![Markdown](http://kirkstrobeck.github.io/whatismarkdown.com/img/markdown.png)

Hello *Steemit* community!

As Steemit supports [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) I've decided to post a small guide for beginners here.

### So what is Markdown?
**Markdown** is a way to style text on the web. You control the display of the document; formatting words as bold or italic, adding images, and creating lists are just a few of the things we can do with Markdown. Mostly, Markdown is just regular text with a few non-alphabetic characters thrown in, like # or *.

#### Headers
```
# This is an <h1> tag
## This is an <h2> tag
###### This is an <h6> tag
```

#### Emphasis
```
*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_

**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__

_You **can** combine them_
```

#### Lists

###### Unordered
```
* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Item 2a
  * Item 2b
```

###### Ordered
```
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
   * Item 3a
   * Item 3b
```

#### Images
```
![GitHub Logo](/images/logo.png)
Format: ![Alt Text](url)
```

#### Links
```
http://github.com - automatic!
[GitHub](http://github.com)
```

#### Blockquotes
```
As Kanye West said:

> We're living the future so
> the present is our past.
```

#### Inline code

```
I think you should use an
`<addr>` element here instead.
```


#### Markdown Editors
There're markdown editors almost for all platforms

*Windows*: [Markdownpad](http://markdownpad.com/)

*Mac*: [MacDown](http://macdown.uranusjr.com/)

*Linux*: [Remarkable](https://remarkableapp.github.io/)

And there're also a lot of web-based editors.


***Thanks a lot, hope you found this article quite helpful!***

*P.S. Material was mainly taken from guides.github.com*