There doesn't appear to be any formatting links when I do a Facebook Wall post. Is there any way to do formatting like HTML, markup, etc?
How to Format Facebook Wall Posts
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I think your best bet would be to report the bug on this page. Probably use the third option from the bottom called "I've set the privacy of some of my content to "Everyone", but it's not visible to everyone." If you don't have access to the setting and you know moving users out of the list and into a new one works, then that might be your best options rather than waiting.
No you cannot. You are asking about using the Links feature within the publisher so this will appear in your Links section.
The ability to embed HTML using the Links application is not currently available.
http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=14486
I think you are going the right way with Notes (especially for long messages). Abuse the CheatSheet. If you are publishing to all your friends, this should appear in your friends' News Feed.
I have seen my friend use the Advanced Wall application. From what I remember it looked like it worked but like all most publishing applications ended up being prone to sending spam. You also have to be aware that once a friend blocks/hides an application for one friend , it is applicable to all.
A second way I would recommend is to shorten your links with bit.ly or other url shortening services. So your above example would be,
"Go http//bit.ly/xxyy for foo."
At least you can shorten long links here. Additionally the Publisher allows one link to be featured under your post, so if you want something to stand out, click the X next to the featured link to traverse through all the links in your update.
A third way I used to do sometimes especially if there is an entity on Facebook that already represents the website is to use the @ mention feature.
Best Answer
You used to be able to add formatting to posts by creating a Note type post, but Facebook have now removed that functionality, so read on for other options.
If you want to be able to use formatting in a normal status update or a comment on someone's timeline you can use a tool that converts your text into different unicode fonts, depending on which formatting type you require, which you can copy and paste into the status or comment box.
Here's a list of font changing tools you can use :
http://fsymbols.com/generators/
https://mothereff.in/twitalics
http://www.gschoppe.com/projects/fbformat/
http://slothsoft.net/UnicodeMapper/
http://qaz.wtf/u/convert.cgi
UPDATE July 2019 Facebook now lets you add limited formatting to "Group" posts.
If you click the back to front P type character in the update box, as shown in the screenshot, a few formatting options are displayed, "H1", "H2", Unordered List, Numbered List, Quotation. Also if you select any of the text you have written in the group post box, two more formatting options will pop up above the text, "Bold" and "Italic". These options are not available for comments on group posts, just the posts themselves.