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 nested item: four spaces, then
- A final item
Numbered lists:
- Remember to buy some milk
1.
and a space - Drink the milk
2.
and a space - Tweet that I remembered to buy the milk, and drank it
3.
and a space
Links:
- Paste in a URL, like http://ghost.org - it'll automatically be linked up.
- Customise your anchor text: the Ghost website
[title](url)
Images:
- Paste in the link as seen below:

- 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:
Result | Markdown | Shortcut |
Bold | **text** | Ctrl/⌘ + B |
Emphasize | *text* | Ctrl/⌘ + I |
~ ~text~ ~ (w/o spaces) | Ctrl + Alt + U | |
Link | [title](http://) | Ctrl/⌘ + K |
Inline Code | `code` | Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + K |
Image |  | Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + I |
| * item | Ctrl + L |
Blockquote | > quote | Ctrl + Q |
H1 | # Heading | |
H2 | ## Heading | Ctrl/⌘ + H |
H3 | ### Heading | Ctrl/⌘ + H (x2) |
SEE MORE AT: Ghost Support Markdown Guide and Ghost Blog Markdown Guide.