Lecture: Adding Markdown Rendering Functionality to our Posts

July 9, 2026, 4 p.m. (America/Los_Angeles)

This lecture summarizes the functional changes required to move from html-based posts to markdown based posts, along with an introduction of why, what other packages are needed, and some of the work that is done for you by using Python's markdown renderer. We test by updating our post content and showing how writing is simplified by using markdown

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Catchup

Today we will spend a little bit of time at the beginning addressing ongoing issues with installs and projects. Answering questions and playing catch-up.

Design Goals

Why am I making a new django-driven blog?

  1. I really like the idea of writing in markdown
  2. I want to store my markdown files in a directory structure separate from the moving parts of the website.

    Often the files are located in separate directories in a structure like hugo, but up to now they were in the same big git repository. This helps me accomplish my next aim:

  3. I want to manage changes to my website content asynchronously from the changes to the website's look, feel, and functionality.

  4. I need more functionality that a static site generator can accommodate

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