Comments on a published lesson and the bio on your profile can both have a little formatting and links. They can't hold pictures, video or other media.
Clears formatting, lists and quotes from the selection.
Headings and tables aren't offered: a comment is a paragraph or two, not a document.
Links can go to web pages (http:// or https://) or email addresses (mailto:). Anything else isn't made into a link. Typing a web address on its own turns it into a link as you go. Links always open in a new tab.
Pasting or dragging a picture or file into the box does nothing, on purpose.
A comment can be up to 2,000 characters and a bio up to 500. Only the words you write count, not the formatting, and the counter under the box shows how many you've used.
You can edit your own comment after posting it: choose Edit on the comment, make your changes and press Save changes. Once edited, the comment shows edited next to it, so people who already read or replied to it can tell it changed. The same rules apply to an edit as to a new comment.
Nobody else can edit your comment, not even a moderator. Moderators can only delete a comment (see Moderation).
To change your bio, edit it again from your profile or from Settings (see Profiles).
Comments & bios
Comments on a published lesson and the bio on your profile can both have a little formatting and links. They can't hold pictures, video or other media.
Writing a comment or bio
The box you type in has a small toolbar:
Headings and tables aren't offered: a comment is a paragraph or two, not a document.
Links can go to web pages (
http://orhttps://) or email addresses (mailto:). Anything else isn't made into a link. Typing a web address on its own turns it into a link as you go. Links always open in a new tab.Pasting or dragging a picture or file into the box does nothing, on purpose.
Length
A comment can be up to 2,000 characters and a bio up to 500. Only the words you write count, not the formatting, and the counter under the box shows how many you've used.
Editing a comment
You can edit your own comment after posting it: choose Edit on the comment, make your changes and press Save changes. Once edited, the comment shows edited next to it, so people who already read or replied to it can tell it changed. The same rules apply to an edit as to a new comment.
Nobody else can edit your comment, not even a moderator. Moderators can only delete a comment (see Moderation).
To change your bio, edit it again from your profile or from Settings (see Profiles).
Comments and bios from before formatting
Older comments and bios, written before formatting was added, are shown just as they were written, line breaks included.
Lesson text has formatting too, but it works differently: see Formatting, footnotes & sources.
For how this works, see the developer notes.