Markdown is a common plain-text format for easily styling text that is converted to html. The LeBow website supports this format as well as provides some additional capabilities. The below guide reviews some basic formatting along with examples.
Headings
H1 is reserved for the title of the page. We only support h2 and h3s.
Heading Level 2
example
## Content Section
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Content Section
Heading Level 3
### Content Sub-Section
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Content Sub-Section
Text Styling
BOLD
example
I will surround the **copy I want bold** with two asterisks
preview I will surround the copy I want bold with two asterisks
Italicize
example
I will surround the *copy I want bold* with one asterisk
preview I will surround the copy I want bold with one asterisk
Blockquote
Used for highlighting a quote or content within a story
example
> Less is more.
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Less is more.
To use blockquotes with attribution, simply follow the quote with two dashes on a new line
example
> Coffetime
-- @Coffeedad
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Coffetime
Callouts
LeBow specific style for calling out specific content. This style is inspired by our alert system, but allows for on-page callouts. Callouts should be on their own line and must start and end with two equals signs (==).
==**IMPORTANT: ** Some important content you want to display==preview
**IMPORTANT: ** Some important content you want to display
Breaks
Line Breaks
Adding single line breaks is something that needs to happen on occasion. There are two ways to force a single line break in Markdown:
- you can leave a space at the end of a paragraph/sentence before you hit “enter”. In this case that would be a space after the “)” of the link. However, this is more difficult to see the intent at a glance
- However, our preferred method (see below) though is to just end the line with a backslash “\” and that will indicate a single line break. You can also put the \ on the next line as long as it’s the only thing on that line.
[Learn more about this degree](/academics/undergraduate/majors/economics/economics)\
[View a sample plan of study in the Drexel Catalog](https://catalog.drexel.edu/undergraduate/schoolofeconomics/economicsbs/#sampleplanofstudytext)
OR (Should both produce identical results)
[Learn more about this degree](/academics/undergraduate/majors/economics/economics)
\
[View a sample plan of study in the Drexel Catalog](https://catalog.drexel.edu/undergraduate/schoolofeconomics/economicsbs/#sampleplanofstudytext)
Horizontal Rules
Breakup the page with a horizontal rule
----
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Lists
Bulleted List
Please note, you need a full empty carriage return between copy and the start of your list for it to create a list correctly
This is a bulleted list:
* List item 1
* List item 2
* List item 3
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- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3
Numbered/Ordered List
Please note, you need a full empty carriage return between copy and the start of your list for it to create a list correctly
This is a numbered list:
1. List item 1
2. List item 2
3. List item 3
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- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3
Hyperlinks
Internal Links
Links within the lebow.drexel.edu website, should use absolute paths which is everything after the .edu, including the first slash (/).
[The hyperlinked copy](/academics/undergraduate) for links from the LeBow website.
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The hyperlinked copy for links from the LeBow website.
External Links
External links, meaning anything not within lebow.drexel.edu, require you to prefix the link with https://. Links originating from drexel.edu are considered external.
[The hyperlinked drexel academics page](https://www.drexel.edu/academics) for external links.
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The hyperlinked drexel academics page for external links.
CTA Style Links
This LeBow specific link-style will render the link as a simple call to action link. Prefix the link text with a greater than sign (>). These links must appear on their own line.
[ > Do Something](/academics/undergraduate)