Unlike a lot of other networks we have a large range of formatting options and we are always updating our formatting options. As a result check here for any changes. You can also check the bottom of this page for recent changes. ### Normal text formatting ### #### Bold #### Creates ** Bold Text **. `` ** Text to be formatted ** `` #### Underline #### Creates __ Underline Text __. `` __ Text to be formatted __ `` #### Italic #### Creates // Italic Text //. `` // Text to be formatted // `` #### Strike #### Creates -- Strike Text --. `` -- Text to be formatted -- `` ### Special URL Links ### Links don’t need any special format to link, but we also auto generate a preview of site contents like the page title, image and description. You can prevent this by putting ( link ) around the URL with a space for the pure link, or without a space around the brackets to fetch and use the page title as the link text. You can also add [] with text inside before that to add a custom title. ``` ( https://hey.cafe ) (https://hey.cafe) [Custom Title](https://hey.cafe) ``` ### Lists ### With lists there must be a blank line after each item (excluding the last one) to match properly. `` * Item * Another Item * Wait another? `` #### Sub List #### With lists if you don't use double new lines between items they will be grouped under the main item it is under `` * Main Item #1 * Sub item #1 * Sub item #2 * Main Item #2 * Sub item #1 * Sub item #2 `` ### GIF Images ### Tenor and Giphy links that end in .gif will auto convert to embedded GIF images. For example the following URLS would work. `` https://c.tenor.com/R_u_Yq_RjlgAAAAC/ha-popcorn.gif https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjHI8WJv4x6UPDB6/giphy.gif `` ### Quote text ### This will create a quote block used for quote text. `` || Content here and it can be multi line! || `` ### Special Formatting ### This formatting will almost always __ only __ work directly within the main Hey.Café app. #### Rainbow #### Unlike stickers it has no border and shadow but has rainbow text. `` *_ Text here _* `` #### Sticker #### This type will ONLY work in conversations and comments, it will also cut off any text inside over 20 characters. `` !_ Text here _! `` ### Headers ### #### Main Heading #### `` :hashtag::hashtag: Content here :hashtag::hashtag: `` #### Sub Heading #### `` :hashtag::hashtag::hashtag: Content here :hashtag::hashtag::hashtag: `` #### Sub Heading 2 #### `` :hashtag::hashtag::hashtag::hashtag: Content here :hashtag::hashtag::hashtag::hashtag: `` #### Sub Heading 3 #### `` :hashtag::hashtag::hashtag::hashtag::hashtag: Content here :hashtag::hashtag::hashtag::hashtag::hashtag: `` ### Code Block ### Not only can your provide code but you can add the short codes ` : tab : `, ` : tick : `, or ` : hashtag : ` without the spaces to allow special formatting in your code to render correctly. `` :tick::tick: Content here and it can be multi line! :tick::tick: `` ### Reveal / Spoilers Block ### Hides content unless a user clicks the button to show the content in question. `` ---- Content here and it can be multi line! ---- `` ### Tags and mentions ### #### User Mention #### `` @useralias `` #### Café Mention #### `` !cafealias `` #### Uploaded File Location #### Inside this block just replace the file name with a the name of one of the files you uploaded with your conversation to have it render in that location instead of at the bottom of the conversation. `` {file:20221006063402-z8r31b1c0f.jpg} `` ### Special Personal Site Formatting ### Your personal site that you can find via the url (https://anthony.myhey.cafe) for example (can find more info in help) you have some special formatting, you can just include <script> and <style> blocks that will render only on your personal site. You can also use the main level Title tag to separate sections in different bubble boxes. ### Recent Changes ### ** Jan 4th 2026: ** We updated the format for italic from 2 underscores to 2 slashes on each side of the text. This change makes it so that the underscores can be used for __ underline __ text. Also added -- strike text -- using 2 dashes in the process of adding underline.