Markdown extension for phpBB
Markdown extension for phpBB.
Write Markdown text in posts, signature or private messages and it will be converted as HTML. It can be used instead of or alongside BBCodes.
It uses the plugins Litedown and PipeTables from s9e/TextFormatter. You can read more about the supported syntax in the official documentation:
Features
- Use Markdown in posts, personal messages and signatures
- Can be used instead of or alongside text formatted with BBCode
- Configuration to enable/disable the use of Markdown globally in the ACP
- Configuration to enable/disable the use of Markdown per user in the UCP
- Set per user group permissions to use Markdown
- Set per forum permissions to use Markdown
- Posting option to disable Markdown only in the current message (see note below)
- Add help page to explain users how write messages in Markdown
- Support for Imgur extension
Preview
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Requirements
- PHP 5.6 or greater
- phpBB 3.2 or greater
Note: You need phpBB 3.2.6 or greater (PHPBB3-15949, #5519) to use the custom posting editor option to disable Markdown in the signature.
Support
Donate
If you like or found this extensions useful and want to show some appreciation, you can consider donating.
Installation
- Download the latest release
- Decompress the
*.zip
or*.tar.gz
file - Copy the files and directories inside
{PHPBB_ROOT}/ext/alfredoramos/markdown/
- Go to your
Administration Control Panel
>Customize
>Manage extensions
- Click on
Enable
and confirm
Configuration
Administrator
To enable or disable globally:
- Go to your
Administration Control Panel
>Board features
>Allow Markdown
- Change settings as needed
- Click on
Submit
To change forum permissions:
- Go to your
Administration Control Panel
>Permissions
>Forum permissions
- Select the forums and click on
Submit
- Select the users or groups and click on
Edit permissions
- Select the users or groups and click on
Advanced Permissions
- Go to
Content
and change the settings as needed - Click on
Apply all permissions
To change user group permissions:
- Go to your
Administration Control Panel
>Permissions
>Group permissions
- Select the group and click on
Submit
- Click on
Advanced permissions
- Go to
Post
orPrivate messages
and change settings as needed - Click on
Apply all permissions
User
To change default posting settings:
- Go to your
User Control Panel
>Board preferences
>Posting defaults
- Change the settings as needed
- Click on
Submit
To disable Markdown only in the current message (post, signature or private message):
- Go down to the posting editor options
- Check the option
Disable Markdown
- Click on
Preview
orSubmit
Uninstallation
- Go to your
Administration Control Panel
>Customize
>Manage extensions
- Click on
Disable
and confirm - Go back to
Manage extensions
>Markdown
>Delete data
and confirm
Upgrade
- Uninstall the extension
- Delete all the files inside
{PHPBB_ROOT}/ext/alfredoramos/markdown/
- Download the new version
- Install the extension