Today fellow steemians I'm sharing the best tips on how to format your post to look amazing.

I've recently got some messages on the Steemit chat, from fellow steemians saying how my posts look great, how did you do that with the image, the text, how did you make the follow button click-able etc. So today I've decided to provide an easy guide with all the info on how to do it, for both advanced and less experienced users. You can skip to the "Combine Both" part for quick tips & examples.
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Most of you format your posts in markdown, but what many don't know that you can use HTML as well, even combine these two to get some
amazing results
The text above combines markdown with HTML, as well as this one with an ease
Breakdown
<center>Most of you format your posts in markdown, but what many don't know that you can use HTML as well, even combine these two to get some**amazing results**</center>

<center>_The text above combines markdown with HTML, as well as this one with an ease_</center>

Now that you've got a teaser on how simple and easy it is, let's dive in for some more options.

Markdown

Below are the commands used in markdown and on how to use them, this is not the full list and I've excluded the one's you probably won't be using. Preview is first after that follows the code in the table.

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Headers

H1

H2

H3

H4

H5

H6

# H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4
##### H5
###### H6

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Italics & Bold

Emphasis, aka italics, with asterisks or underscores.

Strong emphasis, aka bold, with asterisks or underscores.

Combined emphasis with asterisks and underscores.

Strikethrough uses two tildes. Scratch this.

 
Emphasis, aka italics, with *asterisks* or _underscores_.
Strong emphasis, aka bold, with **asterisks** or __underscores__.
Combined emphasis with **asterisks and _underscores_**.
Strikethrough uses two tildes. ~~Scratch this.~~
 

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Links

I'm an link to google

 
[I'm an link to google](https://www.google.com)
 

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Images

Using the direct image link
(Right Click on Image > Copy Image Address or Open in new tab & copy link)
The link should have a; .jpg ; .png or .gif 90% of the time, those are extensions for images

 
Using the direct image link
https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/examples/api/extension/isAllowedAccess/sample-128.png
 

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Lists, Block quotes & Separators

• I'm In a list

• Or minus

• Or plus

 
* I'm In a list
- Or minus
+ Or plus
 

I don't quote anyone.

 
> I don't quote anyone.

Three or more...

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Three or more...
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You can also use *** and ___.

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Tables

Example:

Super	Simple	Table
Easy	nice	looks
1	2	3

 
Example:
Super | Simple | Table
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*Easy* | `nice` | **looks**
1 | 2 | 3

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YouTube Videos

Direct Link:

 
Direct Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

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HTML

Because of some html functionality not working on Steemit and that It's easier to use Markdown to format 95% of the post, I've included only a few html codes.

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Text

Bold text
^{Superscript text}

<b>Bold text</b>
<sup>Superscript text</sup>

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Combine Both

Now that we know some commands, before we put them to use, you can go Herefor the Full Markdown cheat-sheet and Here for the Full HTML one if your interested. Now for the fun part. I'll show you some easy to remember examples on how to use these in every post.

I'm In the middle

<center>I'm In the middle</center>

Simply at the start of anything you want in center put <center>in front and </center>at the end.
You can also style the text with markdown that's being "centered".

This Image is in the middle

This Image is in the middle and if you open it in a new tab it will take you to www.google.com

<center> This Image is in the middle</center>
<center>https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/examples/api/extension/isAllowedAccess/sample-128.png<center>

<center> This Image is in the middle and if you open it in a new tab it will take you to **www.google.com**</center>
<center><a href="https://www.google.com" target="_new"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/examples/api/extension/isAllowedAccess/sample-128.png" /></a></center>

I'm also using this post to bring attention to an what I think important message to the dev's. The html for ref=_blank doesn't work in other words, links that Open In new tab once you click on them. I'd love to see this implemented as soon as possible.

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Thank you for reading this guide. I hope that the knowledge gained from this post will help you in making better posts in the future.