Markdown

Markdown Guide

At the top of your page and post edit views, you'l find a button that says Switch to Plain Textarea or Switch to WYSIWYG Editor.

WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get.A simple editor that allows you to use buttons for formatting your text. The resulting page will just look like what you're writing in the editor.

The underlying technology is called Markdown. Both editors allow you to format your text using Markdown.

Here's what's supported:

Text Formatting

Bold text using **bold** or __bold__
Italic text using *italic* or _italic_
~~Strikethrough~~ using ~~strikethrough~~
Inline code using backticks

Links

Basic link: [link text](https://example.com)

For URLs with parentheses (like Wikipedia), wrap the URL in angle brackets:

[Interesting article](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(interesting)>)

Headings

Use # for headings. More # symbols = smaller heading.

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

Headings automatically get anchor IDs for linking directly to sections.

Lists

Unordered lists use - or *:

Item one
Item two

Ordered lists use numbers:

First
Second

Task lists use - [ ] and - [x]:

Unchecked
Completed

Blockquotes

Use > for quotes:

This is a blockquote.

Footnotes

Use [^1] to create a footnote.

Then, for example at the end of your blog post or page:

[^1]: The text of the footnote.

It will look like this¹.

Code Blocks

Wrap code in triple backticks for code blocks.

Horizontal Rule

Use --- for a horizontal line.

Not Supported

Images are not supported in text blocks. Use an Image Block instead.

Footnote Example

1: This is the example footnote text.