# Code Syntax Highlighting in Posts

**URL:** <https://www.epiusers.help/t/code-syntax-highlighting-in-posts/33519>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Created:** [September 7, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/code-syntax-highlighting-in-posts/33519 "2016-09-07T19:20:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jgiese.wci](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/jgiese.wci/32/51553_2.png) [@jgiese.wci](https://www.epiusers.help/u/jgiese.wci)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/code-syntax-highlighting-in-posts/33519/1 "2016-09-07T19:20:57Z")

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The test below

````
```cs
public void test()
{
  MessageBox.Show("testing");
}
```

````

will produce

```cs
public void test()
{
  MessageBox.Show("testing");
}

```

The 3 back tics ``` signify the start and end of a code block. The first set of 3 back tics are followed by the language type you have posted for be it C#, VB, or SQL.

The languages available to use are **cs, xml, ini, objectivec, sql, vbscript, vbnet, sql, txt**.  
All the languages that could be included in the above list can be found here. [highlight.js demo](https://highlightjs.org/static/demo/)  
If you see one we should make available to this site please let us know.

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**Author:** ![jgiese.wci](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/jgiese.wci/32/51553_2.png) [@jgiese.wci](https://www.epiusers.help/u/jgiese.wci)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/code-syntax-highlighting-in-posts/33519/2 "2016-09-07T19:24:44Z")

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**Author:** ![josecgomez](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/josecgomez/32/55731_2.png) [@josecgomez](https://www.epiusers.help/u/josecgomez)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/code-syntax-highlighting-in-posts/33519/3 "2016-09-20T18:43:57Z")

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