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Hey guys @steembusiness here presenting the first part of our "MinnowBooster Markdown Guide". It includes basic knowledge on how to style your Steem blog and it will hopefully be of great use to you on your way to becoming a popular and more successful blogger!

Basic Markdown for Steemit

Headings

Headings are quite easily created, even in different sizes, which allow you to create several sub-sections in your posts. While the #-tag can only be used at the beginning of a line you may set the heading at any place using these guys <>.

• Input (#): # Heading H1 (Biggest)

• Input (<h1>): <h1>Heading H1 (Biggest)</h1>

• Output:

  Heading H1 (Biggest)

• Input (#): # Heading H6 (Smallest)

• Input (<h6>): <h6>Heading H1 (Smallest)</h6>

• Output:

  Heading H6 (Smallest)

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Bold Text

In order to make some parts of your text more visible you can simply wrap it into two asterix. That'll look like followed:

• Input: **Your Text Goes Here**
• Output: Your Text Goes Here

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Italic Text

While two asterix will lead to a bold formatting you can as well just use one asterix to achieve an italic text style:

• Input: *Your Text Goes Here*
• Output: Your Text Goes Here

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Fineprint

In case you like to cite your sources but would like to set it apart from your blog post itself, then some fineprint might just be the right thing for you:

• Input (<sub>): <sub>Some Fineprint</sub>
• Output: _{Some Fineprint}

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Unordered Lists

An unorderd list can be achieved just the same way as in most text editors. You may just use a - followed by a space to create a list element:

• Input (-):
  - Item 1
- Item 2
-- Item 2a

That;ll look like followed:

• Item 1
• Item 2
  -- Item 2a

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Ordered Lists

In case you prefer ordered lists you can easily use numbers to include them into your post:

• Input (1.):
  1. Item 1
2. Item 2
2a. Item 2a

That'll look like followed:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
   2a. Item 2a

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Embedded link

I would guess that you've already shared some links in one of your posts and might agree that an embedded one just like "click here" looks better than a full link, especially if it's a long one. So here's how you do it:

• Input: [Your Text](http://buildteam.io)
• Output: Your Text

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Divider / Horizontal line

You might have noticed the horizontal lines that are used to separate different sections of this post. To achieve the same you simply have to put 3 asterix into a line: ***

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Stuck? Let us know in the comments!

You've exactly followed the examples above but still can't quite figure something out or simply get stuck formatting this one single line? No worries, @BuildTeam is here to support you! Just leave us a comment on this post and we'll try to help you out!

(Please note that you can let us know your exact text entries by wrapping it into those guys here: `` [To be found in the upper left corner of your keyboard]. It'll show us your original entries and look like this: Markdown Text)

Once you have formatted your post to your satisfaction, you may want to head on over to Minnowbooster and get youself a vote to push your awesome creation onto the hot and trending pages of Steemit!

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