Implementation

There's no wrong way for a wiki engine to implement Creole (see goals).

Three suggestions#

• mixed - allow mixed markup of traditional (regular markup for that particular engine) and Creole (sometimes this method is not possible or desirable)
• extra creole edit button - an extra "Edit Creole" button is added which translates the current wiki markup to Creole while replacing the advanced syntax (i.e. syntax not supported by creole, but by the native wiki engine) into a Placeholder.
• gradual alignment - improve bad syntax from your markup with more user-friendly syntax from Creole. Every small improvement is a big step.

It can be useful to see implementation scenarios. Some examples were discussed at WikiSym 06 and can be found on the prototypes.

see also

• Engines implementing/planning to implement creole
• Wikis supporting creole (using creole as their markup)

If you are planning to implement creole in your engine/tool you might find help on the troubleshooting page about tricky parts of creole.