In this support thread titled ‘Controlling text size in posts,’ Timothy_Vail seeks help formatting text size in Discourse posts, noting that BBCode and HTML tags like <font> or [size=40] don’t work. Johani suggests using <big> and <small> HTML tags, which Timothy_Vail confirms works. The discussion then shifts to quoting: Johani and awesomerobot explain that quotes can be created with <blockquote> or Markdown’s > syntax, with awesomerobot recommending Markdown for simplicity and linking to a tutorial. Timothy_Vail asks how to detect quoted content via raw HTML, specifically the structure of [quote="user1, post:66, topic:52"]. Johani clarifies that Discourse converts such quotes into an <aside class="quote"> element containing metadata and a <blockquote>, sharing an example HTML structure. Timothy_Vail notes their bot doesn’t recognize either the [quote] syntax or the resulting HTML, suggesting the issue may lie with the bot’s parsing. jhjln87 asks about custom text sizes beyond <small>, and zogstrip recommends a BBCode plugin for extended formatting options. The thread concludes with practical solutions for text sizing and quoting, though bot integration remains unresolved.
This is a very basic question, but I couldn’t seem to find it anywhere. The post instructions that I did find on here don’t work.
I want to have a specific post have big text, I tried BBCode / markdown [size=40][/size] etc but it doesn’t work. I tried <div> <font size> etc, nothing works!
How can I control the font size for particular strings of text in a post?
One option is to use <big> and <small> tags
Examples:
<big>this text is large</big>
this text is large
<small>This text is small</small>
This text is small
That did the trick! Thank you much! How about making quotes, without using the quote button? Is there a tag for that?
This would work:
<blockquote>This is a quote</blockquote>
This is a quote
What are you trying to do?
Additionally, If you start a new line with a > it will create a blockquote — Discourse supports bbcode, (some) HTML, and Markdown… but generally Markdown is the simplest way to format content.
You can find a quick reference and a tutorial here: Markdown Reference
Yes, I actually found it just before you posted that. Thank you though!
Now, what about the quote markdown, what would that be in html? for example [quote=“user1, post:66, topic:52”] <blockquote="user1,etc>?
Basically, if [quote=“user1, post:66, topic:52”] is the input then what is the output in raw code/html? I’m trying to detect when someone quotes, but I’m not picking up anything beginning with [quote= when posted.
A quote from a specific user / post gets converted into an <aside> element with the class quote Inside that there are different elements like a div that holds the meta information like user avatar and name and a <blockquote> that holds the actual quote
Something like this:
And that’s what it looks like in html:
<aside class="quote" data-post="2" data-topic="82448">
<div class="title" style="cursor: pointer;">
<div class="quote-controls"><i class="fa fa-chevron-down d-icon d-icon-chevron-down" title="expand/collapse"></i><a href="/t/controlling-text-size-in-posts/82448/2" title="go to the quoted post" class="back"><i class="fa fa-arrow-up d-icon d-icon-arrow-up"></i></a></div>
<img alt="" width="20" height="20" src="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lll/40/85378_1.png" class="avatar"> lll:</div>
<blockquote>
<p><big></p>
</blockquote>
</aside>
Thanks, that is the html, but my bot doesn’t recognize any part of that or the [quote]. Anyhow, this might be more on the bot side of things than just the html or markdown itself. Thank you anyhow!
What about any text size? I’ve seen someone do smaller than small in a website using this domain.
Have a look at this BBCode plugin