Markdown: quick reference
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Markdown (Wiki) is a formatting standard that allows you to create formatted web-ready documents that is much simpler than HTML. Steemit supports it, so we may as well use it.
This is just a quick summary that I have decided to put together for myself and others. Mostly just extracted from the sources - so all the credit goes to those earlier authors.
So here are some frequently used syntactical constructs in markdown.
Emphasis
Italics
*Italics*
Italics
_Italics_
Bold
**Bold**
Bold and Italics
**_Bold and Italics_**
Strikethrough
~~Strikethrough~~
Headers
H1 Header
# H1 Header
H2 Header
## H2 Header
H3 Header
### H3 Header
H4 Header
#### H4 Header
H5 Header
##### H5 Header
H6 Header
###### H6 Header
Images and links
https://www.djangoproject.com/
https://www.djangoproject.com/
Django
[Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/)
[](https://steemit.com/)
@borepstein
@borepstein
Video embedding:
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYsPyYWgq9o
Quotes and code snippets
Quote
>Quote
Inline code
Inline `code`
Code block
if (a == 1){
b = 5;
}
```
if (a == 1){
b = 5;
}
```Tables
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Joe | 20 |
| Johnny | 25 |
Name|Age
-|-
Joe|20
Johnny|25
Conclusion
For more detail, please peruse the sources below.
Sources
Handy Steemit Markdown Guide with Samples
@ottodv, 5 September 2016
Steemit Markdown Basics for Beginners
@thecryptofiend, 14 October 2016
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