Markdown Tutorial
Created by Autumn Painter
Maintained by LEADR under the direction of Gillian Macdonald
Last Updated: 12/16/2017
Headings
To make headings, start the line with a hash #. The more #, the smaller the header. Be sure to put a space between the # and the word.
For Example:
Header
One #
Header
Two ##
Header
Three ###
Header
Four ####
Emphasis
To create bold text, wrap text with two astericks (**) or two underscores (__) on each side.
To creat italic text, wrap text with one asterick (*) or two underscores (__) on each side.
Links
Links can either be inline with the text, or placed at the bottom of the text as references. Link text is enclosed by square brackets [], and for inline links, the link URL is inclosed by the parens ().
[ text ](webaddress)
##Images Images are almost identical to links, but an image starts with and exclamation point (!)
!(leadr.png)
Blockquotes
To creat a blockquote, start a line with a greater than > followed by an optional space.
Blockquotes can also be nested using multiple greater than signs and can contain other formating
First Line - one > sign
Second Line - two > signs
Third Line - three > signs
Lists
Unordered lists can use either astericks (*), plus (+) or hypens (-) as list markers followed by a space before the text.
- Astericks
- Plus sign
- Hypens
Ordered lists use numbers followed by a period.
- Number 1
- Number 2
Nested Lists
To nest one list within another, indent each item in the sublist by four spaces. You can also nest other elements like paragraphs, blockquotes or code blocks.
- Item
- First Subitem
- Second Subitem
- Item
- Subitem
- Subitem
- Item
For showing code or markdown
To make your code appear like this encase your text/code with backticks (`) one on each side