# Knowledge Base

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/c/administration/knowledge-base/18.md

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## [About the Knowledge Base category](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/about-the-knowledge-base-category/90)

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**Author:** [@Fourmilab](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Fourmilab)\
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Documentation and tips for using the site and the Discourse software upon which is it built

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## [Posting Code without Syntax Highlighting](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/posting-code-without-syntax-highlighting/2155)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [16 October 2022 16:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/posting-code-without-syntax-highlighting/2155 "2022-10-16T16:53:13Z")

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To post a block of code wihout having Discourse/Markdown try to colour words based upon its guess which language it’s written in, append “text” to the three back-ticks that begin the code block. For example: \`\`\` Drop t…

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## [Making Tables in Markdown](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-tables-in-markdown/322)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [8 November 2021 21:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-tables-in-markdown/322 "2021-11-08T21:05:11Z")

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The easiest way to compose posts (topics and replies) is using the Markdown language. Markdown allows you to use “rich text” features such as bold and italic type, links, block quotes, insertion of images, headings, and…

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## [Including Mathematics in Topics and Replies](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/including-mathematics-in-topics-and-replies/270)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [2 November 2021 15:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/including-mathematics-in-topics-and-replies/270 "2021-11-02T15:12:46Z")

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SCANALYST supports MathJax, which permits including beautifully typeset mathematics in topics and replies. For example, here is Einstein’s gravitational field equation: R\_{\\mu\\nu} - \\frac{1}{2}g\_{\\mu\\nu}R + \\Lambda g\_…

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## [Setting a Default Home Page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/setting-a-default-home-page/137)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2021 22:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/setting-a-default-home-page/137 "2021-10-17T22:40:31Z")

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When you visit the home page of the site, the default view is posts (“Topics” in Discourse terminology) in descending order of recent activity (time of post or most recent comment \[“Reply”\]). Several other views are ava…

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## [Discourse User Documentation](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/discourse-user-documentation/91)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [12 October 2021 19:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/discourse-user-documentation/91 "2021-10-12T19:55:59Z")

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Discourse is the software upon which SCANALYST runs. The software is designed to be intuitive and relatively easy to figure out, sharing many conventions with other discussion board systems. However, as with any comple…