Difference between revisions of "Tips to format your post"

Revision as of 01:47, 17 August 2016

It is highly recommended that you properly format your post before submitting it. The following is a brief summary of some of the most common formatting commands.

These tips derived from tutoring sessions with @razvanelul as well as this [Markdown cheat sheet.][[1]]

To create large text, use an # The more ##### you use the SMALLER the text will appear. Make sure to leave a space between the # and the word you want to enhance Largest is # word smallest is ###### word To make a word appear in '''bold''' font, use ** before and after the word You do NOT need to leave spaces between the ** and the word **word** To make a word appear in ''italics'' use a single * on each side of the word *word* To link a website to a word or phrase in your post, use [ ] and ( ) The text goes in the [ ] and the link goes in the ( ) [word or phrase](website.com) To include a picture, paste the address of the image into your post. To include a video, paste the link into your post. To center the picture use <center> and </center> <center>picture.jpg</center> To center text use <center> and </center> <center> word </center> To center a video use <center> and </center> <center> videolink </center> To create a small spaces above and below the picture, use <br> <br> <center>picture.jpg</center> <br> To make it appear that a picture has a caption, use the break feature, center feature and the italics feature. <br> <center>picture.jpg</center> <center>*caption*</center> <br>