Use Markdown inside HTML blocks in Jekyll
I can't take credit for the code, but it was so helpful to me as a new Jekyll developer that I need to share it.
Jekyll can be easily extended using plugins. Simply create a directory at your site root called _plugins and add your plugins there. See the jekyll docs for more info.
I found the markdown plugin in this StackOverflow Post.
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)Then you can wrap anything, including an included .md file, in this block to have it render as markdown, even inside of HTML.
{% markdown %}
[Stack Overflow](http://www.stackoverflow.com)
{% endmarkdown %}Credit to MisterMetaphor for this.
This plugin utilizes the Ruby kramdown markdown parser.
Written by Chris Albrecht
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