# Writing on the roll

Posts are markdown and live in SQLite. Only administrators write. A post has a title, a topic (`roll` or `standard`), a status (`draft` or `published`) and an optional *placeholder* marker.

## Markdown

The server renders GFM: tables, strikethrough, hard line breaks. HTML in the text is escaped. Links may only be `http`, `https`, `mailto` and `tel`. Write emoji as `:shortcode:`, for example `:fire:`.

A bare image URL becomes an image, `@name` becomes a link to the profile.

## Placeholders

The first notes were carried over from the old Molodetz page and carry the *Placeholder* label. retoor replaces them with his own stories. Untick the box while editing once a post is real.

## Slugs

A slug is the title plus the last twelve characters of the uid. Editing does not change the slug. If a title is ever rewritten in the database, the old slug still resolves through its uid tail and redirects with 301 to the canonical one.