* see Leffler and Hemingway on pg.100

But, the asterisk is a part of wikitext, and will cause that footnote to turn into an unordered list with bullet points to the left of it. So how do you prevent wikitext when you simply want to add an asterisk before a footnote? Simply add 2 backticks before and after the words that you’d like to prevent wikitext on. It’s the key right before the 1 key on your keyboard. Here’s what the footnote above would look like to prevent wikitext…

``* see Leffler and Hemingway on pg.100``

Easy as pie.

…will automatically create a horizontal list of Heading 1 links at the top of your wikispace page. Note: This will only work if you have included Level 1 Headings in your wikispace page. Here’s what it looks like on Jo’s wikispace page…

Thanks, Jo!

Click on Manage Wiki, then Look and Feel, then Change or make a new theme, then click on Edit for the Custom Theme that you’ve created from one of the default themes. If you haven’t created a custom theme from one of the default themes yet, you’ll need to do that first before continuing with this tutorial.

Put this small piece of CSS…
.wiki-box .wiki td { border: none; }
right beneath the…
<style type="text/css">

And that’s how you can remove the border from a table that you’ve inserted in your wikispace page.

Stay tuned for more wikispace tutorial quick tips… RETWEET.

Adding just a little bit of inline CSS within the Embed Widget > Other HTML tool can provide a clean design change for your content within your wikispace. I’ve provided a download link below to the HTML file that contains the code I use in the tutorial to create the rounded corner content box. You can change the colors I’ve used within the code by inserting a different 6-digit hex color code for either the background or the border. View the tutorial for simple instructions.

The rounded corners content box will only display rounded corners in Safari and Firefox. IE has yet to implement that feature in their browser.

Wikitext makes it easy to insert a labeled link inside your wikispace. A labeled link allows you to label the link you are inserting with descriptive text that tells the user more about the link, than just the url of the website. It’s an easy way to make your links standout.

Backing up your wikispace is always a good idea when your wikispace starts filling up with information, discussions, and files that you’ve uploaded to your wikispace. And thanks to wikispaces.com, they’ve made the process of backing up your wikispace very easy.

Here’s how to backup your wikispace…

1. Click on Manage Wiki in the sidebar.
2. Scroll down to the Tools section, and click on the Exports link.
3. Click on the Export Wiki button, and wikispaces.com will immediately start processing your export.

Wikispaces will then email you when your export is ready, and it when it is, check your wikispace inbox to download the backup copy of your wikispace.

CSS is what drives the design and layout of most websites on the world wide web today. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a repeatable background that covers the entire background of your wikispace using one line of CSS. We’ll do this by editing a custom template. It’s a very easy way to spice up the background of your wikispace.

Tag clouds are great visual tools that can give your users the big picture on what your site is all about. It’s like a visual sitemap that magnifies the tags that are used most often in your wikispace, and also includes in smaller font size the tags used less often. People can then get a sense for what is one of the most important topics or keywords in your wikispace.

A sitemap can be a very useful tool for your wikispace users. As your wikispace grows with more and more pages being added, pages can be lost with the flood of information being added. Creating a sitemap with page includes in your wikispace will display a list of pages sorted alphabetically. This will make it easy for your users to quickly find the page that they might be looking for in your wikispace.

Page includes are a great feature to use in your wikispace. With just one line of wikitext, you can include entire pages, a list of pages, a tag cloud, a discussion page, and more. Adding a page include will save you from having to copy an entire page’s content and pasting it into your wikispace. This tutorial shows you how to use page includes to include a page from another wikispace into your wikispace.