Formatting posts on Indie Hackers
Not a major issue but I wonder whether there is any documentation or quick overview on the formatting syntax that is supported? By trial and error, I found out that at least some Markdown features are supported. Not being able to preview your posts makes this slightly worse since you cannot easily experiment without publishing it at the same time.
Does IH use Markdown, a subset of Markdown, a superset of Markdown?
A short documentation of the supported formatting syntax would be great. If it is essentially Markdown, maybe something as simple as adding "You can use Markdown syntax" to the input field placeholder could work. If this is already documented somewhere, please make it easier to find! @csallen
Yep, it's a subset of Markdown. There's a little guide above the comment box on any post if you click the "A" icon. Here's what it says:
I should make this more obvious. It's on my to-do list…
@csallen, how do you format headers, like in @rosiesherry's beautifully formatted posts?
By the way, great interview with @jasoncalacanis!
Markdown as per: https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/
### For a header 3, for example
And thanks for liking my formatting 🥰
Ohhh the space was throwing me off.
### Thanks for the save @rosiesherry
Your formatting keeps the digital gardens well-groomed! :) 🌱
Have you found a way to add links to text? A href apparently doesn't work.
Standard Markdown formatting for links. So put your text in square brackets, then immediately after that put the URL in parentheses:
[text here](http://www.urlhere.com)ah thanks Courtland!
Perhaps add a bullet for bold (discovered it was "**", just cuz that's how markdown works) for those that may not be as familiar?
Thanks for the reply! Yeah, the icon is barely noticeable. And there does not seem to be any way to access this information when writing a new post. I guess the same syntax is used for posts (with same additional features such as being able to embed images)?
Good to hear that it's on your todo list. Thanks for all your work on IH!
Markdown Guide
Do tables work?
| Syntax | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header | Title |
| Paragraph | Text |
No.
Helpful comment thread, thanks!
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