Hello there, am back again with another post today which is about Applying Markdowns. Am really excited to write this post, there are a whole lot of markdowns one can use on steemit. Some of these markdowns are basic whilst others are advanced. Per my task today I'm to demonstrate my knowledge in using markdowns on steemit.

Let's get started guys!..

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 *. source

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EMPHASIS

This is one of the most common markdowns we do see in others' posts. I asked a whole lot of questions when I saw it but after going through the Markdown Styling Guide, I had a better understanding of how to use them and have since been applying them in my posts.

Bold Text

One may ask, how did you bold the text?
To bolden your text you just need to start that text with either (**) or (__) and end it with the same symbol, without spacing the symbols from the text. An illustration is shown below.

**Bold Text**

__Bold Text__

Italic Text

Most posts on this blockchain utilize italic text. Let's get down to it guys.
To create italic text on here you have to start your text with either (*) or (_) and end it with the same symbol, without spacing the symbols from the text as shown below.

*Italic Text*

_Italic Text_

You can also combine the two of them to get something like this: You can combine them, it makes the text both bold and italic. Below is the code to achieving this.

_**You can combine them**_

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HEADERS

Markdowns can also be used to achieve headers. With headers, one can have nicely formatted text with a heading. An example of a header is shown above. It ranges from 1 # symbol(tier 1) to 6 # symbols(tier 6), the more the # symbol the smaller your header becomes. Below is how to achieve a header.

Header 1

Header 2

Header 3

Header 4

Header 5

Header 6

The code is as shown below.

# Header 1

## Header 2

### Header 3

#### Header 4

##### Header 5

###### Header 6

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Also, there is some advanced stuff one can do using markdowns, below are a few elaborated on.

Tables

Living Things	Non Living things
Cat	Wood
Human beings	Stones

Below is the code of the above table.

Living Things | Non Living things
--------------|------------------
Cat | Wood
Human beings | Stones

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LINKS

Markdowns can be used to create clickable links in a post. Below are some of the ways they can be done:

• One can make a link clickable by just pasting the full address like below
  https://www.wikipedia.org/

• Also, a link can be hidden in a word or phrase. Below is an example, the link https://www.wikipedia.org/ is hidden in the word source. Source
  And the code is;

[Source](https://www.wikipedia.org/)

• Usernames are links to a person's profile on steemit, so it's essential to know how to go about it.
  below is an example and the code
  @abudooji

@abudooji

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IMAGES

Lastly, I will like to talk about how to use markdowns to align images in a post.
ALIGNING IMAGES
TO THE LEFT
Code:

<div class="pull-left">
https://www.pngfind.com/pngs/m/439-4394154_logo-2-steemit-steemit-icon-hd-png-download.png
</div>
What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

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To the right

What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

Code:

<div class="pull-right">
https://www.pngfind.com/pngs/m/439-4394154_logo-2-steemit-steemit-icon-hd-png-download.png
</div>
What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

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Center

What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
Code:

<center>https://www.pngfind.com/pngs/m/439-4394154_logo-2-steemit-steemit-icon-hd-png-download.png</center>

What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

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Mind you, many more markdowns couldn't be dealt with, so I'll leave you with a link where you can find more of these.
Markdown Styling Guide

Not forgetting that new codes pop up in some members' posts and if you ever wonder about the code someone used, just copy the link to the whole post and change the "it" in the spelling of stemit in the URL to "d". Below is an example of the above explanation.

Original link: https://steemit.com/hive-152587/@abudooji/before-and-after-contest-week-5-design-steem-exclusive-things-from-raw-or-waste-materials-or-designing-a-wall-hanging-from-waste

Coded link: https://steemd.com/hive-152587/@abudooji/before-and-after-contest-week-5-design-steem-exclusive-things-from-raw-or-waste-materials-or-designing-a-wall-hanging-from-waste

Thank you for your time and support guys, catch up with you another time in another post, till then...
Bye-bye
Dooji