Wildcat Media
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Either of these ideas would be much appreciated by many of us who do not need, want and/or like Markdown:
My reasons may differ from others' reasons (and I'm sure the kind folks at XF would appreciate us debating this elsewhere), but this is why Markdown needs to be switchable for many of us:
I have already installed an add-on to remove Markdown, but my suggestion is that this could be in core XF as an option, switchable for those who want it, and those who don't.
For those who don't visit Reddit, here is their solution:
- Give XenForo a global switch so admins can shut down Markdown forum-wide...or...
- Give users three options to use the rich text editor, Markdown, or the plain BBCode editor (my preference)...or...
- Make Markdown active only in the BBCode editor, since it is not the default XF editor experience and is more of a "plain text" environment already.
My reasons may differ from others' reasons (and I'm sure the kind folks at XF would appreciate us debating this elsewhere), but this is why Markdown needs to be switchable for many of us:
- As a content creator primarily, I dislike how Markdown sometimes gets in the way of formatting my work. I have encountered situations where Markdown fails me, and I am having to go and re-edit my work.
- As a site owner, I have to consider my users. In some of my forums, the members skew older. Many are also not computer savvy. Most of them haven't even heard of Markdown, and having their text transform unwanted is very frustrating for them.* Some can't even find their way out of a simple formatting error using the rich text editor, and request staff assistance to help.
I have already installed an add-on to remove Markdown, but my suggestion is that this could be in core XF as an option, switchable for those who want it, and those who don't.
For those who don't visit Reddit, here is their solution:
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