Boards Formatting: Make Your Point Heard!

kjono1·3/15/2017, 9:13:30 AM·4 votes·831 views

#make the information you want to stand out, Stand Out!

First Created: 03/15/2017 Last updated: 05/21/2017 Updates: Corrected everything to US English (I am from the UK). Tried to make it less tl;dr

Headings and Titles

Create more noticeable headings by using the quote blocks. This is done by putting ‘>’ at the beginning of the line. E.g.

> Headings

Gives:

Headings

Separate information by using 3 asterisks, ‘***’, 3 hyphens, ‘---‘ or 3 underlines, ‘___’ to create the white line you see above and below this text

Text Size

Use hashtags ‘#’to allow you to alter the size of the text. The number of hashtags alter the size:

###### for small text use 6 hashtags ## for slightly bolder larger sized text use 2 hashtags # for the largest text size available just use 1 hashtag

These give:

for small text use 6 hashtags

for slightly larger sized text use 2 hashtags

for the largest text size available just use 1 hashtag

Bold, Italic, and ~~strikethrough~~

These are also available in the toolbar in the bottom right

http://i.imgur.com/UU8hVuS.png

You can also do this by using **bold** for bold _italics_ and using ‘~~’ at either side of words to strikethrough

Lists

Create both unordered and ordered lists

For unordered lists you just use an asterisks ‘*’

your first point
1st extra point
- 2nd extra point
second point

And so on. The extra points are achieved by adding spaces before the asterisks, I.e.

{no space} * your first point {one space} * 1st extra point {three space} * 2nd extra point

Ordered lists just use numbering and a full stop:

Top
Mid
Bot 3.1. ADC 3.2. Support
Jungle

Extra points, such as 3.1. move automatically with the addition of the decimal

You can also continue numbering just using *

Top * Mid * ADC * Support * Jungle

Gives

Mid
ADC
Support
Jungle

Also

Pressing {Shift+Enter}
on a list allows you to continue on the same line without the need for another bullet point
- As Seen Here

http://i.imgur.com/4JEB3Wp.png

Adding Images, Videos, Stream links, etc

Nice and simple, just copy and paste the URL, that’s all you need to do.

Works for :

Twitch Channel
Soundcloud songs
Imgur Pics and Albums
Youtube Videos
Vimeo
Spotify
Vine
Instagram
etc

Tables

You can express information through tables as well if you wish.

There are two ways to do this:

First way:

Game	Win	Loss
Ranked	2	1
Normals	231	229

Which is written

\| Game	Win	Loss
Ranked	2	1
Normals	231	229

Without the backslash. The columns are separated by ‘|’ and their alignment is determined by the colon ‘:’

Centred |:-------:| Left Aligned |:-------| Right aligned |---------:|

Second way:

|Game-------------------------|Win-----|Loss| |- |Ranked| 2 | 1 | |Normal| 231 | 229 |

Which is written

|Game-------------------------|Win-----|Loss| |- |Ranked| 2 | 1 | |Normal| 231 | 229 |

Without the backslash again

‘|-’ is used in this one to define the end of the title, again columns are separated by ‘|’ and you can alter the width of the columns using neutral characters such as dashes, equal signs, etc.

http://i.imgur.com/NV9FbCm.png

Hyperlinks

Hyperlinking is really easy. All you need is square brackets [] and curved brackets ().

The square brackets contain the words you want to hyperlink, the curved brackets contain the link.

E.g.

To get to riot support: click here.

Is written [click here.](https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)

Note: this can also be used for creating your thumbnail image that appears on the boards, even if you do not wish that image to be present in the discussion itself, that’s right, CLICKBAIT!

To do this, at the very start of your discussion type ‘’ leaving the square brackets empty and putting the URL to the image in the curved brackets.

Centring text and images

Just type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | The thing you want centred | | |:---:|:---:|:---:| without the backslash before what you wish to centre.

The only difficulty with this is you have to manually add or remove lines to centre yourself, it does not do it automatically.

For example:

| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | This can also be useful for headings | | |:---:|:---:|:---:|

gives us:

| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | This can also be useful for headings | | |:---:|:---:|:---:|

Using {Shift+Enter} here will not continue with your text centred onto the next line