| Tags in HTML | Corresponding tag in Twiki |
|---|---|
| Paragraphs: The <p> tag creates a new paragraph in HTML | Blank lines will create a new paragraph in Twiki |
| Headings: The heading tags in HTML are used to define main headers and sub headers <h1> is the main header <h2> is subheader, <h3> is even smaller and so on until <h6> | Headings in Twiki are defined by ---+ The Header This is equivalent to <h1> in HTML and smaller sub headers are defined by appending more + signs e.g ---++ Sub Heading is equivalent to <h2> tag in HTML and so on. |
| Bold Text: Bold text in HTML is obtained by enclosing the text in <b> tags e.g <b> sample text</b> | Bold text in Twiki is obtained by enclosing the text in * asteriks sign e.g *sample text* |
| Italic Text: Italic text in HTML is obtained by enclosing the text in <i> tag | Words get Italic in Twiki by enclosing them in double underscores |
| List Item: The list item is displayed using the <li> tag | Three spaces and asterisk and another space creates a bulleted list in Twiki |
| Ordered List: The <ol> tag is used to have an ordered list in HTML | Three spaces, a dot and another space constitute a ordered list in Twiki |
| Table: The <table> tag is used to create a table <td> and <tr> are used to define columns and rows respectively | The pipe character (vertical bar) is used to indicate the start of a table , Each line is one row of the table , Each cell starts and ends with a pipe |
| Links: Links are created in HTML using the <a href= "URL" > tag | Links are created on Twiki where you can specify the link text and the link reference separately using nested square brackets |