about.md (1549B)
1 # About 2 3 This forum is for and by the [Merveilles](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/merveilles.html) 4 community. 5 6 The [forum software](https://github.com/cblgh/cerca) itself was created from scratch by 7 [cblgh](https://cblgh.org) at the start of 2022, after a long time of pining for a new wave of 8 forums hangs. 9 10 If you are from Merveilles: [register](/register) an account. If you're a passerby, feel free to read the [public threads](/). 11 12 ## Code of conduct 13 14 As with all Merveilles spaces, this forum abides by the compact set out in the [Merveilles Code 15 of Conduct](https://github.com/merveilles/Resources/blob/master/CONDUCT.md). 16 17 ## Forum syntax 18 19 Posts in the forum are made using [Markdown syntax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown#Examples). 20 21 <b>\*\*Bold text\*\*</b> and <i>\*italics\*</i> 22 23 <ul> 24 <li>* lists</li> 25 <li>* like </li> 26 <li>* this </li> 27 </ul> 28 29 <blockquote>> Blockquote</blockquote> 30 31 <code>\`typewriter text\`</code> 32 33 <!-- leave the <pre><code> blocks from reformatting! they render all their spacing :)--> 34 <pre><code>``` 35 blocks of 36 code like 37 this 38 ``` 39 </code></pre> 40 41 Create links like <code>\[this\]\(url\)</code>, and embed images like: <code>!\[description\]\(url\)</code>. Note how the image 42 syntax's exclamation mark precedes the regular link syntax. 43 44 Each post in the thread can be referenced like <code>\[this post\]\(#12\)</code>, where 12 is the post number which can be 45 found at each post timestamp. 46 47 <pre><code>this is one paragraph. 48 this belongs to the same paragraph. 49 50 this is a new paragraph 51 </code></pre>