Mastering the art of markdown can be beneficial for all writers. Below is a list of commands that might come in handy when your creating your next masterpiece.
Headings:
Input:
# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Text:
Input:
*italic*
**bold**
***bold-italic***
italic
bold
bold-italic
Images:
Input:
Images have the same formatting as a link, except they’re prefixed with a !. This time, the text in brackets is the alt text - or the descriptive text for the image.
Links:
- Automatic links
Input:
http://steemit.com
- In text links
Input:
I like [steemit](http://steemit.com)
I like steemit
Lists
Input:
* Steemit
* Facebook
* Twitter
* Pinterest
- Steemit
- Facebook
Quotes
Input:
> To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
Tables
Input:
First Header | Second Header
------------- | -------------
Content Cell 1 | Content Cell 2
Content Cell 1 | Content Cell 2
| First Header | Second Header |
|---|---|
| Content Cell 1 | Content Cell 2 |
| Content Cell 1 | Content Cell 2 |
Videos
Input:
[[embed url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKTH0o8AEtQ]]
[[embed url=
Horizontal Rules/Line - Like the ones I'm using to separate topics.
Input:
---
Escaping
What if you literally want to type how are you - without it appearing in italics? Escaping Markdown characters with a back-slash \ allows you to use any characters which might be converted into HTML.
Input:
this shows up in italics: *how are you*
this shows the asterisks: \*how are you\*
this shows up in italics: how are you
this shows the asterisks: *how are you*
Helpful :)
Glad you found it useful, I thought I would do something productive for the community :)
Helpful thank you!
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What an informative article, thank you. It will surely help spice up my posts. I am unfortunately having issues with applying images. I also cannot find these options for heading, italics etc... I would so appreciate anything that you can help me with. The rest I will absolutely attempt. Have a steeming day :-)
Hi disletti, for images you can just paste the url of where the image can be found. A easy to use website for uploading images is imgsafe.org. After you've uploaded the image just paste the url in your article. hope it helps :D
Hi! Thanks so much for your information. I appreciate it very much! Have a great day and many successes to you 😀
No probs..u too :D
Thank you, so helpful for me as a beginner!
Glad i could be of some help :D
Great!
I keep using this article!
Thanks, this was very helpful.
Thank you, I certainly needed this as I started out and needed to figure out how all this works. Very helpful!
Thank you so much, this was so helpful!
Still relevant in 2018!