Markdown syntax

While creating a new proposal, you will have to add a description that will be easy to read.
It could be tricky, especially when you have to explain it adequately.
So instead of loading people with long boring descriptions, you can use markdown syntax that helps you emphasize what’s more important.
Check out markdowns supported by influence.vote down below.

Text formatting

italics text - use single asterix * around: *italics*
bold text - use double asterix ** around: **bold**
strikethrough - to get text strikethrough use double tylda ~~ around it: ~~strikethrough~~
verbatim code - use single backquote ` around it: `verbatim code`

Headings

To create a section or subsection within your description, you can use headings:

hint: the more hashes before the header, the smaller one.

# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
#### Header 4
##### Header 5
###### Header 6

Links

Simply pasting in the source link works within influence.vote as desired, though there is a way of formatting them better.

Instead of long incomprehensible links, just put your link into brackets and write a short description before to format them nicely:

This link Description looks much better than http://your.link.

Usage: [Description](http://your.link)

Images

Adding images into proposal is possible but limited. Markdown syntax allows to add graphics, but basics don’t support size control.
Remember, this function is not dynamic and graphics may not look the same on every device.

To add an image use ![Caption in case it didn't show](http://example.graphic.com/elephant.png). Remember to put an alternative description into square brackets and image address into regular ones.

Lists

To create a beautifully look list with sub-items you just need to use symbols (* , +, -) and indentations for each level.

use * for main level
- use + for sub-items
- and don’t forget
- about indentations
  
  sub-items of sub-items
  
  are possible
  
  just use - for them
  
  …and of course a proper indentation
you can aways get back to the main level

Example:

* unordered list
   + sub-item 1
   + sub-item 2
       - sub-sub-item 1

Tables

To create a table you just need to use the following formatting. The first row content describes how column content will align, depending on using colons :

| Default | Left | Right | Center |
|---------|:-----|------:|:------:|
| 12      | 12   |    12 |   12   |
| 123     | 123  |   123 |  123   |
| 1       | 1    |     1 |   1    |

Line break

To make a line break, simply type ---

It will do this:

We may not have covered all the possibilities.

If you need anything else than listed above, try it yourself. A preview is always available underneath the proposal description during proposal creation, so if you see the desired output, you can use it, and it will work!