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2title = "tables and advanced formatting"
3date = 2026-04-16
4description = "tables, footnotes, task lists, and more"
5[taxonomies]
6tags = ["markdown", "demo"]
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8
9zola's markdown renderer supports several extensions beyond standard CommonMark.
10
11## tables
12
13| feature | status | notes |
14|---------|--------|-------|
15| markdown | working | full CommonMark support |
16| syntax highlighting | working | 200+ languages via giallo |
17| shortcodes | working | custom template snippets |
18| taxonomies | working | tags, categories |
19| table of contents | working | auto-generated from headings |
20| internal links | working | compile-time validation |
21| feeds | working | Atom/RSS generation |
22| sass/scss | pending | needs separate worker |
23
24## task lists
25
26- [x] basic markdown
27- [x] syntax highlighting
28- [x] shortcodes
29- [x] taxonomies and tags
30- [x] table of contents
31- [x] internal links
32- [ ] image processing (resize, crop)
33- [ ] sass/scss compilation
34- [ ] search index
35
36## footnotes
37
38zola supports footnotes[^1] for adding references and citations without interrupting the reading flow[^2].
39
40[^1]: footnotes are rendered at the bottom of the page.
41[^2]: they use standard markdown footnote syntax.
42
43## strikethrough
44
45~~this text is struck through~~ — useful for showing corrections or deprecated information.
46
47## horizontal rules
48
49three dashes create a separator:
50
51---
52
53content continues after the rule.