Textile Markup

Textile is a markup language originally developed by Dean Allen and billed as a "humane Web text generator". It allows you to compose content for web pages without any knowledge of HTML.

To format text:

  1. To make text bold, add an asterisk on either side of the text.
    (Ex. *bold phrase* = bold phrase)

  2. To italicize text, add an underscore tilde on either side of the text.
    (Ex. _italic phrase_ = italic phrase)

  3. To add bullet points, press the return key then add an asterisk and a space at the beginning of each line. You can create sub bullets adding two asterisks.
    Example:
    * bullet point 1
    ** sub-bullet 1
    ** sub-bullet 2
    * bullet point 2

  4. To add a numbered list, press the return key then add a pound sign and a space at the beginning of each line. You can create sub bullets adding two pound signs.
    Example:
    # numbered point 1
    ## numbered point 1a
    ## numbered point 1b
    # numbered point 2

  5. To create a Heading 1, type h1. before the text.
    (Ex. h1. Header 1 = Header 1)

    You can create lower level Headings with the same technique:
    (Ex. h2. Header 2 = Header 2)

  6. To add a hyperlink, put the text to display in quotes, type a colon, then add the internet address.
    (Ex. "MeetingBridge Teleconferencing":http://www.meetingbridge.com = MeetingBridge Teleconferencing)

  7. To add an image, put the url of the image between explanation points.
    (Ex. !http://www.yoursite.com/images/logo.gif!)

 

Other Resources

Use the links below to access useful Textile references: