Can someone teach me text formatting and the format of replying to other freecodecamp questions?

[Muhammad-Saif]

I am new to contribution in the forum, unfortunately I do not know how to format text nor do I know how people format their responses. Any advice appreciated!

[jwilkins.oboe]

Hi @Muhammad-Saif !

Are you asking about how to format your code in the forum?

If so, then this is how to do it

When you enter a code block into a forum post, please precede it with a separate line of three backticks and follow it with a separate line of three backticks to make it easier to read.

You can also use the “preformatted text” tool in the editor (</>) to add backticks around text.

See this post to find the backtick on your keyboard.
Note: Backticks (`) are not single quotes (’).

[Muhammad-Saif]

Also, how can I include GIFs and Videos?

[jwilkins.oboe]

For videos and gifs you can use markdown syntax.

Example of a gif

Here is the markdown syntax for that gif

//basic syntax
![](link goes in here)

// for example
![](https://media.giphy.com/media/ReycznqpTfwuwefOl4/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47a22e3b0dded3db845c5644353403565228215a70&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

Same syntax for videos.

If it is just a youtube video, then you can just post the link.

[Muhammad-Saif]

Thank you very much for your insights, will surely keep all of these to note. Have a good day!