So for those new to Markdown I just wanted to give a quick list of things you can do.
Others feel free to add to this list.
Introduction
So I’m told here by the post text section that Markdown is supported. I can’t see the preview button if there is one on my phone, but basically Markdown is a quick way to make a document with some in-lined markup semantics that change the way that it is displayed.
For an example, say you wanted to break up some of your posts in sections. Before, we wpuld have had to do a little trickery with bolding, italicize, underlining, but now we can simply make quick headers by using the pound sign/hashtag/number symbol ( #). You need to put a space between the hash and the header, otherwise if will show up like this:
#My fancy Title
The more number symbols you put:
The
Smaller
The
Header
Font
Is
You can also quickly make lists. You can do this with the dash mark (negative sign, hyphen), -
- item one
- item two
Numbered lists:
- First
- Second
Tables
Example code:
| A-tier | B-tier | C-tier |
:-----------|:--------:|---------:|
| Genji | Soldier | Reinhardt |
| Tracer | D.Va | Lucio |
| Zenyatta | Junkrat | Roadhog |
| A-tier | B-tier | C-tier |
|---|---|---|
| Genji | Soldier | Reinhardt |
| Tracer | D.Va | Lucio |
| Zenyatta | Junkrat | Roadhog |
And so on.
Also, placing the a colon on either side of the column will format all rows coming after it as aligned to that side:
|:-| = Left Aligned
|-:| = Right Aligned
|:-:| = Centered
You can place as many hyphens in between the colons/ vertical bars (depending on whether or not you are using the align feature), in my examples I try to make all of the text line up, but in practice I usually wouldn’t bother.
For instance:
| Poster Qualities | @Doc | @RichC | @AdderalGirl |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funny | X | X | |
| Quick Learner | X | ||
| Positivity | X | X | |
| Trollposts | X |
Source:
|Poster Qualities|@Doc|@RichC|@AdderalGirl|
|:-|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|Funny|X|X| |
|Quick Learner|X| | |
|Positivity|X|X| |
|Trollposts| | |X|
Works just as well as:
| Poster Qualities | @Doc | @RichC | @AdderalGirl |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funny | X | X | |
| Quick Learner | X | ||
| Positivity | X | X | |
| Trollposts | X |
|Poster Qualities|@Doc|@RichC|@AdderalGirl|
|:---------------|:--:|:----:|:----------:|
|Funny | X | X | |
|Quick Learner | X | | |
|Positivity | X | X | |
|Trollposts | | | X |
Expandable lists:
My example Expandable list
Some example hidden content
Source:
[details="My example Expandable list"]
Some example hidden content
[/details]
These are some of the more basic features of Markdown. I’m only scratching the surface because that’s probably all 99% of the forumgoers will use.
I’m only slightly irked that I can’t seem to find a complete list of added features for the new forums that’s in my face, showing me the new cool things I can do.
I’ll continue looking, you guys keep posting and discussing, and I hope to see lots more of the awesome stuff you guys can make!
while replying to a thread. Or, you can type something like 