Markdown & Congo Feature Showcase

Status: Published with Hugo

Paragraphs and inline formatting #

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Bold text draws attention, italic text adds emphasis, and bold italic text does both. Congo also styles strikethrough text, inline code, and ordinary links.

Escaped characters remain literal: *asterisks*, _underscores_, and # hash marks. Two trailing spaces create a hard line break.
This sentence begins on the next line without starting a new paragraph.

You can add useful inline HTML when Markdown alone is not enough: GIF, H₂O, x², highlighted text, and Ctrl+S.

Heading levels #

Page titles provide the first-level heading, so article sections normally begin at level two.

Level-three heading #

Level-four heading #

Level-five heading #

Level-six heading #

Blockquotes and citations #

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A nested quotation can provide additional context.

Markdown such as bold text and code works inside a quote.

“Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.”
— Austin Freeman¹

Lists #

Unordered and nested #

• Engineering
  • Mechanical systems
  • Electrical systems
  • Control systems
• Technology
  • Linux
  • Networking
  • Local AI

Ordered #

1. Write the content.
2. Preview it with Hugo.
3. Commit the source.
4. Let GitHub Pages deploy it.

Task list #

• Create a Hugo site
• Configure the Congo theme
• Add a custom domain
• Replace this sample with the next great post

Definition list #

Hugo

A static site generator that turns content and templates into a deployable website.

Congo

A responsive Hugo theme with built-in components for rich technical and personal sites.

Markdown

A lightweight syntax for structured text.

Tables #

Markdown works inside cells too: bold, italic, and code.

Code #

Inline commands such as hugo server sit naturally within a paragraph.

baseURL = "https://example.com/"
theme = "congo"
enableRobotsTXT = true

The next block uses Hugo syntax highlighting, line numbers, and highlighted lines:

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package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    message := "Hello from Hugo"
    fmt.Println(message)
}

Indented text can also form a code block:

hugo --gc --minify
git status --short

Links and internal references #

This is an ordinary link to the Hugo documentation, while this Hugo reference points to the site’s About page.

Images and figures #

Standard Markdown image syntax is supported:

Congo’s figure shortcode adds optimized presentation and a caption:

Congo components #

Alerts #

Badges and icons #

Hugo Congo Markdown

Inline icons scale with surrounding text: GitHub, Mastodon, and email.

Mermaid diagram #

Chart #

Mathematical notation #

Inline mathematics: \(E = mc^2\)

Block mathematics:

Collapsible content and raw HTML #

Closing sample #

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The horizontal rule below marks the end of the showcase.

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