First post! Welcome reader! (I love stories which break the fourth wall and so will be pathetically and haphazardly attempting to do this every now and then)

Time for some credits. This blog was created using:

• the static website generator Jekyll
• using Jekyll Now as a starting point

And on to our first post proper:

Intro to Markdown

All posts using Jekyll are written in Markdown. Markdown is a markup language using plain-text syntax that can be converted into HTML and yet still easy for humans to read. However, I am still not quite familiar with the syntax and so shall be practising it here in my first post under the guise of teaching you, honourable reader.

Credits to Markdown Cheatsheet

Contents

• Headers
• Formatting
• Lists
• Links
• Images
• Code
• Blockquote
• Horizontal Rules
• Line Breaks

Headers

# H1
## H2
...
###### H6

H1

H2

…

H6

Formatting

*italics* or _italics_  
**bold** or __bold__  
***bold italics*** or ___bold italics___  
<s>strikethrough</s>

italics or italics
bold or bold
bold italics or bold italics

Lists

* Unordered
- list
+ item

1. Ordered
5. list
  1. Ordered
  2. sub item
4. item
  - Unordered

• Unordered
• list
• item

1. Ordered
2. list
3. Ordered
4. sub item
5. item
   • Unordered

Links

[Link](http://www.google.com)  
[Link with alt text](http://www.google.com "Alt-text")  
[Reference style link][1]  
[Reference link]  

[1]: http://www.google.com
[Reference link]: http://www.google.com

[Link to location in document](#links)  
Place <a name="links"></a> at location to link  
example demonstrated using this post's contents table

Link
Link with alt text
Reference style link
Reference link

Images

![Alt-text](../../../images/jekyll-logo.png)  
![Alt-text][Image link]  
<span class="caption">Caption style specified using css</span>  

[Image link]: ../../../images/jekyll-logo.png

Caption style specified using css

Code

Inline `code`

```javascript
var string = "code with Javascript syntax highlighting";
console.log(string);
```
    //code block using 4 spaces indentation
    alert(1);

Inline code

var string = "code with Javascript syntax highlighting";
console.log(string);

//code block using 4 spaces indentation
alert(1);

Blockquote

> Greentext
> also known as blockquote

Greentext also known as blockquote

Horizontal Rules

---
___
***

Line Breaks

Without two spaces at the end,
this is still on the same line

Force a line bre  
ak with two spaces at the end

Without two spaces at the end, this is still on the same line

Force a line bre
ak with two spaces at the end

I have tried to keep it as short as possible only including the most frequently used syntax. Any other details can be found at Markdown Cheatsheet or simply searching for Markdown Syntax.