] This is '''bold''' and this is ''italic'' [/nowiki]	This is '''bold''' and this is ''italic''