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Guide To Using Markup on Wowhead
Here on Wowhead we have quite a few nifty markup tags that users can insert into their comments and forum posts to improve the style and easily link to database entries! Many of these tags can easily inserted using the corresponding icon or dropdown menu found above the text box. We've put together this quick reference for all of these handy tags for you guys so you can get on your way to making high quality Wowhead posts and comments!
Formatting Tags
Bold
\
text
Line break
\ -> inserts a line break.
Code
\text -> creates a block of text that ignores markup and uses a monospace font.
Horizontal Rule
\ -> creates a horizontal rule
Italics
\
text
->
text
Preformatted text
\text -> shows text with all whitespace preserved in a monospace font, but allows markup
Strikethrough
\
text
->
text
Small text
\text -> text
Subscript
\text -> text
Superscript
\text -> text
Underline
\
text
->
text
Database Tags
For all database tags:
Optional attributes: site/domain (both work identically, only use one)
Valid options are: www (default), beta, cata, ptr, de, es, fr, ru. If we don't have a beta site active, using domain=beta doesn't do anything for you.
The purpose of these is to link to PTR/beta/localized versions of items with the pretty db tags.
Example:
\
"FOOD FIGHT!"
->
"FOOD FIGHT!"
Achievements
\
"FOOD FIGHT!"
->
"FOOD FIGHT!"
Classes
\
Druid
->
Druid
Events
\
Midsummer Fire Festival
->
Midsummer Fire Festival
Factions
\
Guardians of Hyjal
->
Guardians of Hyjal
Items
\
Bijou's Belongings
->
Bijou's Belongings
To hide the icon: \
Bijou's Belongings
->
Bijou's Belongings
Itemsets
\
The Twin Blades of Azzinoth
->
The Twin Blades of Azzinoth
NPCs
\
Freya
->
Freya
Objects
\
Silver Vein
->
Silver Vein
Pets
\
Core Hound
->
Core Hound
Quests
\
1200 Tickets - Amulet of the Darkmoon
->
1200 Tickets - Amulet of the Darkmoon
Races
\
Draenei
->
Draenei
To specify the gender of the icon:
\
Draenei
->
Draenei
- 0 is male, 1 is female
Skills
\
Alchemy
->
Alchemy
Spells
\
"Elf Killer"
->
"Elf Killer"
\
I can't drive 55
->
I can't drive 55
Statistics
\ ->
Zones
\
Black Temple
->
Black Temple
HTML Tags
Anchor
\ -> creates an anchor with the name "text" at this point.
Ordered List
\
list item
->
list item
Tables
\
Border: \
Spacing: \
Padding: \
Width: \ - Valid units are px, em, %
\
- No attributes
\
Align: \ - Valid options are left, right, center, justify
Vertical align: \ - Valid options are top, middle, bottom, baseline
Column span: \
Row span: \
Width: \ - Valid units are px, em, %
Unordered List
\
list item
->
list item
URLs
\
Wowhead
->
Wowhead
\
http://www.wowhead.com
->
http://www.wowhead.com
\
Rel link
->
Rel link
