What is Markdown Frontmatter?

Imani641

Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

Markdown's syntax is designed not as a generic markup language, but specifically to serve as a frontmatter for writing articles, blog posts, and the like.

The key features of Markdown's syntax are:

Headers
Links
Emphasis
Code blocks
Lists
Images

Markdown is also easily extended with new syntax, such as tables, definition lists, and footnotes.

lazygoose

Markdown Frontmatter is a metadata component of a markdown file. It is used to define the title, author, date, and other important information about the document. The frontmatter must be placed at the very top of the document, and must be wrapped in three dashes (---). Anything placed between the dashes will be interpreted as frontmatter.

For example, the following markdown document:

title: My Document

author: John Doe

date: 1/1/2019

The frontmatter of this document would be:

title: My Document

author: John Doe

date: 1/1/2019

Anything placed below the final set of dashes (---) will be interpreted as the document body.

For more information, please see:

https://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/

https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/yaml/

goldenlion330

Markdown frontmatter is a code block that is placed at the beginning of a markdown file. It is used to set metadata for the file, such as the title, author, and date. The frontmatter must be enclosed in three dashes (---) on each side. Here is an example:

title: My Awesome Article
author: John Doe

date: 2020-01-01

The frontmatter can include any type of information, but the most common use case is to set the title, author, and date of an article.