In addition to the Markdown basics, Siteleaf supports some advanced syntax to make formatting your content easier. Here is a sentence showing off a highlight and also a footnote1.
Footnotes are great for citing and referencing sources, or for expanding on ideas. They are created like this:
A cool sentence[^1].
[^1]: A cool footnote.
This is a footnote in Siteleaf! ↩
In previous posts, we talked about using Markdown for text formatting and Metadata for extending your content in Siteleaf.
Markdown makes it easy to add links and *emphasis* to your content without having to write HTML. While your body content uses Markdown by default, you can also apply this easy-to-use formatting to your metadata.
In the last Siteleaf post, we explored taxonomy and the many ways you could use it to extend your website. This time, we’ll break from templating and take a closer look at content—specifically, Markdown’s role in Siteleaf.