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axllent/silverstripe-simplemde-markdown
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SimpleMDE editor & markdown support for SilverStripe 3

1.0.1(8y ago)14504The MIT License (MIT)PHP

Since Jan 20Pushed 8y agoCompare

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SimpleMDE Editor & Markdown for SilverStripe 3
==================================================

[](#simplemde-editor--markdown-for-silverstripe-3)

This module adds a field and a data type that allows for Markdown editing in the CMS, and HTML template rendering using the Github Flavoured Markdown parser [Parsedown](http://parsedown.org/).

It is integrated with the [SimpleMDE Markdown Editor](https://github.com/NextStepWebs/simplemde-markdown-editor) for CMS editing (see "Editor limitations" below).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe 3.x

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Use the Markdown data type as your fields data type, then use the SimpleMDEEditor field in the CMS for editing.

### Page class:

[](#page-class)

```
class MyMarkdownPage extends Page
{
    public static $db = array(
        'MarkdownContent'=>'Markdown'
    );

    public function getCMSFields()
    {
        $fields = parent::getCMSFields();

        $editor = SimpleMDEEditor::create('MarkdownContent', 'Page Content (Markdown)');
        $fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main', $editor);

        return $fields;
    }
}
```

### Template:

[](#template)

```

    $MarkdownContent

```

### .htaccess:

[](#htaccess)

The JavaScript and CSS resources needed to show the editor is unfortunately installed in the `vendor` folder. By default, SilverStripe blocks all HTTP requests to it (note that we do not want to include the dependencies directly because we want Composer to handle those dependencies). In order to get this to work, we'll need to allow access to those resources.

Add the following line:

```
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(js|css)$

```

above this line:

```
RewriteRule ^vendor(/|$) - [F,L,NC]

```

so that the `.htaccess` file would look similar to the following:

```
# Deny access to potentially sensitive files and folders
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(js|css)$
RewriteRule ^vendor(/|$) - [F,L,NC]

RewriteRule silverstripe-cache(/|$) - [F,L,NC]
RewriteRule composer\.(json|lock) - [F,L,NC]

```

Editor limitations:
-------------------

[](#editor-limitations)

SimpleMDE has some nice features such as full-page editing/preview, as well as "Side by Side" editing [see demo](http://nextstepwebs.github.io/simplemde-markdown-editor/). Unfortunately this doesn't play nice with SilverStripe's CMS as the fullscreen elements are positioned statically. Rather than some ugly hacking, and until someone hopefully finds an elegant solution (pull requests please), fullscreen & side-by-side functionality has been hidden from the toolbar.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~586 days

Total

2

Last Release

3178d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1463435?v=4)[Ralph Slooten](/maintainers/axllent)[@axllent](https://github.com/axllent)

---

Top Contributors

[![axllent](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1463435?v=4)](https://github.com/axllent "axllent (9 commits)")[![mlewis-everley](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/687143?v=4)](https://github.com/mlewis-everley "mlewis-everley (2 commits)")

---

Tags

silverstripemarkdown

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