Bold Text, Videos, Lists, Links and More
This reference will show you how to further enhance forum posts on your site using our custom formatting markdown.
Text Formatting | |
**Bold Text** | Add double asterisks around your text to make it bold. |
--Italic Text-- | Add double dashes around your text to make it italic. |
__Underlined__ | Add dobule underscores around your text to make it underlined. |
~~Strikethrough~~ | Add double tildes around your text to make it |
`Encoded String` | Add double graves around your text to make it a block with its own scrollbar (if needed). Ideal for code blocks and encoded strings. |
Section Headers | |
# Giant Header | Add a single pound sign at the start of the line to make a giant header. |
## Medium Header | Add two pound signs at the start of the line to make a medium header. |
### Small Header | Add three pound signs at the start of the line to make a small header. |
Making Lists | |
* List Item A * List Item B * List Item C |
Add a single asterisk at the start of each line to make a bulleted list. |
1. List Item A 2. List Item B 3. List Item C |
Add a number and period at the start of each line to make a numeric list. |
Making a Custom Link | |
[My Link Text](https://google.com/) | Place your text inside the brackets, and the url inside the parentheses. Make sure there is no space between the two parts. |
Magic Links | |
YouTube Videos | Post just the URL to a YouTube Video and it will convert to an embedded player. |
Twitch Live Stream | Post just the URL to the Twitch Channel to embed the live player. |
Wowhead Tooltips | Post just the URL to the Wowhead Item, Spell or Quest to embed the item name, icon and tooltip (when hovered or clicked on mobile). |
External Images | Post the direct URL to the image, it must end in JPG or PNG. If detected the Image will show instead of the URL. |