Markdown Syntax

This only includes syntax that is rendered correctly after Jekyll converts it to a webpage. More at: basic syntax and extended syntax.

Heading

H1

H2

H3

Heading with an ID

Some normal text, with a horizontal line below

bold text

italic text

striked text

blockquote

  1. First item on ordered list
  2. Second item
  3. Third item
  • First item on unordered list
  • Second item
  • Third item

code that is inline

# code in a block
{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}

a link to a website with photos

alt text for the image

Table Heading
columns and
rows of
alternating text

Here’s a sentence with a footnote. 1

term
and definition list

  1. This is the footnote. ↩