| General Features | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
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| Version |
1.0.1
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| Last Release Date |
2026-10-16 (today)
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| Last Update here |
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
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2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
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| Author |
Michal Frackowiak
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Clay Alberty
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| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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| License |
AGPLv3
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BSD
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| Programming Language |
C#
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| Data Storage |
Database
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Database
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| License Cost/ Fee |
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
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Free
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| Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
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| Hosting Features | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Storage Quota |
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
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N/A
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| Bandwidth Quota |
no limit
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N/A
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| Other Limits |
max uploaded file size limit
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N/A
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| Topic Restrictions |
by Terms Of Service
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N/A
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| Corporate Branding |
Yes
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N/A
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| Own Domain |
Yes
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N/A
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| Ads allowed |
Yes
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N/A
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| System Requirements | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows
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| Root Access |
No
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No
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| Webserver |
IIS 5+
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| Other Requirements |
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
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| Datastorage | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Text Files |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| MySQL |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| PostgreSQL |
Yes
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Unknown
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| Oracle |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| SQLite |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| RCS |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| Other |
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
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| Security/Anti-Spam | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
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| ACL |
Yes
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No
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| Authentication Backends |
.NET Membership platform
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| Host Blocking |
Yes
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No
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| Mail Encryption |
No
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No
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| nofollow |
Yes
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No
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| Blacklist |
Yes
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No
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| CAPTCHA |
Yes
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No
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| Delayed Indexing |
Yes
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No
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| Development/Support | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
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No
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| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
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N/A
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| Common Features | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
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Yes
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| Minor Changes |
Yes
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No
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| Change Summary |
Yes
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No
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| Page History |
Yes
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Yes
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| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
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| Revision Diffs |
Between all
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Between all
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| Sitemap |
Yes
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Unknown
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| Plugin System |
No
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No
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| Special Features | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
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No
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| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
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Unknown
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| Interface Languages |
2
English, Polish |
1
English |
| Email notification |
Yes
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No
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| Comments |
Threaded
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No
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| Categories |
Yes
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Optional
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| Namespaces |
Yes
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No
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| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
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| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| Search |
Full Text
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Full Text
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| Wiki Farming |
Yes
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Unknown
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| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Unknown
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| Links | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
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Optional
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| Freelinks |
Yes
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Yes
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| Backlinks |
Yes
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No
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| InterWiki |
Yes
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No
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| SisterWiki |
No
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No
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| Image Links |
Yes
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Optional
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| Windows Shares |
No
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No
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| Page Redirects |
Yes
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Unknown
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| Syntax Features | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
Some
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| Math formulas |
Yes
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No
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| Tables |
simple + complex
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none
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| CREOLE support |
No
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Unknown
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| Markdown Support |
No
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Unknown
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| Textile Support |
No
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Unknown
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| BBCode Support |
No
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Unknown
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| Emoticon Images |
No
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No
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| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
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No
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| Footnotes |
Yes
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Optional
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| Quoting |
Yes
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Optional
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| Internal Comments |
Yes
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No
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| Custom styles |
Yes
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Yes
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| FAQ Tags |
No
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No
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| Scripting |
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
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| Content Includes |
Yes
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No
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| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
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No
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| Usability | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
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| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
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| Double-Click Edit |
No
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No
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| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
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| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
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| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
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| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
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| Statistics | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Unknown
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| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
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| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
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| Most/Least Popular |
No
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Optional
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| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
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| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
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| Output | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
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| Mobile Friendly |
Optional
|
Unknown
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| Themes & Skins |
Yes
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Yes
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| RSS Feeds |
Yes
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No
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| ATOM Feeds |
No
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No
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| Abbreviations |
No
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No
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| Auto-TOC |
Yes
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No
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| Raw Export |
Yes
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No
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| HTML Export |
No
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No
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| XML export |
No
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No
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| PDF Export |
No
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No
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| Office Export |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| Media and Files | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Media Revisions |
No
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No
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| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Unknown
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| Embedded Video |
Yes
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Unknown
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| Image Editing |
No
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No
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| SVG Editing |
No
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No
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| MindMap Editing |
No
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No
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| Media Search |
No
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| Extras | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Calendar |
Optional
|
Unknown
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| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Unknown
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| Presentations |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| Forums |
Yes
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Unknown
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| Blogs |
Yes
|
Unknown
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| Ticket System |
Yes
|
Unknown
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| Chat |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| Syntax Examples | Wikidot | ProntoWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[[page-name]]] or [[[page-name|anchor]]] |
[pagename] |
| External Link |
http://www.wikimatrix.org or [http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix] |
{title|url} |
| Headlines |
+++ headline level 3 |
!, !!, !!! |
| Bold Format |
**bold text** |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
//italic text// |
''italics'' |
| Underline Format |
__underlined text__ |
__under__ |
| Monospace Format |
{{monospaced text}} |
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| Strikethrough Format |
--strikethrough text-- |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
| Superscript Format |
^^superscript^^ |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
| Subscript Format |
,,subscript,, |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
| Images |
[[image src="..."]] |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
| Aligning Text |
= Centered line |
available through custom tags |
| Text Indentation |
> First level of indentation >> Second level of indentation. |
multiple spaces -> |
| Bulleted Lists |
* element 1 * element 2 |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
| Numbered Lists |
# element 1 # element 1 |
# ## ### #### |
| Definition Lists |
: item : description |
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| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
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