fastn supports Markdown. Hence, instead of learning tags, one can still create content-heavy and powerful website using plain text without missing out on formatting.

Supporting Markdown makes fastn versatile as it also supports the conversion of the marked-up text into various output formats such as HTML.

By importing the doc-site package in your fastn projects and using any of the component like ds.markdown component, you gain access to Markdown’s intuitive and readable text formatting syntax.

Introduction

fastn supports the Markdown. Hence, instead of learning tags, one can still create content-heavy and powerful website using plain text without missing out on formatting.

Supporting Markdown makes fastn versatile as it also supports the conversion of the marked-up text into various output formats such as HTML.

By importing the doc-site package in your fastn projects and using any of the component like ds.markdown component, you gain access to Markdown’s intuitive and readable text formatting syntax.

Introduction

Welcome!! My name is Ajit

In this video we will see how to use markdown in your fastn projects using doc-site.

Markdown

Markdown is a way to write the content for the web.

Markdown provides a way to style text elements such as headings, lists, links, and more, using plain text and minimal special characters.

📝

Markdown Yes, but…

We do not recommend you to style text elements such as headings, images and code-block instead we want you to use following components:

Elements	Components
heading	`ds.h1`
image	`ds.image`
code-block	`ds.code`

Benefits

Markdown’s simplicity, readibility, and portability as plain texts can be easily shared and opened on any platform. Hence, using it in doc-site makes it a valuable tool for content creators and developers alike.
Markdown is widely used in blogging, instant messaging, online forums, collaborative software, documentation pages, and readme files.
It gives rich styling to the text.

Let’s see what all we can do by using Markdown in doc-site.

Markdown syntax in doc-site

To use the Markdown Syntax in your fastn projects using components of doc-site. The first thing is to add doc-site in your package and then use the components of doc-site package.

To add doc-site in your package. Add it as the fastn.dependency in your FASTN.ftd document.

Dependency

-- fastn.dependency: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site

-- fastn.dependency: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site

Lang:

ftd

Then, import the doc-site package in your documents like index.ftd

Importing doc-site

-- import: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site as ds

-- import: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site as ds

Lang:

ftd

Now, start using the components like ds.page, ds.markdown, ds.h1 etc.

Syntax

-- ds.markdown:

-- ds.markdown:

Lang:

ftd

Plain text

Input

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt.

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt.

Lang:

ftd

Output

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Inline styles

Input

-- ds.markdown:

**Bold Text** dolor sit amet, *Italic text* elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
  incididunt.

-- ds.markdown:

**Bold Text** dolor sit amet, *Italic text* elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
  incididunt.

Lang:

ftd

Output

Bold Text dolor sit amet, Italic text elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Inline links

Input

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum [fastn](https://fastn.com/) amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum [fastn](https://fastn.com/) amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Lang:

ftd

Output

Lorem ipsum fastn amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Turning a URL into a link

Input

-- ds.markdown:

https://fastn.com/

-- ds.markdown:

https://fastn.com/

Lang:

ftd

Output

https://fastn.com/

Markdown List

Input

-- ds.markdown:

**Bullet list:**

- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3
  - Sub List item 1
  - Sub List item 1

**Ordered list:**

1. List item
2. List item
3. List item
   1. Sub List Item
   2. Sub List Item
   3. Sub List Item

-- ds.markdown:

**Bullet list:**

- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3
  - Sub List item 1
  - Sub List item 1

**Ordered list:**

1. List item
2. List item
3. List item
   1. Sub List Item
   2. Sub List Item
   3. Sub List Item

Lang:

ftd

Output

Bullet list:

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
- Sub List item 1
- Sub List item 1

Ordered list:

List item
List item
List item
1. Sub List Item
2. Sub List Item
3. Sub List Item

We can strikethrough a word or a sentence using single ~ symbol

Strikethrough

Input

-- ds.markdown:

~The world is flat.~

-- ds.markdown:

~The world is flat.~

Lang:

ftd

Output

~~The world is flat.~~

To create a superscript, use one caret symbol (^) before and after the characters.

