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The sandbox is a part of your wiki that you can freely modify. It's meant to let you practice editing. You will discover how page editing works and create new pages. Simply click on Edit to get started!

Information

Don't worry about overwriting or losing stuff when editing the page, you can always roll back to the first version of the page from the "History" tab at the bottom of the page.

If you want to give a look to the underlying XWiki Syntax, you can click on "Wiki code" in the "Show" menu or click on the "Source" tab when editing the page.

Here are a number of test pages you can play with:

Below is a demonstration of the XWiki Syntax you can use in wiki pages (headings, images, tables).

Headings

XWiki offers 6 levels of headings. You can use them to structure your pages.

Level 2 Heading

Level 3 Heading

Level 4 Heading 4

Level 5 Heading 5
Level 6 Heading 6
Information
Accessibility recommendation

In order to provide the best experience for assistive technology users on your wiki, you should avoid using the first level of heading in page content.

Styles

Basic styles are supported in XWiki:

  • Text in Bold
  • Text in Italics
  • Text in Underline
  • Text in Strikethrough
  • Text in subscript
  • Text in superscript

Lists

You can create various types of lists in your wiki pages:

Unordered list

  • Level 1
    • Level 2
      • Level 3
    • Level 2
  • Level 1

Numbered list

  1. Item
    1. Subitem
      1. Item
  2. Subitem

Mixed list

  1. Item 1
    1. Item 2
      • Item 3
      • Item 4
  2. Item 5

Tables

You can create tables right into wiki pages:

Table with headers in the top row

 table header  table header  table header
 cell  cell  cell
 cell  cell  cell

Table with headers in the top row and left column

 table header  table header  table header
 table header  cell  cell
 table header  cell  cell

XWiki allows you to create links to other pages in your wiki or on the web:

You can also create links to attachments:

XWikiLogo.png

Images

You can insert images in your wiki pages:

XWikiLogo.png

Macros

Macros allow you to make wiki content look better and to add additional features to your wiki. Here are 2 examples of how macros can be used in wiki pages:

Warning Macro

This macro allows you to draw users' attention to a specific piece of information:

Warning

Hello World

Table of Contents

This macro automatically generates a table of contents of your wiki page based on headings: