3.1.10 markdown

[mike1974]

Hi,

Not sure if it's right place - but I was looking for markdown extension/mod and unable to find something working for phpbb.
So I created my own mod based on Parsedown (http://parsedown.org/) and Github mardown CSS (https://github.com/sindresorhus/github-markdown-css) - I had to modify it to override some phpbb styles.

MOD is implementation of 'md' bbcode - to have markdown in your post you just use [md] ... [/md] tags to enclose your markdown text (github style).
e.g.
[md]
# my title
1. list item
2. list item 2
[/md]

I do modify following files:

includes\bbcode.php
includes\functions_content.php
includes\message_parser.php
includes\Parsedown.php
styles\prosilver\theme\github-markdown.css
styles\prosilver\theme\stylesheet.css


Sample:

To apply changes you need to override existing files (making backup is always good idea)

[DavidIQ]

Hello,

No this is not the correct place to post this. If you're looking to develop and release an extension that does not modify core files (file edits are not allowed) then the proper place for extension development and feedback is at: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=456

[mike1974]

Hello,

No this is not the correct place to post this. If you're looking to develop and release an extension that does not modify core files (file edits are not allowed) then the proper place for extension development and feedback is at: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=456

I don't think that's possible - current phpbb approach to parse text and process it breaks custom formatting (e.g. inserting <br /> tags or urls (magicurl)).
All I wanted to do with current post - is simple solution for those, who looking for markdown support in current version.

[DavidIQ]

Pretty sure it's possible to do this with the new text parser in 3.2 without having to edit files.

Fact-check

[3Di]

I am not quite sure. But I could be wrong.

About the OP, you should - as already said - make of it an extension though. (No MOD fashion)

[JoshyPHP]

Pretty sure it's possible to do this with the new text parser in 3.2 without having to edit files.

You can use an extension to enable the Litedown plugin which provides most of Markdown at the document level. It cannot be constrained to an hypothetical [md] BBCode.

[mikovchain]

Hi mike1974, could you please share this mod? It seems a bit difficult for me to find out how to change the PHP code to use this feature.

Hi,

Not sure if it's right place - but I was looking for markdown extension/mod and unable to find something working for phpbb.
So I created my own mod based on Parsedown (http://parsedown.org/) and Github mardown CSS (https://github.com/sindresorhus/github-markdown-css) - I had to modify it to override some phpbb styles.