Cool Steem Resources: Markdown

steemionaire (45)in #steemiteducation • 8 years ago (edited)

Markdown syntax is an incredibly useful shorthand for doing HTML formatting on the fly, but it requires a bit of memorization.

Both steemit.com and busy.org use Markdown in their default text editors, so it's a handy thing to learn and use.

Once you get the hang of Markdown, it starts to feel like normal punctuation, like ending a sentence with a period, or putting someones words in quotation marks. It's really that simple and easy to write HTML Markdown.

There are a million and one guides on the internet (and on Steemit) that show you how to use Markdown syntax, so here is Markdown guide number one million and two.

Examples (with Formatting Syntax)

italics
*italics*

italics
_italics_

bold
**bold**

bold
__bold__

~~strikethrough~~
~~strikethrough~~

Put a single word into block quotes
Put a single `word` into block quotes

Put a whole sentence into block quotes
```Put a whole sentence into block quotes```

--- three dashes makes a divider line

making a point

- making a point

making a quote

>making a quote

hyperlink text
[hyperlink text](https://steemit.com/@steemionaire)

Maybe that is all a little too clunky, and you want to put a few of them into a table?

code 1	example 1
`italics`	italics
`_italics_`	italics
`bold`	bold
`__bold__`	bold

|  code 1 | example 1 |
|---|---|
| ```*italics*``` | *italics* |  
| ```_italics_```|  _italics_ |
| ```**bold**```| **bold** |
| ```__bold__```|  __bold__ |

The format for a markdown table always has the first row set as the header(s), the second row specifies the number of columns and any special formatting, and the rest of the rows below that. the headers will automatically be bold. Some Markdown can be done inside a table, while other Markdown cannot.

This is where the website Markdown Tables Generator comes in handy, so you can short cut the process of making a table.

That about wraps up the Markdown you will probably use on Steemit or Busy, or any other website that uses markdown, like reddit for example.

I hope this post has been useful. Thank you for reading. I hope you have a wonderful and prosperous day.