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+---
+title: "Markdown Basics"
+date: 2021-10-01T12:00:00+10:00
+draft: false
+tags: ['example']
+categories: ['markdown']
+---
+
+# Heading
+
+Paragraph with **bold** and *italic* text.
+
+## Lists
+
+1. First item
+2. Second item
+
+You can also include code:
+
+```go
+fmt.Println("Hello, world!")
+```
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+---
+title: "More Markdown"
+date: 2021-10-05T12:00:00+10:00
+draft: false
+tags: ['example']
+categories: ['markdown']
+---
+
+Here is a link to [Hugo](https://gohugo.io).
+
+And a simple table:
+
+| Fruit | Color |
+|------|-------|
+| Apple | Red |
+| Banana | Yellow |
diff --git a/content/post/my-first-post.md b/content/post/my-first-post.md
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 categories: ['sample-posts']
 ---
 
-This is my first post... Will be deleted but just to test this. Predominately for demo purposes.
\ No newline at end of file
+Welcome to the blog! This short entry shows how a simple Markdown post looks using this theme.
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 categories: ['sample-posts']
 ---
 
-Second post.. There are tools to generate the data above. But I just generated it.
-
-This is 
-* mark down
-* Compiled to html
+This is my second example post. The header above was generated automatically.
 
+Here is a small list written in Markdown:
+* Item one
+* Item two