A few of your favorite things

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Step 8: Add a list

In this pull request, you'll learn about lists and emoji. You'll also list a few details in your resume.

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Emoji

Emoji

Emoji are fun ✨, and they can be silly 😜, but they can also be an important communication tool when working with remote teams ✅. Tone doesn't come across as clearly when reading text as it comes speaking face to face, and emojis can be helpful in conveying context and emotions. ❤️

Emoji are best used as additive extras, not replacements for text. With images, descriptive text makes it clearer for screen readers, but screen readers aren't guaranteed to convey the intent of an emoji. Make sure your meaning is clear in text, so emoji will help instead of causing more confusion.

Here are some examples of popular emojis in markdown.

What you see	What you type
❤️	:heart:
👍	:+1:
😄	:smile:
✨	:sparkles:
🎉	:tada:

For more information about available emoji, see this handy cheat sheet. In most text fields on GitHub, you can type : and then begin to type the name of an emoji. A fuzzy search will bring up the 5 best guesses and let you select one.

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Ordered Lists

Ordered Lists

Ordered lists have numbers. You can nest ordered lists within a list item by indenting them. You can read more about formatting and syntax in the GitHub Help.

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
   1. Item 3a
   2. Item 3b

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
   1. Item 3a
   2. Item 3b

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Unordered Lists

Unordered Lists

To create an unordered list, use either the - or * character. As with ordered lists, you can nest a list by indenting two spaces.

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Item 2a
  * Item 2b

• Item 1
• Item 2
  • Item 2a
  • Item 2b

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Adding a list

Help people get to know you by adding a list containing a few of your favorite things. Don't know what to add? Why not add a list of your favorite books or places to eat.

⌨️ Activity: Create a list

1. Edit the _includes/04-lists.md in this pull request.
2. Create a markdown list in the file. It can be ordered or unordered.
3. Commit your changes.

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Step 9: Use emphasis

Great job with those lists! Let's try something new. You can use bold and italic text in Markdown. There are a couple of ways to create emphasis.

*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_

**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__

_You **can** combine them_

⌨️ Activity: Add some emphasis

1. Edit the file _includes/05-emphasis.md in this pull request.
2. Use the Preview tab and your ✨ new Markdown knowledge, add emphasis (like bold or italics) to your skills.
3. Enter a short and descriptive commit message.
4. Commit your changes.

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🤔 I don't see any text with emphasis yet. To complete this exercise, you need to add some emphasized text to the _includes/05-emphasis.md file, in the form of a bold or italicized words.

⌨️ Activity: Add emphasis

1. Click the "Files changed" tab.
2. Scroll to find the _includes/05-emphasis.md.
3. Click the 📝 pencil icon.
4. Add emphasis using ** for bold or _ for italics (emphasis should not have a space between the markdown and the word to be modified).
5. Scroll to the bottom and commit your changes to your branch.

If you would like assistance troubleshooting, create a post on the GitHub Community board. You might also want to search for your issue to see if other people have resolved it in the past.

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Step 10: Merge lists and emphasis

Nice list, @jmmargo! You can merge this pull request when you're ready.

⌨️ Activity: Merge the Pull Request

1. Click Merge pull request below.

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Nicely done, @jmmargo. See your work here: https://jmmargo.github.io/markdown-portfolio/

I gave your portfolio a makeover by adding a Jekyll theme. To select another theme, see “Adding a Jekyll theme to your GitHub Pages site with the Jekyll Theme Chooser in the GitHub Help.

⌨️ Activity: Delete the branch

1. Delete your branch in this pull request.

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