Use Markdown to format your comments
The blog software we’re using (Typo) has a couple of great filters that allow you to write fancy-schmancy HTML in articles and comments without actually having to know any.
To me, the most impressive is Markdown because the syntax is immediately familiar to anyone who uses text email.
For example, to emphasise a word you do *this* (i.e. produces this). Use two **asterisks** to make it bold.
- You can
- produce
- a list
by typing this:
- item 1
- item 2
- item 3
Links
Links are very easy.
[Google UK](http://www.google.co.uk)
will produce this: Google UK
Headings
You can create headings in a number of ways. Either underline it with - or =, like this:
heading
-------
or add # before the heading text. You can add between 1 and 6 #s - 1 produces the biggest title, 6 the smallest.
# Largest Heading (i.e. H1 in HTML)
###### Smallest (H6)
For a complete guide, go to the Markdown Syntax Documentation.