When writing a forum topic/reply, I want something visual to understand what formatting is possible. Hence this post.
This post focuses on what you can do with the formatting menu:
- How to use
- When you want inspiration, scroll down and see if any formatting sparks joy.
- For each example, I tried to hint how to reproduce that.
- In forum posts, you can mix and match using the formatting menu, Markdown, BBCode, and HTML.
- a cheat sheet for Markdown: (a cheat sheet for formatting forum posts) (Markdown)
- For listings/profiles/reviews/feedback, it’s a totally different system. Long story short—there seem very few formatting options.
Going through the toolbar, left to right:
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(Quote whole post)
- (easier to explain by replying to this post) (so see below)
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Strong (aka Bold)
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Emphasis (aka Italic)
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(Insert Hyperlink)
- (Paste a URL)
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https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/how-to-add-a-listing-or-profile-link-to-your-forum-profile/8396
- (this was done by pasting the URL) (optional title: blank)
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link your TH listing/profile to your forum profile
- (this was done by pasting the URL) (optional title: “link your TH listing/profile to your forum profile”)
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https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/how-to-add-a-listing-or-profile-link-to-your-forum-profile/8396
- (Type to search topics)
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How to add a listing or profile link to your FORUM profile
- (this was done by typing “link profile”) (then clicking on the appropriate/first topic)
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How to add a listing or profile link to your FORUM profile
- (Paste a URL)
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(Blockquote)
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line 1
line 2line 4
- (select the lines you want in the blockquote) (then click the “Blockquote” button)
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Preformatted text
(akacode
) (akamonospace text
)example: one line
- (multiline)
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"lastName": "Smith", "age": 25,
- (select the lines you want in the code block) (then click the “Preformatted text” button)
- (note that a code block has formatting you may not want) (e.g., auto-coloring)
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(Upload)
- (choose an image from your computer) (after uploading, hover over the image)
- (to rename) (click the pencil icon)
- (to scale) (click 100%, 75%, or 50%)
- (to delete) (click the trash icon)
- (you can also drag-and-drop images into the input pane/area)
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(Bulleted List) (aka unordered list)
- line 1
- line 2
- (select the lines you want in the list) (then click the “Bulleted List” button)
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(Numbered List) (aka ordered list)
- line 1
- line 2
- (select the lines you want in the list) (then click the “Numbered List” button)
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(Emoji :))
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- (browse, or search by name)
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- (can adjust skin tone for some emoji) (e.g., “People and Body” category)
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(Insert date / time)
- 2022-11-29T06:00:00Z→2022-12-03T06:00:00Z
- (we can’t post dates/listings in the forums, so probably not applicable)
Advanced (the last icon):
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(Hide Details)
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Summary
details go here
line 2 - (select the text you want to hide) (then click “Hide Details”)
- (to show/hide the details) (user clicks the disclosure triangle)
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(Blur Spoiler)
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the butler did it
Darth Vader is …! - (select the spoiler text you want to blur) (then click “Blur Spoiler”)
- (to show/hide the spoiler text)
- (user hovers over text to unblur slightly)
- (user clicks the text to unblur fully)
- (user re-clicks the text to re-blur)
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(Build Poll)
- (there are many poll options) (below is just one example)
- (if need more help, reply here or make a new topic?)
- cats
- dogs
- cogs
0 voters