Markdown - Rich Text in Podio
A very undocumented feature of Podio is the ability to use Rich Text in many fields. The system that Podio implemented is called MarkDown.
Markdown is actually pretty cool, and we use a flavour of markdown to manage this blog content.
Pretty much any multi-line field in Podio that does not have the formatting bar allows MarkDown. This includes messages, comments, single-line text fields, and calculation fields.
Here is a quick reference to what you can do and how to do it:
Bold and Italics
For bold and italics you just use a single or double asterisk:
- italics
- bold
Strikethrough
To strikethrough text, use:
strikethrough
Blockquotes
You can indicate blockquotes with >:
-
quoted text
Headings
Headings are easy to do - just use the hash character or multiples thereof to indicate the heading level:
- #Heading Level 1
- ##Heading Level 2
- ###Heading Level 3
Lists
Bulleted Lists are done using the asterisk, and numbered lists with the number followed by a period:
- (*) bulleted item
- (1.) numbered item
Note: You can also create nested lists this way.
Horizontal Lines
To separate content using a horizontal line, use three dashes:
- —
Images
You can easily include images from a local path or a remote URL:
eg 
<!--NeedCopy-->
Links
And you can easily create links:
[link text](http://example.com/)
<!--NeedCopy-->
You can also combine images and links to make 
[](http://domain.com)
<!--NeedCopy-->
You can also create relative on-page links to headings. If you created a heading with:
# foo
<!--NeedCopy-->
You can link back to it with:
[foo](#foo)
<!--NeedCopy-->
YouTube Videos
With a combination of images and links, you can fake insert YouTube videos:
[](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE)
<!--NeedCopy-->
Tables
Tables are not a standard of MarkDown, but Podio implements GitHub’s flavour of markdown. You can make tables as follows:
| Column 1 Heading | Column 2 Heading |
|---|---|
| Cell Content | Cell Content |
| Cell Content | Cell Content |
And if you want to align columns, use colons as in:
| Column Left | Column Centered | Column Right |
|---|---|---|
| Lorem | Dolor | 1 |
| Ipsum | Set | 42 |
Emojis
You can even add emojis to your text 
:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
<!--NeedCopy-->
For a full list of emoji’s, see this page
Code
To insert code, use the backtick operator:
`<html>` rocks = <html> rocks
<!--NeedCopy-->
For code blocks, use three backticks (```) to start and end the block:
function foo() {
return "bar";
}
Comments
Although this may seem a little useless in Podio, you can add comments to markdown using:
[comment]: # (My comment here)
Comments are not displayed, but you can edit them. ```