Markdown is a lightweight markup language commonly used to write technical documentation but great for any type of writing. It is designed to format plain text with a small amount of syntax included into structured content for the web.
Markdown uses a simple syntax to apply formatting like headings, bold, italic, lists, links, and more, making it highly readable both in its raw and rendered forms. Markdown is a syntax used to write articles and is popular to use for website content.
With Cradle CMS it is possible to choose to create page content in markdown.
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