• “Markdown” is type of code that allows you to format your text when adding blog posts or comments.

*This band* is **awesome**. I had to [Google](https://google.com/) them. This band is awesome. I had to Google them.

• Lists are easy, and you can easily separate sections with lines, if you want:

* List
* List

---

1. Another
1. List

• List
• List

---

1. Another
2. List

• vkgy has its own special version of Markdown that has additional features.

To generate an artist link, type its name in /slashes/, and the system will do the rest. In most areas, as soon as you type the first /, the system will offer autocomplete suggestions.

Similarly, typing = will produce a list of labels, and typing @ will produce a list of vkgy users.

@inartistic said that /orgel/ belonged to =matina=. inartistic said that ORGEL (オルゴール) belonged to .

• If you would like to link an artist but display a different name, you can follow the slashes with the [display name] like so:

/inspire/ used to be called /inspire/[Ruin's;lave]. Inspire used to be called Ruin's;lave.

Please note that the [display name] must immediately follow the artist's name (if there is a space between them, it will not work).

• You can embed images, and give them a title if you'd like.


• Easily embed release information from vkgy, or tweets, or YouTube videos, just by pasting the link:

https://vk.gy/releases/munou-na-lucid/18113/shinshoku-refrain/

https://twitter.com/vkgy_/status/1114272537062588416

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRUXRpYY0JU

• Most users don't have to worry about this, but if you're curious, this is how linking works.

When you type / and select an artist, a pretty token with that artist's name will be shown in the textarea. However, the text that's actually added will look like this: (123)/band name/[optional display name].

The (123) portion is the most important part: the artist's ID. This is what's used by the database to generate the link. The /band name/ portion is purely decorative, and is there for the editor's sake. And [optional display name] is of course used to set an alternate display name.

So with that being the case, you may occasionally encounter plain text that looks like (123)-that just means that someone manually entered the band ID instead of using the handy dropdown.

A similar pattern is followed for labels: {123}=label name=[optional display name].