# New way of parsing markdown on Discourse **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Created:** [February 2, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007 "2018-02-02T20:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Red\_Panda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/red_panda/32/19387_2.png) [@Red\_Panda](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Red_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007/1 "2018-02-02T20:09:26Z")
Unfortunately the latest Thunkable forum update (might be a week ago) broke some of my topics. I just noticed that the headings are not big anymore. There seems to be some problems with markdown. For example the older posts still have `#`Headline but in the newer version only `#` Headline (with a space) formats a headline. See #old # new Some of my old posts now look very messy ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Panda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/red_panda/32/19387_2.png) [@Red\_Panda](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Red_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007/2 "2018-02-02T20:17:11Z")
WAIT I just noticed that I’m not able to edit posts with polls at all. Was this always the case? ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007/3 "2018-02-02T20:48:22Z")
Discourse updated the way they parse Markdown…so now you have to have the space. (What if you want to begin a line with a hashtag, for example) This affects a number of my posts too, but I’m just editing as I find them. I don’t think polls can be edited after they’re closed. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Panda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/red_panda/32/19387_2.png) [@Red\_Panda](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Red_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007/4 "2018-02-02T20:50:22Z")
I don’t want to edit a poll, I want to edit a post with a poll. When I try to edit the post (without touching the poll) it displays an error message that “you cannot edit a poll” ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007/5 "2018-02-02T23:42:44Z")
Yep, but I think that if it’s not a “regular” post, or a wiki then it’s a poll…like the whole post. Is to just a typo or do you want to make a bigger change? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Panda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/red_panda/32/19387_2.png) [@Red\_Panda](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Red_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007/6 "2018-02-03T00:16:37Z")
I wanted to make the changes according to the new discourse. But it is bad if I want to add something to my extension posts ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/new-way-of-parsing-markdown-on-discourse/16007/7 "2024-11-08T12:04:34Z")