SitePoint: Need More Tags

[mikey_w]

It would be nice if there was support for and an icon for a [ php ] and an [ html ] markup tag, because using [ code ] doesn’t always do code-shading in the best way for these languages…

[cpradio]

We do… Welcome to Markdown! (fyi, the language actually isn’t required, it should auto-detect it pretty well)

```php
//code here
```

```html
<!–// code here //–>
```

[mikey_w]

@cpradio

We do… Welcome to Markdown! (fyi, the language actually isn’t required, it should auto-detect it pretty well)

php//code here

html<!--// code here //-->

Okay, I didn’t know that.

But for us BBCode people, why not also allow [ php ] and [ html ] AND add a menu shortcut for each for those who like to click versus type?

[cpradio]

Because Discourse doesn’t run on bbcode, so you really should start to use Markdown (the limited bbcode in Discourse is via plugins)

[TechnoBear]

There is a link to a Markdown “cheat sheet” in this post:

Discourse Cheat Sheet

This post is a ‘how-to’ or a ‘cheat sheet’ which explains how to go negotiate Discourse and execute basic functions. My No. 1 Tip for new Discourse users There are SO many new things to learn and remember when finding your way around a new platform for the first time. You will read many documents containing helpful information and you’ll probably want to refer back to them at some stage. So that you can find them easily, click on the bookmark button at the bottom of a topic and that will add th…

[cpradio]

@mikey_w

AND add a menu shortcut for each for those who like to click versus type?

Already exists. The button