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Formatting Posts with Markdown

Markdown is the formatting language of posts on melek.salon. You type plain text with a few marks, and the preview under the editor shows the formatted result. Part of Posting on MELEK.

Common formatting

• Heading: start a line with # (largest), ## or ###.
• Bold: **bold**. Italic: *italic*. Strikethrough: ~~struck~~.
• Link: [words people click](web address).
• Picture: ![description](picture address). See Images and Video in Posts.
• List: start lines with - or *; numbered lists with 1., 2..
• Quote: start a line with >.
• Horizontal line: a line with only ---.
• Code: wrap a word in backticks, or put a block between lines of three backticks.
• Table: rows of cells separated by |, with a |---|---| line under the header row.

Mentions and links to posts

• Write @name to mention an account. The name becomes a link to that profile, and the account is notified.
• Paste a melek.salon post address on its own line to link it.
• Write #tag to link a tag feed.

HTML

A small set of HTML also works, such as <center>, <sub>, <sup> and <br>. Scripts, forms and styles are removed when the post is shown.

Line breaks

Leave an empty line between paragraphs. A single line break inside a paragraph shows as a break in the preview; if it does not, end the line with two spaces.

See also

• Writing a Post on MELEK
• Images and Video in Posts

Sources

• melek.salon post editor
• CommonMark reference

Coverage

The Markdown and HTML accepted in melek.salon posts.

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