Embedding Markdown in Jekyll HTML

html markdown jekyll

sunnyrjuneja · Apr 10, 2013 · Viewed 15.4k times · Source

I'm trying to nest markdown in an HTML file while using Jekyll. Is there a way to achieve something like the following?

# index.html

---
layout: default
---


<p>[Stack Overflow](http://www.stackoverflow.com)</p>

Note: I'm aware that I could do this instead.

# index.html

---
layout: default
---


<p><a href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">Stack Overflow</a></p>

Answer

If you are using Kramdown, based on their doc you can do this:

<div markdown="1">
   My text with **markdown** syntax
</div>

And this way, the text within the div is rendered as markdown.

Make sure to use the .md or .markdown extension for the file, as .html files aren't sent to Kramdown for processing!