How to Use Django-Markdownx for Your Blog

This is my first crack at using Django-Markdownx, which is a comprehensive Markdown plugin built for Django that has raw editing and a live preview inside of the Django admin. I looked into many other ways to implement markdown (django-markdown, django-markdown2, django-markdown-duex), but the ability to drag & drop image uploads won me over. Implementing it is very straight forward, so let's begin there.