A Complete Guide to Markdown

Welcome to this comprehensive guide to Markdown syntax! In this post, we'll explore various Markdown features you can use in your blog posts.

Basic Text Formatting

You can make text bold or italic. You can also combine them for bold and italic text.

You can also use strikethrough for deleted text.

Lists

Unordered Lists

• Item 1
• Item 2
  • Subitem 2.1
  • Subitem 2.2
• Item 3

Ordered Lists

1. First item
2. Second item
   1. Subitem 2.1
   2. Subitem 2.2
3. Third item

Links and Images

You can create links to other websites easily.

Images work similarly:

Code Blocks

Inline code uses single backticks: const example = "hello world";

For code blocks, use triple backticks:

function greet(name) {
  console.log(`Hello, ${name}!`);
}

greet("World");

Blockquotes

This is a blockquote It can span multiple lines

And can have multiple paragraphs

Tables

Header 1	Header 2	Header 3
Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Cell 4	Cell 5	Cell 6

Task Lists

• Completed task
• Incomplete task
• Another completed task

Horizontal Rules

Use three hyphens for a horizontal rule:

---

Footnotes

Here's a sentence with a footnote¹.

Final Notes

Remember that Markdown is designed to be:

1. Easy to read
2. Easy to write
3. Easy to convert to HTML

Footnotes

1. This is the footnote content. ↩