MediaWiki provides a standard text markup that can be easily customized.
Extensions can customize wiki markup by:
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<translate><!--T:1--> MediaWiki provides a standard text markup that can be easily customized.</translate>
<translate><!--T:37--> Extensions can customize wiki markup by:</translate>
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From a technical standpoint, magic words map a range of wiki text strings to a unique internal identifier (ID), which is then associated
#'''Does it have an associated magic word ID?''' As a first step in resolving markup of the form <code><nowiki>{{XXX...}}</nowiki></code>, MediaWiki attempts to
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...nd return HTML to the browser, a parser function can 'interact' with other wiki elements in the page. For example, the output of a parser function could be
"url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ExampleExtension",
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...nslate><!--T:81--> From a technical standpoint, magic words map a range of wiki text strings to a unique internal identifier (ID), which is then associated
...'Does it have an associated magic word ID?''' As a first step in resolving markup of the form <tvar name=1><code><nowiki>{{XXX...}}</nowiki></code></tvar>, M
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...nd return HTML to the browser, a parser function can 'interact' with other wiki elements in the page. For example, the output of a parser function could be
"url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ExampleExtension",
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If you want this functionality on your own wiki, install {{ll|Extension:TemplateData}}.
If this wiki has a {{((}}{{ll|Template:Documentation_subpage|Documentation subpage}}{{))
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...dividual projects will often find it useful to '''extend the built-in wiki markup''' with additional capabilities, whether simple string processing, or full-
...); more advanced extensions use this to obtain the contextual Title, parse wiki text, expand braces, register link relationships and dependencies, etc.</tr
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...message, there is one method and one shortcut for the common case of using wiki content language.
.../code> in places where the content is going to become HTML escaped or HTML markup is not supported.
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<translate><!--T:194--> If you want this functionality on your own wiki, install <tvar name=1>{{ll|Extension:TemplateData}}</tvar>.</translate>
<translate><!--T:519--> If this wiki has a <tvar name=1>{{((}}{{ll|Template:Documentation_subpage|Documentation
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...message, there is one method and one shortcut for the common case of using wiki content language.</translate>
.../tvar> in places where the content is going to become HTML escaped or HTML markup is not supported.</translate>
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...'''[[w:Hooking|hooks]]''' like this to [[Special:MyLanguage/Extending wiki markup|extend the functionality of the MediaWiki software]].
To document a hook on-wiki, use {{tl|MediaWikiHook}}.
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'''Miscellaneous malformed expressions or markup'''
...rmatting. However, when templates are used, and copying is done to another wiki, these templates have to be copied too, or substituted.
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'''Miscellaneous malformed expressions or markup'''
...rmatting. However, when templates are used, and copying is done to another wiki, these templates have to be copied too, or substituted.
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...g|hooks]]''' like this to [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Extending wiki markup</tvar>|extend the functionality of the MediaWiki software]].</translate>
To document a hook on-wiki, use <tvar name=1>{{tl|MediaWikiHook}}</tvar>.
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