XF 2.2 Extended Markdown Support

[Foxtrek_64]

Hi all,

Coming back to XenForo for the first time since version 1 and there are a whole lot of changes! One I'm really happy to see included is support for Markdown, but it feels rather limited in my mind.

I would like to extend this, even if that means shutting down the internal Markdown parser and replacing it with my own, which would give me the most control over it. Naturally the best place to start here is going to be a plugin. While I'm familiar with PHP, I am not too familiar with XenForo's plugin classes. I did find a plugin from banxix that disables Markdown entirely which gives me a bit of a hint of how to handle this, but disabling existing functionality vs implementing new functionality is of course a lot different.

Could someone point me towards the types I would want to extend and any gotchas to keep an eye on? Also, how extensible is the built-in markdown system? If I for instance wanted to add github-style to-do lists, how easy would that be to implement in the existing system? Or would I need to just disable what's there and write my own?

(For those who don't know what I'm referring to, here's a github to-do list)

* [ ] This item would appear unchecked
* [x] This item would appear checked

 

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did you ever figure this out?

 

[sub_ubi]

Here's an alternate way to handle markdown in XF,

GitHub - McShare/xenforo-markdown: An alternative way to implement markdown in XenForo.

An alternative way to implement markdown in XenForo. - McShare/xenforo-markdown

github.com

All content within [MD] tags [/MD] will be rendered in markdown. You can also extend it as it's based on https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown

 

[Digital Doctor]

I would like to extend this, even if that means shutting down the internal Markdown parser and replacing it with my own, which would give me the most control over it.

One I'm really happy to see included is support for Markdown, but it feels rather limited in my mind.

Markdown

I’ve been working on a Markdown Processor for XenForo that can fully convert most Markdown into BBCode on inserts or updates. It’s been months in the making, and I’ve finally optimized it to a point where it works seamlessly without interfering with existing BBCode posts. If the post is fully Markdown (from a specific user ID), it intelligently transmits Markdown → HTML (via ParsedownExtra) → BBCode using XenForo’s internal processor—no JavaScript, no Marked.js needed.

With the new editor introducing Markdown/BBCode support, I’m wondering: Is this still something valuable for XenForo? Or is it redundant now?

Mike Fara seems to be working on something that may help.

 

[Mike Fara]

Mike Fara seems to be working on something that may help.

I'm looking into making sure that it could be used in a multi-user scenario that doesn't blow up someones website. It only works right now for one user. Seeing as XenForo is coming out soon, I have no reason to continue working on that... for now.