webessentials-markdown-template

Example project to open with Web Essentials 2013 to compile Markdown to a full HTML page.

How it works

The script Generate-Documentation.ps1 takes your Markdown file and generates it with CommonMark.NET.

Then, it finds your WE-Markdown.html template and replaces the content with what you generated as well as a few other important variables.

In this example project, the POST-BUILD event of the project containing the markdown calls the PowerShell script.

Feel free to contribute!

WebEssentials settings

In WebEssentials-Settings.json, note that I disabled the "CompileOnSave" for Markdown. Otherwise, everytime the file is saved, the default compilation takes over and you lose the template in the actual file.

Links

This sample created for Stack Overflow question Can Web Essentials 2013 compile markdown to HTML with a template?