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Markdown: A short guide

Tips on writing emails with formatting and images

Written by Louise Dollimore

Markdown is a basic way to add rich formatting to text such as emails. While it can appear a little complex at first, it's similar in usage to other common editing tools. Simply select the text and click the relevant button to apply styling.

Bold and Italics

  • Bold: Use ** around text.

Example: **This is bold**

  • Italics: Use _ around text.

Example: _This is italic_

Lists

  • Unordered lists: Use * before each item.

Example:

* Item 1
* Item 2
  • Ordered lists: Just use numbers.

Example:

1. First item
2. Second item

Links and Images

  • Links: [Text](URL)

Example: [Google](https://www.google.com)

  • Images: ![Alt text](Image URL)

Example: ![Logo](https://example.com/logo.png)

Hosting Images

To display an image in Markdown, you need to provide a link to where the image is stored online. Markdown doesn’t upload the image; it only links to it.

The easiest place to store images is the CMS, which creates an email-sized version of each image you upload. See Add an image to a customer email for how to upload an image and copy its link.

Make sure to use the Preview button to check your images display as expected.

Further Information on Sending Emails from Ooooby

Navigate to these articles to learn more about emailing from Ooooby:

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