# Markdown Docs

Smmall Cloud offers extensive support for Markdown documents, including [front-matter attributes](https://github.com/Kernix13/markdown-cheatsheet/blob/master/frontmatter.md).

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### Supported Front Matter Attributes

* `title`&#x20;
* `excerpt` - if set will appear on the folder listing page
* `coverImage` - if set will affect the folder listing page and open graph preview
* `date` - Must be a valid [ISO date](https://docs.celigo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014902132-Format-date-and-time-in-ISO8601). If set will appear beneath the title on the detail page as "Published on ...".
* `author` Can be a string or a markdown link. If set will appear beneath the title as "by \<Author Name | Link>"
* `authorImage` A link to the author image / avatar. If set will appear beneath the title.

### Supported Markdown features

Smmall Cloud supports [Github Flavored Markdown](https://github.github.com/gfm/) including syntax highlighted for embedded code blocks.

You can also [embed videos from Smmall Cloud](https://smmall.cloud/blog/video-embeds) and Youtube using iframe embeds.

### Blogging with Folders

Using [Smmall Folders](https://docs.smmall.cloud/folders) you can create a simple blog with your markdown files. Simply upload your existing markdown files with the correct front-matter syntax or author new markdown files using our markdown editor.&#x20;

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You can edit your uploaded markdown using our online editor.

### Sample Blog

You can download the contents of [this folder](https://files.culturezoo.com/MTc0ODQ3OTA0MzU3MA) and use it as a starter to see what's possible with Smmall Cloud folders and blogging.