As of July 31st 2009 WebCT was no longer be available at Brock University. Learn more about Isaak, Brock University's Sakai-Based LMS here. This wiki is available for others using WebCT Vista & CE versions 6 through 8 but is not maintained by Brock University.

From WebCT Wiki

Wikitext or wiki markup is a markup language that offers a simplified alternative to HTML and is used to write pages in wiki websites.

A more extensive write-up on Wiki text can now be found at http://kumu.brocku.ca/help/Wikitext

There is no commonly accepted standard wikitext language. The grammar, structure, features, keywords and so on are dependent on the particular wiki software used on the particular website. For example, all wikitext markup languages have a simple way of hyperlinking to other pages within the site, but there are several different syntax conventions for these links.

Some wiki programs allow extensive optional use of HTML tags within wikitext, others a smaller subset, and still others no HTML at all. Other wiki programs allow the restrictions on HTML to be set by the particular site.

MediaWiki's wikitext allows you to freely mix wiki format and HTML, but it provides a simple, readable syntax that allows users to not even know HTML. A description of MediaWiki's wikitext can be found at How to edit a page

A simple tool to convert HTML to mediawiki can be found here.