Martel is the blog’s text font [UPDATE No longer. —lambert]; its bullet character is too small to demarcate quoted text from commentary in a text-heavy environment like this one. A sample from in Martel:
That work is now expected to proceed in coming days.” • Wondering where Palantir and DOGE are in all this.
And wowsers, was that a PITA.
If you stan for Markdown, here you are! When editing a post, choose Markdown from the “Text format” dropdown below the “Body” text entry box. Markdown is supposedly easier than HTML, though I don’t see it. Here is a cheat sheet. Of the two Drupal custom modules on offer, Markdown and Markdown Easy, I chose the latter.
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Drupal founder Dries Buytaert writes in Switching to Markdown after 20 years of HTML:
Added previously core Statistics module to track visitors to posts, both daily and all-time. Does not track you, dear reader!
Look for the Statistics link in the footer — although if you are not registered you will not be able to see it.
Currently, everything is zero — modulo false positives for administrators doing testing like me — but I hope that number increases shortly!