Markdown is quite popular these days and I like it for it’s simplicity. So I’ve been searching for a way to integrate it in my blog writing workflow. In Blogger, it’s unfortunately not an option.
There I could go:
- either for
WYSIWYGeditor or - manual
HTMLwriting.
However WYSIWYG generates too much HTML I don’t need. Moreover some pre-publish manual HTML editing is a pain then. And the other option I consider it rather slow/unproductive.
So, I looked for other options, and found stackedit.io. Even this post is (and couple others as well) written in it.
stackedit
I consider Stackedit great as it:
- is Markdown editor,
- is open source (see github repo),
- has awesome UI (including live preview, key bindings, …),
- has integration with other popular services that I use anyway:
- for storage (google drive, …) and
- for publishing (blogger,…),
- has active community (just check the stars count and commit activity on the github repo) and
- has impressive feedback time (resolution on my issues/questions came in couple hours)
So my post writing/editing workflow goes like this:
- write/edit post on stackedit.io,
- sync it to google drive and
- publish/republish it to blogger.
That’s it! No further in-blogger updates required!
Blogger specifics
Still there are some specifics in my workflow (to provide smooth blogger integration).
- using the Interpreted variables:
titleandtagsvia:
---
title: Markdown editor for blogger
tags: blogger markdown stackedit.io
---- syntax highlighting via prettify (I use in my blog posts) on blogger works for me using: Github fenced code blocks
