I apologize for being off-topic, but I think there's more expertise on this list than I'll find elsewhere.
I'm thinking about moving my blog from Movable Type 3.2 to WordPress. As a test, I've set up a local WP installation and imported my old posts--all of which are written in Markdown. They look awful, primarily because the blocks of source code in many of my posts are not being imported properly. Here is what I've done:
1. Exported the MT 3.2 posts using MT's builtin export command. 2. Installed WP and the PHP-MarkdownExtra plugin. Activated the plugin. 3. Imported into WP the text file that came out of the MT export process.
The biggest problem seems to be that WP isn't recognizing the Markdown formatting of the exported posts. What should be enclosed by <pre><code>...</code></pre> are enclosed by simple paragraph tags instead.
Has anyone here experienced and solved this problem?
On Dec 26 2007, at 07:47, Dr. Drang wrote:
I apologize for being off-topic, but I think there's more expertise on this list than I'll find elsewhere.
I'm thinking about moving my blog from Movable Type 3.2 to WordPress. As a test, I've set up a local WP installation and imported my old posts--all of which are written in Markdown. They look awful, primarily because the blocks of source code in many of my posts are not being imported properly. Here is what I've done:
- Exported the MT 3.2 posts using MT's builtin export command.
- Installed WP and the PHP-MarkdownExtra plugin. Activated the
plugin. 3. Imported into WP the text file that came out of the MT export process.
The biggest problem seems to be that WP isn't recognizing the Markdown formatting of the exported posts. What should be enclosed by
<pre><code>...</code></pre> are enclosed by simple paragraph tags
instead.
Has anyone here experienced and solved this problem?
Hmm. I use WP with PHP-MarkdownExtra and have never experienced this problem with source code. Is it just the blocks of source code or are other aspects of Markdown failing as well? You might try posting the query on the Markdown list. Michael Fortrin, the author of PHP- MarkdownExtra, is an active participant of that list. <markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net
All the best and good luck, Mark
On Dec 26, 2007 8:48 AM, Mark Eli Kalderon eli@markelikalderon.com wrote:
Hmm. I use WP with PHP-MarkdownExtra and have never experienced this problem with source code. Is it just the blocks of source code or are other aspects of Markdown failing as well? You might try posting the query on the Markdown list. Michael Fortrin, the author of PHP- MarkdownExtra, is an active participant of that list. <markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net
Actually, I meant to post to that list. Shouldn't send email when I'm half asleep.
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