By showing some examples, this topic is intended to give some general tips and tricks about how you can better format your posts.

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Basic formatting examples

You can have text in **bold** or *italics* or ***bold italics*** or <strike>strikethrough</strike>.

You can have text in bold or italics or bold italics or strikethrough.

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Line breaks

By default you will need to put two line breaks (press enter twice) to actually get a new paragraph. Sometimes you want to put a new sentence directly below the current sentence.

In that case either put two additional spaces after a sentence and press enter or use the <br> html tag to force a line break

This is the first sentence  
And this is the second one, directly below it  

With another one below it.<br>
And a fourth on the next line.<br>

This is the first sentence
And this is the second one, directly below it

With another one below it.
And a fourth on the next line.

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Headings

#You Can Create Large Headings#

You Can Create Large Headings

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##Or Smaller Ones##

Or Smaller Ones

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###Or Even Smaller Still###

Or Even Smaller Still

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You can create horizontal lines too...just 3 dashes in a row like this:
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Numbered lists

1. You can
2. Create
3. Numbered Lists

1. You can
2. Create
3. Numbered Lists

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Bullet lists

- You can
- Create
- Bullet lists

• You can
• Create
• Bullet lists

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quoting somebody

It is possible to quote someone. optionally include “[user] said:”

> Birkoff said: this is a useful quote

yes it is!

Birkoff said: this is a useful quote

yes it is!

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aligning text centered or to the right

using html tags you can align text in:

#<div align=center>a large heading in the center</div>#

or

###<div align=right>a smaller heading on the right</div>###

a large heading in the center

a smaller heading on the right

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showing xml tags or folder paths

An actual xml tag can shown by placing them between two `` symbols. This can also be used for folder directory paths.

`<ImageByNameLocation>D:\custom\path\to\ImagesByName</ImageByNameLocation>`

`C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser\StartupFolder`

<ImageByNameLocation>D:\custom\path\to\ImagesByName</ImageByNameLocation>

C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser\StartupFolder

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Inserting an image in your post

Example:

![MediaBrowser Community Tracker](http://community.mediabrowser.tv/images/tracker_logo.png)

or:

<img src=http://community.mediabrowser.tv/images/tracker_logo.png >

You can also use a gallery if you have multiple images to show. To create a gallery simply insert all of the images you want to use into your post using the first method shown above. Then just insert a dash symbol followed by a space in front of each link as shown below. The preview will not show a gallery, but once you submit the topic a placeholder image will show while the gallery is generated, this can take a few minutes.

- ![Gallery image 1][1]
- ![Gallery image 2][2]

  [1]: http://community.mediabrowser.tv/images/tracker_logo.png
  [2]: http://www.mediabrowser.tv/forum/styles/prosilver/imageset/mblogo_header.png

Output

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Inserting a hyperlink with custom text

You can link inline to [Google](http://www.google.com/)

or by including the link in brackets with an ID number. It’s best to place the url reference IDs at the bottom of your post.

For more details [click here][3] or [here][4]

[3]:http://www.mediabrowser.tv/forum/
[4]:http://community.mediabrowser.tv/

You can link inline to Google

For more details click here or here

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Inserting an image hyperlink

You can also insert a clickable image hyperlink by inserting your image using the methods shown previously, then encasing the image link in square brackets and then adding the URL you wish to link to inside parenthesis after the image, for example

[![Gallery image 1][1]](http://community.mediabrowser.tv/)

Or

[![MediaBrowser Community Tracker](http://community.mediabrowser.tv/images/tracker_logo.png)](http://community.mediabrowser.tv/)

Output

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Showing a directory structure

It’s best to show a directory structure using a code block.

For example (including actual output):

D:\Movies\
D:\Movies\Great movie 1\great movie 1.avi
D:\Movies\Excellent movie 2\excellent movie 2.mkv
D:\Movies\Old movie 3\old movie 3 part 1.mpg
D:\Movies\Old movie 3\old movie 3 part 2.mpg

or (using spaces in the code block)

D:\TV Series\
     \Popular serie\
        \Season 1\
           \episode 1x12.avi
           \episode 1x12.avi

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Simulating a button

If you want to simulate an action button in an application window you can use the <kbd></kbd> tags.

To add a folder, press the <kbd>add folder</kbd> button.

To add a folder, press the add folder button.

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