KM Quick Guide: Ghost Markdown Formatting

Basic Text Styles:

  • H1: # text
  • H2: ## text
  • H3: ### text
  • H4: #### text
  • and on to H5 and H6
  • italics *text*
  • bold **text**

Bulleted lists:

  • Item number one: * text, also - text / + text
  • Item number two
    • A nested item: four spaces, then * text
  • A final item

Numbered lists:

  1. Remember to buy some milk 1. and a space
  2. Drink the milk 2. and a space
  3. Tweet that I remembered to buy the milk, and drank it 3. and a space

Images:

  • Paste in the link as seen below:

The Ghost Logo ![The Ghost Logo](https://ghost.org/images/ghost.png)

  • Placeholder for an image:

![A bowl of bananas]

Quoting and blockquotes:

Ghost - Just a blogging platform

> Ghost - Just a blogging platform

Working with Code

Write inline <code> blocks with back ticks. 4 spaces of indentation to tab in.

.awesome-thing {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
}

Line break or horizontal rule:


Uses: ---

HTML:

Plain old HTML works too.
<strong> Plain old HTML works too.</strong>

Input Fields:


<input type="text" placeholder="Type something into me!" />


Keyboard Shortcuts:

ResultMarkdownShortcut
Bold**text**Ctrl/⌘ + B
Emphasize*text*Ctrl/⌘ + I
Strike-through~ ~text~ ~ (w/o spaces)Ctrl + Alt + U
Link[title](http://)Ctrl/⌘ + K
Inline Code
`code`Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + K
Image![alt](http://)Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + I
  • List
* itemCtrl + L
Blockquote
> quoteCtrl + Q

H1

# Heading

H2

## HeadingCtrl/⌘ + H

H3

### HeadingCtrl/⌘ + H (x2)

SEE MORE AT: Ghost Support Markdown Guide and Ghost Blog Markdown Guide.