How to use Markdown

The following markdown formatting can be used to create new pages for this website

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Text

**bold**

bold

_italic_

italic or

~~strikethrough~~

strikethrough

Links are formatted as the following:

[Link to another page](./another-page.html)

Link to another page

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Headers and block quotes

# Header 1

This is a normal paragraph following a header.

## Header 2

> This is a blockquote following a header
>
> This is the end of the block quote.

### Header 3

#### Header 4

##### Header 5

###### Header 6

Header 1

This is a normal paragraph following a header.

Header 2

This is a blockquote following a header

This is the end of the block quote.

Header 3

Header 4

Header 5

Header 6

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Code

Use the language after the 3 tickmarks for syntax highlighting:

```js
// Javascript code with syntax highlighting.
var fun = function lang(l) {
  dateformat.i18n = require('./lang/' + l)
  return true;
}
```

// Javascript code with syntax highlighting.
var fun = function lang(l) {
  dateformat.i18n = require('./lang/' + l)
  return true;
}

```ruby
# Ruby code with syntax highlighting
GitHubPages::Dependencies.gems.each do |gem, version|
  s.add_dependency(gem, "= #{version}")
end
```

# Ruby code with syntax highlighting
GitHubPages::Dependencies.gems.each do |gem, version|
  s.add_dependency(gem, "= #{version}")
end

Lists

*   This is an unordered list following a header.
*   This is an unordered list following a header.
*   This is an unordered list following a header.

• This is an unordered list following a header.
• This is an unordered list following a header.
• This is an unordered list following a header.

Ordered Lists

1.  This is an ordered list following a header.
2.  This is an ordered list following a header.
3.  This is an ordered list following a header.

1. This is an ordered list following a header.
2. This is an ordered list following a header.
3. This is an ordered list following a header.

Table Example

| head1        | head two          | three |
|:-------------|:------------------|:------|
| ok           | good swedish fish | nice  |
| out of stock | good and plenty   | nice  |
| ok           | good `oreos`      | hmm   |
| ok           | good `zoute` drop | yumm  |

| head1 | head two | three | |:————-|:——————|:——| | ok | good swedish fish | nice | | out of stock | good and plenty | nice | | ok | good oreos | hmm | | ok | good zoute drop | yumm |

Horizontal Rule

* * *

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Nested list:

- level 1 item
  - level 2 item
  - level 2 item
    - level 3 item
    - level 3 item
- level 1 item
  - level 2 item
  - level 2 item
  - level 2 item
- level 1 item
  - level 2 item
  - level 2 item
- level 1 item

• level 1 item
  • level 2 item
  • level 2 item
    • level 3 item
    • level 3 item
• level 1 item
  • level 2 item
  • level 2 item
  • level 2 item
• level 1 item
  • level 2 item
  • level 2 item
• level 1 item

Small image

![Octocat](https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/icons/emoji/octocat.png)

Large image

![Branching](https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/branching.png)

Definition lists can be used with HTML syntax.

<dl>
<dt>Name</dt>
<dd>Godzilla</dd>
<dt>Born</dt>
<dd>1952</dd>
<dt>Birthplace</dt>
<dd>Japan</dd>
<dt>Color</dt>
<dd>Green</dd>
</dl>

Name

Godzilla

Born

1952

Birthplace

Japan

Color

Green

Long, single-line code blocks should not wrap. They should horizontally scroll if they are too long. This line should be long enough to demonstrate this.

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