setup template with placeholders

Author: ajo2995

markdown-cheat-sheet.md

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+# Markdown Cheat Sheet
+
+Thanks for visiting [The Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)!
+
+This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements. It can’t cover every edge case, so if you need more information about any of these elements, refer to the reference guides for [basic syntax](https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax) and [extended syntax](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax).
+
+## Basic Syntax
+
+These are the elements outlined in John Gruber’s original design document. All Markdown applications support these elements.
+
+### Heading
+
+# H1
+## H2
+### H3
+
+### Bold
+
+**bold text**
+
+### Italic
+
+*italicized text*
+
+### Blockquote
+
+> blockquote
+
+### Ordered List
+
+1. First item
+2. Second item
+3. Third item
+
+### Unordered List
+
+- First item
+- Second item
+- Third item
+
+### Code
+
+`code`
+
+### Horizontal Rule
+
+---
+
+### Link
+
+[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)
+
+### Image
+
+![alt text](https://www.markdownguide.org/assets/images/tux.png)
+
+## Extended Syntax
+
+These elements extend the basic syntax by adding additional features. Not all Markdown applications support these elements.
+
+### Table
+
+| Syntax | Description |
+| ----------- | ----------- |
+| Header | Title |
+| Paragraph | Text |
+
+### Fenced Code Block
+
+```
+{
+  "firstName": "John",
+  "lastName": "Smith",
+  "age": 25
+}
+```
+
+### Footnote
+
+Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]
+
+[^1]: This is the footnote.
+
+### Heading ID
+
+### My Great Heading {#custom-id}
+
+### Definition List
+
+term
+: definition
+
+### Strikethrough
+
+~~The world is flat.~~
+
+### Task List
+
+- [x] Write the press release
+- [ ] Update the website
+- [ ] Contact the media

template.md

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-This is the release notes template
+# release notes and genomes pages templates
+This file has suggested templates for:
+
+- [initial subsite release](#initial-release-template) 
+- [subsequent updates](#update-templates)
+- [genome pages](#genome-page-template)
+
+Copy/paste what you need into a file in the appropriate subdirectory with a file name like this `display name---YYYY-MM-DD.md`
+## initial release template
+- [ ] create the template here
+
+## update templates
+create templates here for
+
+- [ ] genomes
+- [ ] variation data
+- [ ] pathways
+- [ ] expression data
+- [ ] tools
+
+## genome page template
+- [ ] create the template here