Blogging

I have not blogged much, until recently, so I am not an HTML/CSS/Javascript expert. Thus, layout, or layout during writing an article, is not of supreme importance to me. I expect the framework to handle that all for me. But that was my issue with WordPress. As a normal blogger I am sure it is not an issue, but the tools for blogging about code are rudimentary and not well integrated in to WordPress; forcing me to write in HTML (see Set up WordPress). I write a lot on other sites that specialize in coding and these sites have developed a style called <MarkDown>. The two most common versions are ‘StackOverFlow markdown’ and ‘GitHub markdown’. ...

Setting up WordPress to display syntax-highlighted code was a struggle due to different plugins that don’t all seem to work together, the various types of editors, etc. I don’t want to learn all about WordPress; I just want to write some simple articles. I am at the point where I am productive and don’t destroy my articles accidentally by switching between Visual editor and Text editor. However, I am still not totally happy. Writing articles in pure HTML is not the best solution. Even with help buttons, this is the realm of the web developer that needs to lay out elements perfectly. The article writer (blogger) needs text to flow and highlight with a smattering of subtle color. I prefer some slightly higher level markup such as in Stackoverflow or github. If you have worked through this problem and have a good solution, drop me a line. ...