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1. mobilelibraryinacan
   Member
   Jun 21, 2011, 10:16 PM

   I found this page but it seems to be missing some explanation. None of the formatting I see in the examples show up on my page when I try to add then to my own.
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/

   Even when I look at the source of the article it contradicts itself. It tells you to use the backtick tag but it uses the pre tag in its own source code.

   I need to have source code in my blog all about code. Do I have to buy something extra or upgrade to have source code formatting in my blog that works?
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2. mobilelibraryinacan
   Member
   Jun 21, 2011, 10:21 PM

   OK the above post is messed up because I typed in the code tag to refer to the code tag and it tried format the rest as code. I put the pre tag in next and it tried to format again as code.

   My question is why doesn't that work at all on my blog to I need to buy or upgrade something to have source code formatting. Non of the source code formats do anything on my blog.

3. andrewspittle
   Happiness Engineer
   Jun 21, 2011, 10:48 PM

   Hi! Sorry about this. The page was actually a bit broken with the formatting which handily made the important information hidden. :(

   The proper way to add sourcecode into your post is using the [sourcecode] shortcode. An example would be:

   [sourcecode language="css"]
   your code here
   [/sourcecode]

   I've fixed up the documentation page so it's all back to normal now.

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