Help:Quick Reference

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How to Create a New Page

There are several ways to start a new page.

1. Wikilinks: If you (or anyone else) create a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be colored red, like this. Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created. Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists. Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later).
2. From the search box: If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and "Go" button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.

Links

Internal Links

Main Page

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[[Main Page]]

External Links

The Freestyle Knowledge Base

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[https://freestylekb.com The Freestyle Knowledge Base]

Section Formatting

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= Section Formatting =

Section Heading - Level 2

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==  Section Heading - Level 2 ==

Section Heading - Level 3

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===  Section Heading - Level 2 ===

Section Heading - Level 4

Code: 
====  Section Heading - Level 4 ====

Text Formatting

Italic text

Code: 
''Italic text''

Bold text

Code: 
'''Bold text'''

Bold and italic

Code: 
'''''Bold and italic'''''

Escape ''wiki'' markup (This will display the text as seen, so it doesn't try to italicize the word in this example)

Code: 
<nowiki>Escape ''wiki'' markup</nowiki>

Bullet 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.

• bullet list

- definition

• sublist that doesn't create empty
• spaces after definition

Code: 
* 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

1. Start each line
2. with a number sign (#).
   1. More number signs give deeper
      1. and deeper
      2. levels.
3. Line breaks
   don't break levels.
   1. 1. But jumping levels creates empty space.
4. Blank lines

1. end the list and start another.

Any other start also ends the list.

Code: 
# 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.

Horizontal Rule

Text Before

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Text After

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Text Before
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Text After