In the daily operation of AnQiCMS, we often encounter refined needs for content presentation, especially for those who are accustomed to writing content in Markdown. They naturally care whether the system supports the configuration of custom Markdown renderers.In fact, Markdown, with its concise and efficient features, has become the first choice for many content creators.

From the design philosophy of AnQi CMS, it is committed to providing an efficient, customizable and easy-to-expand content management solution.On Markdown support, AnQi CMS indeed provides a solid foundation and leaves enough flexibility for users to meet diverse content display needs.

AnQiCMS supports Markdown natively

Firstly, it is worth mentioning that AnQiCMS itself isnatively supports Markdown content editing.When using AnQiCMS for content creation, you can easily enable the Markdown editor by finding the content settings option in the global settings of the backend.Once enabled, you can directly use Markdown syntax to write while editing document content, enjoying its convenience.The system will be responsible for automatically converting the Markdown formatted content to standard HTML during content publication, so that it can be displayed normally on the website front end.

In the template layer, when we usearchiveDetailtags to call document content, for example{% archiveDetail archiveContent with name="Content" %}, if the Markdown editor has been enabled on the backend, the system will automaticallyContentField for converting Markdown to HTML.This is very thoughtful, it means that the system has built-in a Markdown parser to ensure that your Markdown content is rendered correctly.ContentField additionrenderParameters can be used to manually control whether to perform the conversion, for example,render=trueforce conversion,render=falseNo conversion is performed, which gives greater flexibility to content display.

Understanding of the "Custom Markdown Renderer"

When discussing 'Custom Markdown Renderer', it may contain two meanings:

  1. Replace the built-in Markdown parsing engine of the systemFrom the current documentation of AnQi CMS, it appears that the system does not provide a direct configuration option that allows us to completely replace the underlying server-side parsing engine used for Markdown to HTML.This means that the core conversion logic is determined by the internal mechanism of AnQiCMS, and we cannot simply switch to another completely different parser (such as from CommonMark to another implementation of GitHub Flavored Markdown).
  2. Custom Markdown rendering display effects and feature extensionsThis is the place of high flexibility provided by AnQiCMS. Although the core parsing logic cannot be replaced, it can handle the conversion of Markdown content to HTML after that.Style display and function enhancementAnQi CMS provides very open and practical configuration methods.

Enhance the display of Markdown content through front-end technology

The advantage of Anqi CMS lies in its full consideration of the modern website's demand for content richness, especially for the display of complex content such as mathematical formulas and flowcharts. The system provides a very convenient way to allow you to 'customize' orEnhancedMarkdown content display effect, making it not just simple text and images, but also able to carry rich interactive and visual elements.

The document clearly states that for advanced features such as mathematical formulas and flowcharts, Anqi CMS supports normal display throughthird-party front-end plugins.English.This means that when AnQiCMS converts Markdown content to basic HTML, these specific HTML structures (such as the formula syntax recognized by MathJax, or the flowchart code blocks recognized by Mermaid) will be rendered twice on the client side by the JavaScript library you introduce in the template, thus presenting the final visual effect.

The specific operation method is very intuitive: you just need to add the corresponding CSS stylesheet and JavaScript script references in the website template.base.htmlthe file<head>For example:

  • Markdown default style beautification: Introducegithub-markdown-cssto have a professional layout of GitHub style for your Markdown content.
  • Mathematical formula displayintroduce MathJax script, so that$or$$The mathematical formula of the package can be rendered beautifully.
  • Flowchart drawing：Introduce Mermaid script, allowing you to dynamically generate flowcharts written in Markdown syntax.

This way of introducing external CDN resources in the template greatly enhances the expressiveness of Markdown content.It separates core content management from front-end display, allowing content operators to achieve highly customized content presentation without needing to deeply understand the back-end logic of Go language.You can freely choose and introduce various frontend libraries according to the specific needs of the project to expand and optimize the display of Markdown content.

Summary

In summary, the Anqi CMS adopts a practical and flexible strategy in the configuration of the "Custom Markdown Renderer".Although we cannot directly replace its built-in server-side Markdown parsing engine, the system provides very open front-end integration capabilities after converting Markdown to HTML.The final presentation effect of highly customized Markdown content, and adding various advanced featuresEnglish version: Like mathematical formulas, flow charts, etc. This approach ensures both the stability and efficiency of the system's core, while also giving the content operators a great deal of freedom in frontend display.

Common Questions (FAQ)

1. Can I choose a different display theme for Markdown content instead of the default style?Of course, you can. The Anqi CMS will output HTML when rendering Markdown content. You can inbase.htmlIn the file, replace or add different CSS style sheets to change the display theme of Markdown content. For example, the document mentionsgithub-markdown-cssIt is just an example, you can find other Markdown theme CSS files according to your preference, and link them to your template to achieve personalized display effects.

2. Can I add other interactive features to Markdown content in this way, besides mathematical formulas and flowcharts?It is absolutely possible. As long as there are corresponding front-end JavaScript libraries and CSS styles that can recognize the specific syntax or HTML structure you write in Markdown content and parse and render it on the browser side, you can achieve it by inbase.htmlIntroduce these libraries to implement.For example, you can explore JavaScript libraries for features such as code highlighting, chart generation, interactive components, and integrate them into the template of your security CMS to enhance your Markdown content.

3. Where is the Markdown content converted and rendered by Safe CMS, on the server side or the client side?The handling of Markdown by Anqi CMS is a phased process. First, when you enable the Markdown editor in the background and publish content, Anqi CMS willthe server sideConvert Markdown syntax to basic HTML structure and store it.This is the core Markdown parsing process.base.htmlThe template includes third-party libraries such as MathJax or Mermaid, which willclient (in the user's browser)Parse and render the content that has already been converted to HTML to display advanced elements such as mathematical formulas, flowcharts, and apply your custom CSS styles.So, it can be understood that the conversion from Markdown to HTML is mainly completed on the server side, while advanced features and style beautification are often enhanced on the client side.