Hello community,
I apologize for not bringing this FAQ over to SteamTrades. I thought members should see it on the SteamGifts forum, but I've been PM'd a couple of times how to use style in threads.
This list should do a lot for the basics and cg added this link to properly use the Markdown syntax. HTML tags are excluded.
Note: Quoting, or blockquoting, is currently not possible.
Note: Tables do not work on SteamGifts.com
Note: Inline images have been disabled. Thread.
Creating a link
Your text between brackets; your link between parenthesis.
Example: [like this](http://www.steamgifts dot com)
Note An alternative method that turns the link into a hyperlink by surrounding your link with angle brackets < and > does not work on SteamGifts.com.
New Note: Alt-text does not work in links. You cannot use [](/ "Example") in your links.
Bold text
Use two sets of double asterisks as open and closing tags. **
Italics
Use two sets of a single asterisk as open and closing tags or use underscores. * or _
Note: You can make text bold and italics by using three asterisks instead.
Code text
Use the ` as opening and closing tags.
Example
Bullet points
Use one asterisk or hyphen as the beginning of a sentence, followed by a space. Examples are all up in this post.
Horizontal line
Use at least three hyphens on a new line. "---"
Code block
Example:
Five spaces on a new line.
Line Breaks
The easiest way to create a line break is to end a sentence with two spaces.
Example: This would be ~Two blank spaces.
an example.
Then you will
have this.
Headers
Examples:
Header 1
=========
Header 2
---------
Becomes:
Header 1
Header 2
or:
Alternative:
# Header 1
## Header 2
##### Header 5
Becomes:
Header 1
Header 2
Header 5