Articles Tagged markdown

You can have the best open source project in the world but, if it doesn’t have good documentation, chances are it’ll never take off. In the office, good documentation could save you having to repeatedly answer the same questions. Documentation ensures that people can figure out how things work if key employees decide to leave the company or change roles. Well documented coding guidelines help bring consistency to a codebase.

If you’re writing long-form text, Markdown is clearly a great … Read article

Pretty specific, huh? While we're going to do exactly what the title says, this post is more about a learning exercise and an example of getting help on the internet.… Read article

This is mostly for me. These are the little things that sometimes confuse me about Markdown and I find myself having to search the web for. So I'll write them down. Blogging as memory extension.

Know that your mileage may vary on this stuff, as there are many varietals of Markdown.… Read article

A huge high-five to John James Jacoby for his help here on CSS-Tricks fixing up our Markdown + bbPress integration. John runs Plugins Loaded, a source of high-quality WordPress plugins that you can use for free, or choose to pay to support.

The following is a guest post by Ray Villalobos. Ray is going to explore many of the different varietals of Markdown. All of them offer features beyond what the original Markdown can do, but they offer different features amongst themselves. If you're choosing a version to use (or a version you're offering to users on your web product), it pays to know what you are getting into, as it's difficult to switch once you've chosen and there is content … Read article