WMD Markdown from MySQL to HTML server site without showing the textarea

Question

I store Markdown code in MySQL, and I’m worried about how to convert it back to HTML without transferring it through the WMD control and using massive data transfer.

Answer 1

I think there is a misunderstanding -- the WMD control does Markdown to HTML conversion on the client web browser, in JavaScript.

But the Markdown text is no longer on the client -- it is on your server, in your MySQL database. Thus, you need a Markdown library that runs on your server.

Try checking the Markdown wiki page there are dozens of server Markdown libraries there.

http://xbeta.org/wiki/show/Markdown

Pick one, put it on your server, and run it on your server to convert the Markdown in your database to HTML.