This post is a complete guide, including all markdown commands that you may need to craft an appealing post on steemit.

I remember struggling to find information about how to do certain things on steemit posts. Every time I needed to google about how to center text or how to align an image at steemit

I hope this will be helpful to you and I am also including it at the below link here

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_{Text ~ Links ~ Tables ~ Images ~ Videos}

Headlines

Headlines and sub-headlines are important elements as they show the structure of your post and guide the eye of the reader.

There are two ways to create a headline.

(a) You insert at the start of the row a # symbol. As the number of the hashtag symbol # increases, the headline size decreases.

For instance:

Headline 1

Headline 2

Headline 3

Headline 4

Headline 5

Headline 6

The above are created with this code:

# Headline 1 ## Headline 2 ### Headline 3 #### Headline 4 ##### Headline 5 ###### Headline 6

Tips for Headlines (only for H1 & H2)

Instead of adding the #, you can add your title and underneath three dashes or three times the equal sign.

This will be a headline 2 ---

This will be a headline 1 ===

Tip You can make the headline centered, italic, strikethrough as follows

• centered headline `#

Headline here

center>- italics headline# *Headline* - Strike through #~~Headline~~& Headline

Text

You can do a number of things with text. One thing you can do when writing an essay on steemit, is justify your text.

Justify Text

The Output will be

(without the justify command > )

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc eget purus a tortor egestas placerat sit amet vitae sem. Nullam sit amet finibus justo. Donec volutpat ipsum leo. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.

Align text into two cells

Sometimes you may need to write something in two languages or input it in two different columns.

TEXT LEFT Cras pellentesque, diam ut fringilla luctus, massa mauris fringilla magna, sed consequat mi odio in ante.

How to center text

You will need to add the `

text here

` to align text

How to add Subscript

You can use the text or number here to make a text or number appear below the baseline. H2O has as output the H₂O

_{You can also use subscript to write a note in between a text or under a photo / video}

How to add SuperScript

You can use the command for a text to appar above the baseline

A reference goes here1 has as output >> A reference goes here¹

Tip: You can add a clickable link

A reference goes here[1](https://steemd.com) has as output >> A reference goes here¹

Links

Adding links in our posts is very useful and we often need to do it numerous times.

• When we add a steemit username, along with its @, the name becomes clickable (leading to the steemit blog page) i.e. @katerinaramm
• When we add a link, it is automatically recognized and is clickable i.e. https://steemit.com/@katerinaramm > > https://steemit.com/@katerinaramm
• We can hide a link in a word or phrase, using the below syntax [this will be an inline link](https://steemit.com/@katerinaramm) transforms to >> This will be an inline link

Tables

You can create a table in two ways

Easy way to create a table

Copy and paste the below and add as many headers and cells you need.

Header 1 | Header 2 --------- | ---------- Cell 1 | Cell 2

Will have the output >>

Create a table using html

An HTML table is defined with the

Each table row is defined with the

Code

Adding Code in a post is sometimes necessary, it works in the below two ways:

a. Adding one back-tick (`) before and one after the markdown syntax

**using bold syntax** >> using bold syntax

or b. you can use before and after the command at the end of the word/sentence

*hello* output will be >> hello

You can read more info here

Quotes - Blockquotes

We often need to write a quote, a phrase that someone said or wrote. That is when we use the > in front of the sentence

Blockquotes with > for something that someone has written/said

> “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein

Line Break

There are sometimes that we need an extra line break between text. We can use the
to include an extra line space

Videos

We often need to insert videos or gifs in our posts.

YouTube videos are instantly embedded, so if you put a link it appear in text. If in any way it interferes with text or images, you can put ruler before and after it.

Gifs are also embeddable, just put the link and you can even center them with the `

` command

https://media.tenor.com/images/917de53340b903bb7c142031b411593e/tenor.gif

Tip: You need to find the url that finishes in .gif

DTube can be embedded but requires some more time than YouTube.

Scenario a: When you upload a dtube video, it automatically is embedded in your steemit post. It also shows the link to the youtube video and to the screenshot. For instance: https://steemit.com/music/@thetroublenotes/ap0ofmc6

These are both the links we will need + use (the dtube link and screenshot used)

If you already have the above information, you can upload the video using this code:

`

` (output)

Scenario B You do not have a steemit link where the dtube video is located, but you do have the dtube link. (i.e. https://d.tube/#!/v/thetroublenotes/ap0ofmc6)

You right click on the video and click on 'save snapshot' After you select folder, you upload it as a normal photo on steemit and you insert the following code (similar as above)

`

`

the output will be

ps The positive with this way is that you can select your own favorite shot!

Ruler

If you wish to separate a theme you can upload a ruler or you can use at the beginning of the line 3 dashes, 3 stars or 3 equal signs

--- or *** or ===

Images

How to align images

You can align your images at the center, at the left or right side.

Align left