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Learning Markdown!
What is “Markdown” and how should you use it?
- Markdown is a way to style the text used on webpages. Markdown is also used to insert images, gifs, and links to other pages
- Sometimes non-alphabetic characters, for example “#” and “-“ are used along with regular to text in order to direct what style that bit of text is
- Github.com has its own version of Markdown Syntax
- Take a few minutes to read up on the basics @ “Mastering Markdown
What is Github Pages?
- Github is one of the many ways you can build your own website
- Use it to create repositories that generate into webpages, you can even choose webpage layouts or “profile styles” directly through Github
- Use it to document, build portfolios, projects and more
- you do not need to know how to work on the back end, and by using markdowns while creating your webpage you can skip trying to figure out HTML and CSS
How does it work?
- By creating your own profile, Github will generate for you, your very own URL
- Create your own repository, add web content to the master branch and the webpage will become part of your URL showing you (or your organization) as the publisher!
- Github uses Jekyll which is an open source tool which will convert your text into a more appealing format, structuring it’s presentation into a more appealing website. You have the option to select a free, pre made themes in the settings of your repository
- Github will automatically create and publish your website for you, even as you make edits and update what is to be included in its contents
- Learn about all of the other features and abilities @ “pages.github.com”