Markdown is an easy-to-use syntax for applying rich-text styling to plain text. It is ideally suited for formatting candidate biographies because it ensures consistent styling across all profiles, improving the voter experience.
A Working Example
Candidates enter content into a text area like…
to have it display like…
A candidate may highlight text to appear in both bold and italics and also include a link to an outside website. A candidate may wish to list their educational background using a bullet list like so:
- Bachelor Degree
- Master's Degree
- Doctoral Degree
Skypunch supports a curated subset of Markdown syntax for consistent candidate biography formatting.
| To format text as… | Type… | Displays as… | |
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| Heading |
# Hello World
Typing it: Start a new line with a pound sign, then a space, then text. |
Hello World |
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| Italics |
*make me italics*
Typing it: Enclose text in asterisks to make the enclosed text italics. |
make me italics | |
| Bold |
**make me bold**
Typing it: Enclose text in double asterisks to make the enclosed text bold. |
make me bold | |
| Bold and italics |
***make me bold and italics***
Typing it: Enclose text in triple asterisks to make the enclosed text bold and italics. |
make me bold and italics | |
| Ordered lists |
Typing it: Start a new line with a number, then a period, then a space, then text. |
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| Unordered lists | - First list item. - Second list item. - Third list item. Typing it: Start a new line with a dash, then a space, then text. |
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| Links | [Make me a link](https://www.fsu.edu)
Typing it: Type opening and closing square brackets followed by opening and closing parentheses. Provide link text in the square brackets, the link address (a URL) in the parentheses. Do not omit http[s]:// from the address. |
Make me a link |