Superscript

Input

-- ds.markdown:

X^2^

-- ds.markdown:

X^2^

Lang:

ftd

Output

X²

Horizontal Rule

Input

-- ds.markdown:

To create a Horizontal Rule we write

***

-- ds.markdown:

To create a Horizontal Rule we write

***

Lang:

ftd

Output

To create a Horizontal Rule we write

This way you can make use of Markdown in your fastn projects.

Closing Remarks

Thank you guys, keep watching these videos to learn more about fastn. Checkout the fastn website.

Support us by clicking on this link and give us a star ⭐ on GitHub and join our fastn community on Discord.

Thank you guys, keep watching these videos to learn more about fastn.

Support us by giving a star ⭐ on GitHub and join our fastn community on Discord.

Final Video

Support `fastn`!

Enjoying fastn? Please consider giving us a star ⭐️ on GitHub to show your support!

⭐️

Getting Help

Have a question or need help?

Visit our GitHub Q&A discussion to get answers and subscribe to it to stay tuned.

Join our Discord channel and share your thoughts, suggestion, question etc.

Connect with our community!

💻️

Found an issue?

If you find some issue, please visit our GitHub issues to tell us about it.

Quick links:

Join us

We welcome you to join our Discord community today.

We are trying to create the language for human beings and we do not believe it would be possible without your support. We would love to hear from you.

markdown in `doc-site`

In this video we will see how to use markdown in doc-site.

Video Title:

How to use markdown in doc-site

Owner:

Ajit

Audience:

Website Builders

Goal:

Gives the idea about the markdown syntax allowed in fastn

Straight to the point

fastn supports Markdown. Hence, instead of learning tags, one can still create content-heavy and powerful website using plain text without missing out on formatting.

Supporting Markdown makes fastn versatile as it also supports the conversion of the marked-up text into various output formats such as HTML.

By importing the doc-site package in your fastn projects and using any of the component like ds.markdown component, you gain access to Markdown’s intuitive and readable text formatting syntax.

Introduction

fastn supports the Markdown. Hence, instead of learning tags, one can still create content-heavy and powerful website using plain text without missing out on formatting.

Supporting Markdown makes fastn versatile as it also supports the conversion of the marked-up text into various output formats such as HTML.

By importing the doc-site package in your fastn projects and using any of the component like ds.markdown component, you gain access to Markdown’s intuitive and readable text formatting syntax.

Introduction

Welcome!! My name is Ajit

In this video we will see how to use markdown in your fastn projects using doc-site.

Markdown

Markdown is a way to write the content for the web.

Markdown provides a way to style text elements such as headings, lists, links, and more, using plain text and minimal special characters.

📝

Markdown Yes, but…

We do not recommend you to style text elements such as headings, images and code-block instead we want you to use following components:

Elements	Components
heading	`ds.h1`
image	`ds.image`
code-block	`ds.code`

Benefits

Markdown’s simplicity, readibility, and portability as plain texts can be easily shared and opened on any platform. Hence, using it in doc-site makes it a valuable tool for content creators and developers alike.
Markdown is widely used in blogging, instant messaging, online forums, collaborative software, documentation pages, and readme files.
It gives rich styling to the text.

Let’s see what all we can do by using Markdown in doc-site.

Markdown syntax in doc-site

To use the Markdown Syntax in your fastn projects using components of doc-site. The first thing is to add doc-site in your package and then use the components of doc-site package.

To add doc-site in your package. Add it as the fastn.dependency in your FASTN.ftd document.

Dependency

-- fastn.dependency: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site

-- fastn.dependency: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site

Lang:

ftd

Then, import the doc-site package in your documents like index.ftd

Importing doc-site

-- import: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site as ds

-- import: fastn-community.github.io/doc-site as ds

Lang:

ftd

Now, start using the components like ds.page, ds.markdown, ds.h1 etc.

