Diaspora/Website
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That’s all, folks! Thanks a lot for reading this getting started guide. We hope it has been useful to you and that you now feel comfortable using diaspora* as your new online home. If there’s anything else you want to know about any aspect of using diaspora*, try our in-app help section – go to your user menu in the header bar and select
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If you have any questions that haven’t been answered, feel free to make a public post on diaspora* including the
<span class="click">#help</span>and<span class="click">#question</span>tags so that other community members can try to help you. There’s a wonderful, generous community out there! -
Formatting text
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Formatting text
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On diaspora* it’s possible to format your text in status messages, comments and conversations using a simplified mark-up system called Markdown. This page gives an introduction to the codes used to create this formatting.
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The first thing to note is that you must use two line breaks between paragraphs (except items in a list), otherwise the paragraps will run together. If you really want just one line break between two paragraphs, add two spaces at the end of the first paragraph.
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This is where the
<span class="click">Preview</span>button comes in really handy. Try some formatting, preview it, work out what isn’t right, fix it, and preview again, until you’re happy! -
In the examples below, you can copy the text in the grey areas and paste it into the publisher in diaspora* and use the
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Headings
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You can add first-, second- and third-level headings to your message by placing a hash symbol (#) at the start of a line, as follows:
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An extremely large header
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Half as big as the one above
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Twice the size of normal text
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Make sure to leave a space between the hashes and your text, to avoid creating a #tag instead of a heading. The heading ends once you hit enter to proceed to the next line.
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Lists
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To create an bulleted list, place either *, + or - in front of each line you want as part of the list.
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It’s also possible to make numbered lists by placing “1.”, “2.”, etc. in front of the list items. To create a numbered list, the numbers must have periods/full stops after them.
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Again, make sure to leave a space between the “bullet” character and the text on each line, and to leave a line space between the list and any preceding/following text, otherwise it will not work.
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This is how to create a bulleted list:
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item one;