I'm trying to nest markdown in an HTML file while using Jekyll. Is there a way to achieve something like the following?
# index.html
---
layout: default
---
<p>[Stack Overflow](http://www.stackoverflow.com)</p>
Note: I'm aware that I could do this instead.
# index.html
---
layout: default
---
<p><a href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">Stack Overflow</a></p>
Here's how you can define a markdown block with a Jekyll plugin:
module Jekyll
class MarkdownBlock < Liquid::Block
def initialize(tag_name, text, tokens)
super
end
require "kramdown"
def render(context)
content = super
"#{Kramdown::Document.new(content).to_html}"
end
end
end
Liquid::Template.register_tag('markdown', Jekyll::MarkdownBlock)
(To install this snippet as a plugin, put it in a *.rb
file under _plugins
directory of your source site root)
Then, use it like this:
{% markdown %}
[Stack Overflow](http://www.stackoverflow.com)
{% endmarkdown %}
EDIT: See @Cristian's answer for a better solution! If you're using Kramdown (which is likely the case since you are using Jekyll), you can use it's feature to render markdown inside div
's with a markdown="1"
attribute.
If you are using Kramdown, based on their doc you can do this:
<div markdown="1">
My text with **markdown** syntax
</div>
And this way, the text within the div
is rendered as markdown.
Make sure to use the .md
or .markdown
extension for the file, as .html
files aren't sent to Kramdown for processing!
@sunny-juneja, check out the Liquid Extension Filter called markdownify
:
https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/liquid-extensions#markdownify
Use it like this:
<p>{{ '[Stack Overflow](http://www.stackoverflow.com)' | markdownify }}</p>
Put single or double quotes around your string inside of the Output tag.
Works for me on Jekyll 1.0.0beta3
Take a look at Paul Irish's Gist for a JS code that can interpret sections of your page from Markdown to HTML.
As of current Jekyll 3.6.2 life can be a lot simpler with the following two options:
<div>
{{ "## Yes, this renders as markdown" | markdownify }}
</div>
note the markdown-attribute:
<div markdown="1">
## some markdown
inside some html. `snippet` _italic_ **bold**
</div>