How to Format Your Posts

Formatting Tips
For tips on how to format text as bold or italic, how to create links, and how to include images in your posts and comments, click the "Formatting tips" link on the right sidebar.

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"Formatting Tips" Link

Link Conventions
To link to a location outside the community, we recommend leaving it as an explicit web address, such as http://www.psu.edu/. Simply typing the web address will automatically create a link.

To link to a page inside the community, make sure your link is relative. That is, it should start with "/", such as <a href="/quickstart"> or <a href="/forum/announcements">.

Uploading a File or Image
To upload a file or image to your post, click the "File attachments" heading near the bottom of the page.

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"File Attachments" Heading

Then click the "Browse" button to look for your file and hit the "Attach" button to attach it to the post.

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"Browse" and "Attach" Buttons

After attaching a file, checking the "List" checkbox will cause your file to be listed at the bottom of the post (which is useful for attachments, but not recommended for images).

To include an attached image in the body of a post, use [ inline:filename ] (without the spaces) as described in the "Formatting tips" link.