Effective use of markdown in plain text file for seamless html conversion.

markdown.txt

Author: Aaron R. Phalen | Twitter: @aaron_phalen | Email: [email protected]

Summary:
  Markdown language is a programming syntax used to seamlessly convert markdown plain text files into html documents.
  Included below are examples of the syntax for writing effective markdown.
  
Tutorial Time: 
  10 minutes

1. Italicized Text 
  Example: _This text will be in italics._
  
2. Bold Text
  Example: **This text will be bold.**
  
3. Combining Bold Text and Itaicized Text
  Example: _**This text will be bold and in italics**_

4. Header
  Example:
    a) #Header One --> <h1>
    b) #Header Two --> <h2>
    c) #Header Three --> <h3>
    d) #Header Four --> <h4>
    e) #Header Five --> <h5>
    f) #Header Six --> <h6>
  Note: Headers cannot be made both or italics, however words or groups of word can be italicized.
        #Header _Six_
  
5. Linking To Website
  Example:
    [google](www.google.com) --> google 
  Note:
    link text can be made bold or italics for emphasis.
    [**BuyzDirect**](www.buyzdirect.com) BuyzDirect
    
6. Linking To Images
  Example:
    [!image](http://www.buyzdirect.com/product/images) images
  Note:
    image link text can be made bold or italics for emphasis.

7. Block Text (useful with quotations as illustrated below)
  Example:
    >"This is a block quite that is used to call emphasis to text" -->  "This is a block quote
                                                                         that is used to call 
                                                                         emphasis to text."
8. Unordered List w/ Bullet Points
  Example:
    * One
    * Two
    * Three
    
9. Ordered List
  Example:
    1. Elon Musk
    2. Donald J. Trump
    3. Jeff Bezos
    
10. Nested List
  Example:
    * Calculus
    * Sports
      * Soccer
      * Basketball
    * Colors
      1. red
      2. blue
      
11. Paragraph Formatting
  Example:
    a) Hard Break
    
    b) Soft Break