{"id":599,"date":"2020-06-24T15:16:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pmortensen.eu\/world2\/?p=599"},"modified":"2026-01-27T21:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:52:24","slug":"formatting-wordpress-comments-e-g-on-the-stack-overflow-official-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmortensen.eu\/world2\/2020\/06\/24\/formatting-wordpress-comments-e-g-on-the-stack-overflow-official-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Formatting WordPress comments, e.g. on the Stack Overflow official blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

One would expect Markdown<\/a> to be supported on the Stack Overflow<\/a> official blog<\/a>, but it is not. It is a WordPress<\/a>-based blog and there aren’t any comment plugins in use. Also, comments get lost if JavaScript<\/a> is not allowed from certain domains.<\/p>\n

Note that all formatting, e.g., bold and italics (or at least in the preview and pre-approved view) broke in September 2020. Whether it will actually appear in the public (approved) version is an open question. Links seem to be still working.<\/p>\n

Bold and italics<\/h2>\n

Use HTML formatting, <strong><\/strong> and <em><\/em>, respectively. Note that “strong” and “em” are supported, but not<\/em><\/strong> “b” and “i”.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

In the <em>title<\/em> it <strong><em>should<\/em><\/strong> be.<\/code><\/p>\n

Links<\/h2>\n

Use HTML formatting. A link builder is available<\/a> (part of Edit Overflow).<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

<a href=\"https:\/\/pmortensen.eu\/world\/EditOverflow.php?LookUpTerm=JQuery\">lookup<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n

Result:<\/p>\n

lookup<\/a><\/p>\n

Other considerations<\/h2>\n

With JavaScript allow listing (NoScript<\/a>), the submitting of comments on the Stack Overflow official blog silently fails<\/em><\/strong> and the comment will be lost forever (another reason for writing the comment off-site, e.g. in a text document). Though in some browsers (in Firefox) it may be possible to save the comment by pressing the back button. It probably also fails for other WordPress-based blogs.<\/p>\n

It works if JavaScript is allowed from these domains (but it is currently not known if a smaller set will do):<\/p>\n