Authoring Content

Doks supports the full range of Markdown syntax in .md files as well as frontmatter YAML, TOML, or JSON to define metadata such as a title and description.

Frontmatter#

You can customize individual pages in Doks by setting values in their frontmatter. Frontmatter is set at the top of your files between --- separators:

---
title: My page title
---

Page content follows the second `---`.

Every page must include at least a title. See the frontmatter reference for all available fields and how to add custom fields.

Inline styles#

Text can be bold, italic, or strikethrough.

Text can be **bold**, _italic_, or ~~strikethrough~~.

You can link to another page.

You can [link to another page](/docs/start-here/getting-started/).

You can highlight inline code with backticks.

You can highlight `inline code` with backticks.

Images#

Hyas Images supports the Markdown syntax for displaying images that includes alt-text for screen readers and assistive technology.

![A small bird standing on the ground next to a body of water](vincent-van-zalinge-ip3v0lN8rQg-unsplash.jpg)

Headings#

You can structure content using a heading. Headings in Markdown are indicated by a number of # at the start of the line.

How to structure page content in Doks#

Doks is configured to automatically use your page title as a top-level heading. We recommend starting each page with regular paragraph text content and using on-page headings from <h2> and down:

---
title: Markdown Guide
description: How to use Markdown in Doks
---

This page describes how to use Markdown in Doks.

## Inline Styles

## Headings

Automatic heading anchor links#

Using headings in Markdown will automatically give you anchor links so you can link directly to certain sections of your page:

---
title: My page of content
description: How to use Doks' built-in anchor links
---

## Introduction

I can link to [my conclusion](#conclusion) lower on the same page.

## Conclusion

`https://my-site.com/page1/#introduction` navigates directly to my Introduction.

Level 2 (<h2>) and Level 3 (<h3>) headings will automatically appear in the page table of contents — the “On this page” section.

Blockquotes#

This is a blockquote, which is commonly used when quoting another person or document.

Blockquotes are indicated by a > at the start of each line.

> This is a blockquote, which is commonly used when quoting another person or document.
>
> Blockquotes are indicated by a `>` at the start of each line.

Code blocks#

A code block is indicated by a block with three backticks ``` at the start and end. You can indicate the programming language being used after the opening backticks.

// Go code with syntax highlighting.
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, World!")
}

```go
// Go code with syntax highlighting.
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, World!")
}
```

Other common Markdown features#

Doks supports all other Markdown authoring syntax, such as lists and tables. See Markdown Basic Syntax and Markdown Extended Syntax for a quick overview of all Markdown syntax elements.