Hi there,
The new forum is running on a popular open source form-solution called Discourse. Your posts use markdown, a markup language with plain text formatting syntax. The Blizzard-implementation supports all most markdown features. Here are some of the nifty things you can do:
1. Structuring your posts using headers
Headers (like the one above) help you organize your posts. This can be useful for event and guild threads for sorting different bits of information.
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How to use:
(normal style)
# Header1
## Header2
### Header3
#### Header4
##### Header5
###### Header6
(underlined style - this one does not seem to display correctly)
Underlined header 1
======
Underlined header 2
------
2. Text formatting
Most text formatting which you can access from the shortcuts while writing a post.
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How to use:
Italics via *asterisks* or _underscores_.
Bold via **asterisks** or __underscores__.
Italics & bold combined via **asterisks and _underscores_**.
You can also strike text through ~~like this.~~
3. Lists
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1. Can be numbered
2. By writing numbers
* Or bullet points
* By pressing space before the list symbol, you can also create sub-lists
You can properly indent paragraphs in list items. So if you want to write some longer text that's within a bullet point list, this is what you can do.
- Can be numbered
- By writing numbers
-
Or bullet points
- By pressing space before the list symbol, you can also create sub-lists
You can also properly indent paragraphs in list items. So if you want to write some longer text that’s within a bullet point list, this is what you can do.
4. Links
Links of any kind (images, urls, YouTube embeds) may need a certain trust level to unlock before you’re allowed to use them. Images (.jpg, .png, .gif) need Trust level 3. Here is more information about the Discourse trust system.
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How to use:
[Inline link](https://www.url.com)
[Inline link with a title]https://www.url.com "Some title")
5. Code and Syntax
Usually reserved for formatting code, I’m sure that forum users here will make creative use of the code blocks system.
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How to use:
Create inline code via `backticks`
Or entire blocks of code via three backticks:
```
A large chunk of code
That can have multiple lines
```
There’s also syntax highlighting (code won’t be highlighted in the WoW forum 
).
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);
6. Quoting
The forum favourite.
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How to use:
> This is a quote from a user
> This is part of the same quote
To end a quote, leave a one line gap
>You can also make longer quotes with blocktext. They can be ```formatted``` and styled for **emphasis**
This is a quote from a user
This is part of the same quote
To end a quote, leave a one line gap
You can also make longer quotes with blocktext. They can be
formattedand styled for emphasis
7. Tables
Ever wanted to make a big list for that next RP event? You can make tables to list crucial information on a quick glance.
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How to use:
Event title| Starting time | DM
--- | --- | ---
*Group meditation* | `16:00` | **Sindaru**
*Chi and You - How to tap into your inner self* | `09:00` | **Shuang**
*Pandaren cooking recipes for beginners* | `12:00` | **Fenlian**
(You can use https://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables to make copy-paste ready tables)
| Event title | Starting time | DM |
|---|---|---|
| Group meditation | 16:00 |
Sindaru |
| Chi and You - How to tap into your inner self | 09:00 |
Shuang |
| Pandaren cooking recipes for beginners | 12:00 |
Fenlian |
8. Horizontal rule
Horizontal rules help to break your forum post into logical sections. Create one by writing three or more underscore, hyphens or asterisks.
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---
___
***
9. Collapsible text
This is text you can expand/collapse. Very useful for making certain parts of your post an optional read.
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[details="Click me to show more text!"]
More text!
[/details]
Click me to show more text!
More text!
That’s all! I hope this helps you writing nicely formatted posts 
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