ToledoTalk.com New Help Page

As of Mar 28, 2014. Trying to simplify an overly complicated and long help age at TT.

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Instructions for sending a private message to another user.

Suggestion: When creating a new thread post or a comment, click the "Preview" button to ensure links and formatting work the way you want. When satisfied, then click the "Post" button. You can edit your thread posts to make changes, but you cannot edit your comments.

You can format text with HTML or Textile markup languages. Textile is simpler. Textile uses punctuation marks or short alpha-numeric commands to format text.

Text Formatting

Textile and HTML markup options are provided below.

bold:

• *bolded text*
• <b>bolded text</b>
• <strong>bolded text</strong>

italics:

• _italicized text_
• <i>italicized text</i>
• <em>italicized text</em>

underline:

• +underlined text+
• <u>underlined text</u>

strikethrough

• -strikethrough text-
• <del>strikethrough text</del>
• <strike>strikethrough text</strike>

increase font size

• ++bigger font++
• <big>bigger font</big>

decrease font size

• --smaller font--
• <small>smaller font</small>

Links

Raw URLs are automatically converted to clickable links.

Example: http://downtowntoledo.org
Produces: http://downtowntoledo.org

To create a link with your own supplied text, do one of the following:

Textile markup: surround link text with double quotes, then use colon punctuation mark after second double quote, followed by the URL.

Example: "Food for Thought":http://feedtoledo.org
Produces: Food for Thought

HTML markup:

Example: <a href="http://duckduckgo.com">DuckDuckGo Search Engine</a>
Produces: DuckDuckGo Search Engine

Images

To embed an image, do one of the following:

Textile markup: surround URL to image with exclamation points.

Example:
!http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/752540268_5939424ca4_m.jpg!

Produces:

The HTML markup for the same image would be:
<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/752540268_5939424ca4_m.jpg">

Note: the URL for the image will probably end with a .jpg, .gif, or .png.

Blockquotes

To indent a block of text, do the one of the following:

Textile example:

bq. This block of text will be indented. This Textile command only works for one paragraph at a time. If you want to indent multiple, consecutive paragraphs, then put the bq. command at the start of each paragraph. At least one space must follow the bq. command.

Produces:

This block of text will be indented. This Textile command only works for one paragraph at a time. If you want to indent multiple, consecutive paragraphs, then put the bq. command at the start of each paragraph. At least one space must follow the bq. command.

HTML example:

<blockquote>
You can surround one or multiple paragraphs with this HTML tag.

Here's another paragraph.

And a third paragraph.
</blockquote>

Produces:

You can surround one or multiple paragraphs with this HTML tag.

Here's another paragraph.

And a third paragraph.

Bullet Point List

Start a new line with an asterisk, followed by at least one space, then your list item.

Example:

* line item one
* line item two
* line item three

Produces:

• line item one
• line item two
• line item three

You can also nest list items.

Example:

* line item one
* line item two
** line item two-A
** line item two-B
*** line item two-B-1
** line item two-C
* line item three

Produces:

• line item one
• line item two
  • line item two-A
  • line item two-B
    • line item two-B-1
  • line item two-C
• line item three

Numbered List

• use pound sign at the start of a line.

Headers

• h 1. Header 1 --> Header 1
• h 2. Header 2 --> Header 2
• h 3. Header 3 --> Header 3

Additional Formatting Commands

q. and q.. To highlight or quote text from another source, surround it with the opening and closing 'q' tags. Both must start at the beginning of the line.

Here is some text being quoted from another article. Instead of using italics or double quotes, leave the text as is but surround it with the open and closing 'q' tags. This highlighted text will be indented a little and will have a light blue background.

br. To add a blank line, start this command at the beginning of the line. It can precede text, or it can be on its own line.

hr. Will add a horizontal rule or a long thin line that stretches across the page. Command must start at the beginning of a line. Example output:

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Etc.

• Lengthy Toledo Talk Help page description
• Textile Help Page - (Textile is the formatting markup used at TT.)
• Textile Quick Reference
• Sanbox - (used to play around with formatting commands)

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