Achievement 4:Understanding the skills of markdown styling by @andrea51
Greetings everyone, I am done with my first 3 achievements and today I will continue with achievement 4 which
is all about markdown styling, that can make your posts more attractive, and it helps to present your post in a decent manner which is more readable to the viewers.
SECTION 1: HEADINGS
EXPLANATION:
The symbol in markdown used for headings is "#".
The number of these symbols indicates the levels of headings
For example:
This is Heading 1
This is Heading 2
This is Heading 3
SECTION 2: BOLD AND ITALIC TEXT
EXPLANATION:
In Markdown, we use asterisks * or underscores _ to make text bold or italic.
To make text italic, wrap it with one * or _
To make text bold, wrap it with two ** or __
To make text bold and italic, wrap it with three *
🔹 For example:
This is italic → This is italic
This is bold → This is bold
This is bold and italic → This is bold and italic
🟢 SECTION 3: LISTS
🔹 EXPLANATION:
In Markdown, you can create:
✅ Unordered (bulleted) lists
Use a -, +, or * followed by a space:
- Apple
- Banana
- Mango
Will appear like:
Apple
Banana
Mango
🔢 Ordered (numbered) lists
Use numbers followed by a period:
- First item
- Second item
- Third item
SECTION 3: LISTS
EXPLANATION:
In Markdown, we can create lists using either bullets or numbers.
To create a bulleted list, use -, +, or * before each item.
To create a numbered list, just use numbers followed by a dot.
🔹 Bulleted List Example:
- Coffee
- Tea
- Juice
🔢 Numbered List Example:
- Wake up
- Brush teeth
- Start writing
🧩 SECTION 4: Links
🔗 Explanation:
In Markdown, you can create clickable links using this format:
Link Text
✅ Example:
Visit Steemit
This will appear as:
👉 Visit Steemit
🧱 SECTION 5: Blockquotes
💬 Explanation:
To create a blockquote (for quoting someone’s words or highlighting something), you simply add a greater than sign (>) before the line.
✅ Syntax:
This is a blockquote.
🔍 Example:
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
🧱 SECTION 6: Code Blocks
💬 Explanation:
To format a piece of text like code, you can either:
Use a single backtick ` for short code
Or use triple backticks ``` for multi-line code blocks
✅ Syntax:
For inline code:
Use backticks around text
For a block of code:
This is a block of code
🔍 Example:
For inline:
print("Hello, Andrea!")
For block:
def greet():
print("Hello, Andrea!")
🔸 FINAL SECTION: Horizontal Line
💬 Explanation:
A horizontal line is used to separate content or sections in Markdown.
✅ Syntax:
Use three dashes like this:
🔍 Example:
This is Section 6.
This is Section 7.
Greetings @andrea51
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