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Markdress - Render any markdown URL

rpicard 15y ago
Cool project. It looks like you need to adjust relative image sources so they will load. http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q
- sanand0 15y ago
  Actually, I'd rather leave it to the author of the document, because it seems a tough problem to solve. At http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q, for example, the image is linked to an absolute URL: /graphics/markdown/mt_textformat_menu.png. It's going to be a bit cumbersome to traverse through goo.gl and detect that this is actually at http://daringfireball.net/ http://daringfireball.net/. Might be easier if authors either stuck to pure relative URLs, or full URLs with domains. But that's just me passing the buck...
  - buddydvd 15y ago
    A quick workaround would be to add the `<base>` tag: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/base https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/base to your generated HTML and have it point it to the target URL.
FraaJad 15y ago
Doesn't work work HTTPS links. (eg: markdown text on github project pages).
- rpicard 15y ago
  Github renders markdown automatically anyway though.
- sanand0 15y ago
  True. This is something I'm working on. Even with Dropbox, I'd rather use an HTTPS than HTTP.
rgbrgb 15y ago
Cool project! You can add simple caching for free in like a minute with CloudFlare (https://www.cloudflare.com/ https://www.cloudflare.com/).
- rgbrgb 15y ago
  Why is this getting voted down? Is there something about cloudflare i don't know about? He said he hadn't implemented caching yet so I told him an easy way to do it...
Luit 15y ago
IMO there's one missing from the list of alternatives: Markdrop (http://www.markdrop.com/ http://www.markdrop.com/) (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3089355 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3089355)
- sanand0 15y ago
  I've added it now. Thanks.
tpwong 15y ago
One cool little thing you could add is a javascript widget on the front page, where people could paste in their link to a markdown file, and have it automatically formatted as a Markdress link (or even redirect them to the markdress page). ps. Thanks for the Pancake.io shoutout!
- sanand0 15y ago
  Added. Thanks for the suggestion!
olalonde 15y ago
Misread "Markdness"... Would have been equally fitting :)

Cool project. It looks like you need to adjust relative image sources so they will load. http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q

sanand0 15y ago
Actually, I'd rather leave it to the author of the document, because it seems a tough problem to solve. At http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q http://markdress.org/goo.gl/zTG1q, for example, the image is linked to an absolute URL: /graphics/markdown/mt_textformat_menu.png. It's going to be a bit cumbersome to traverse through goo.gl and detect that this is actually at http://daringfireball.net/ http://daringfireball.net/. Might be easier if authors either stuck to pure relative URLs, or full URLs with domains. But that's just me passing the buck...
- buddydvd 15y ago
  A quick workaround would be to add the `<base>` tag: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/base https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/base to your generated HTML and have it point it to the target URL.

FraaJad 15y ago

Doesn't work work HTTPS links. (eg: markdown text on github project pages).

rpicard 15y ago
Github renders markdown automatically anyway though.
sanand0 15y ago
True. This is something I'm working on. Even with Dropbox, I'd rather use an HTTPS than HTTP.

rgbrgb 15y ago

Cool project! You can add simple caching for free in like a minute with CloudFlare (https://www.cloudflare.com/ https://www.cloudflare.com/).

rgbrgb 15y ago
Why is this getting voted down? Is there something about cloudflare i don't know about? He said he hadn't implemented caching yet so I told him an easy way to do it...

Luit 15y ago

IMO there's one missing from the list of alternatives: Markdrop (http://www.markdrop.com/ http://www.markdrop.com/) (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3089355 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3089355)

sanand0 15y ago
I've added it now. Thanks.

tpwong 15y ago

One cool little thing you could add is a javascript widget on the front page, where people could paste in their link to a markdown file, and have it automatically formatted as a Markdress link (or even redirect them to the markdress page). ps. Thanks for the Pancake.io shoutout!

sanand0 15y ago
Added. Thanks for the suggestion!

olalonde 15y ago

Misread "Markdness"... Would have been equally fitting :)