Plain Text Markup Help
This page describes the special markup you can use to format your content in the plain text editor.
Text Formatting
| Item | Markup | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | *ABC* | ABC |
| Italic | +ABC+ | ABC |
| Underline | _ABC_ | ABC |
| Superscript | 3^rd^ | 3 rd |
| Subscript | 2~n~ | 2 n |
| Strikethrough | --ABC-- |
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| Numbered list |
# ABC # ABC |
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| Bulleted list |
* ABC * ABC |
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| Blockquote | bq. ABC |
ABC |
| No formatting | {noformat}ABC{noformat} |
ABC
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| Color | {color:#f00}ABC{color} | ABC |
| Color | {color:red}ABC{color} | ABC |
| Font | {font:courier new}ABC{font} | ABC |
| Size | {size:16px}ABC{size} | ABC |
| Line | ----- |
|
| Heading 1 | h1. ABC |
ABC |
| Heading 2 | h2. ABC |
ABC |
| Heading 3 | h3. ABC |
ABC |
| Heading 4 | h4. ABC |
ABC |
| Heading 5 | h5. ABC |
ABC |
| Heading 6 | h6. ABC |
ABC |
| Quoted text | {quote}ABC{quote} |
ABC
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| Quoted text/title | {quote:title=ABC title}ABC text{quote} |
ABC title
ABC text
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| Rendered HTML markup (Renders most markup. For security reasons, the following tags are removed from rendered content: <embed>, <html>, <head>, <iframe>, <link>, <meta>, <object>, <script>, and <style>. The following attributes are removed: action, class, method, on* (such as onClick), *src*) |
{code:html}<a href="http://www.example.com">Example site</a>{code} | Example site |
| Java code | {code}import com.jivesoftware.community.*;{code} |
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| Java code | {code:java}import com.jivesoftware.community.*;{code} |
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| SQL code | {code:sql}SELECT COUNT(*) FROM abc;{code} |
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| XML code | {code:xml}<xmlnode prop="abc">abc</xmlnode>{code} |
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Tables
| Item | Markup | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table headers | ||ABC||DEF|| |
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| Table cells | |ABC|DEF| |
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Links
Some links require the ID number of the content you're linking to. You can get this by navigating to the content and noting its number at the far right of your browser's address bar.
| Item | Markup | Result |
|---|---|---|
| External image | !http://../post.gif! |
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| Internal image | !post.gif! | |
| External site | [http://www.example.com] | http://www.example.com |
| External site with label | [Example site|http://www.example.com] | Example site |
| External site with label and tip | [Example site|http://www.example.com|Example site tip] | Example site |
| [someone@example.com] | someone@example.com | |
| Attachment | [^1571] | abc.gif |
| Blog | {blog:id=1032} | ABC |
| Blog post | {blogpost:id=1420} | ABC |
| Space | {community:id=2007} | ABC |
| Discussion | {thread:id=1921} | ABC |
| Discussion message | {message:id=3311} | Re: ABC |
| Document | {document:id=2135} | ABC |
| User profile | {user:id=1} | User |
| User profile | {user:username=user} | User |