Syntax

-- ds.markdown:

-- ds.markdown:

Lang:

ftd

Plain text

Input

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt.

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt.

Lang:

ftd

Output

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Inline styles

Input

-- ds.markdown:

**Bold Text** dolor sit amet, *Italic text* elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
  incididunt.

-- ds.markdown:

**Bold Text** dolor sit amet, *Italic text* elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
  incididunt.

Lang:

ftd

Output

Bold Text dolor sit amet, Italic text elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Inline links

Input

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum [fastn](https://fastn.com/) amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

-- ds.markdown:

Lorem ipsum [fastn](https://fastn.com/) amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Lang:

ftd

Output

Lorem ipsum fastn amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.

Turning a URL into a link

Input

-- ds.markdown:

https://fastn.com/

-- ds.markdown:

https://fastn.com/

Lang:

ftd

Output

https://fastn.com/

Markdown List

Input

-- ds.markdown:

**Bullet list:**

- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3
  - Sub List item 1
  - Sub List item 1

**Ordered list:**

1. List item
2. List item
3. List item
   1. Sub List Item
   2. Sub List Item
   3. Sub List Item

-- ds.markdown:

**Bullet list:**

- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3
  - Sub List item 1
  - Sub List item 1

**Ordered list:**

1. List item
2. List item
3. List item
   1. Sub List Item
   2. Sub List Item
   3. Sub List Item

Lang:

ftd

Output

Bullet list:

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
- Sub List item 1
- Sub List item 1

Ordered list:

List item
List item
List item
1. Sub List Item
2. Sub List Item
3. Sub List Item

We can strikethrough a word or a sentence using single ~ symbol

Strikethrough

Input

-- ds.markdown:

~The world is flat.~

-- ds.markdown:

~The world is flat.~

Lang:

ftd

Output

~~The world is flat.~~

To create a superscript, use one caret symbol (^) before and after the characters.

Superscript

Input

-- ds.markdown:

X^2^

-- ds.markdown:

X^2^

Lang:

ftd

Output

X²

Horizontal Rule

Input

-- ds.markdown:

To create a Horizontal Rule we write

***

-- ds.markdown:

To create a Horizontal Rule we write

***

Lang:

ftd

Output

To create a Horizontal Rule we write

This way you can make use of Markdown in your fastn projects.

Closing Remarks

Thank you guys, keep watching these videos to learn more about fastn. Checkout the fastn website.

Support us by clicking on this link and give us a star ⭐ on GitHub and join our fastn community on Discord.

Thank you guys, keep watching these videos to learn more about fastn.

Support us by giving a star ⭐ on GitHub and join our fastn community on Discord.

Final Video

Support `fastn`!

Enjoying fastn? Please consider giving us a star ⭐️ on GitHub to show your support!

⭐️

Getting Help

Have a question or need help?

Visit our GitHub Q&A discussion to get answers and subscribe to it to stay tuned.

Join our Discord channel and share your thoughts, suggestion, question etc.

Connect with our community!

💻️

Found an issue?

If you find some issue, please visit our GitHub issues to tell us about it.

Quick links:

Join us

We welcome you to join our Discord community today.

We are trying to create the language for human beings and we do not believe it would be possible without your support. We would love to hear from you.

markdown in doc-site

Straight to the point

Introduction

Introduction

Markdown

Benefits

Markdown syntax in doc-site

Closing Remarks

Final Video

Support fastn!

Getting Help

Found an issue?

Quick links:

Join us

markdown in doc-site

Straight to the point

Introduction

Introduction

Markdown

Benefits

Markdown syntax in doc-site

Closing Remarks

Final Video

Support fastn!

Getting Help

Found an issue?

Quick links:

Join us

markdown in `doc-site`

Support `fastn`!

markdown in `doc-site`

Support `fastn`!