Mod post: comment formatting

[torylltales]

Hi everyone,

In case you haven't seen it yet, Dreamwidth has updated comment formatting options to make it easier.

When you are making a comment, there should be a drop-down box where you can select "casual HTML", "markdown", or "raw HTML" as your comment formatting type.


I am extremely exited that Dreamwidth is now supporting Markdown, because it is so simple to use and remember.


The full Markdown system is here: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax but for the sake of brevity here are the most common ones you'll use.

Text formatting:

Italic text: one asterisk on either side of text: *italic* displays as italic
 
Bold text: two asterisks on either side of the text: **bold** displays as bold


Links:

Inline: link text in square brackets, URL in rounded brackets: [HERE](https://www.google.com)

Link by itself: angle brackets: <https://www.google.com>


Block quotes: use closed angle bracket at the start of each line

> like so, and
> multiple lines
>
> as necessary


Line divider:

Three or more asterisks, with blank line before & after. Markdown:

*** 

Images:
 

![Alt text](/path/to/img.jpg)

As you can see, this is a whole lot easier than remembering HTML codes. Just remember to choose "Markdown" as your comment formatting option above the new comment text box.
 

Comments

[torylltales]

Aww yiss, here it is:

italic

bold

---

1. numbered
2. list

3. of numbers

   • bullet
   • list
   • • with
   • bullets

---

blockquote over

multiple lines including inline bold and italic formatting.

She sells seashells by the seashore

wait, nested blockquotes? Aww yeah!

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Linky

[torylltales]

[torylltales]

There doesn't seem to be a resize option for images, but it looks like DW automatically shrinks the image to the size of the comment box?



So yeah, resizing doesn't work in this implementation. Some Markdown variations include image resizing, this one doesn't seem to support it.

[torylltales]

numbered lists are literally just

1. item

2. item

makes

1. item
2. item

and so on. Bullet lists use - instead of numbers:

- item

- item

makes

• item
• item

[rhyson]

..... O_O Images? WOOHOO!