Astro Markdown Experience

A collection of remark plugins designed to improve our markdown processing experience in Astro-based sites. There shouldn't be too much Astro-specific but we haven't had a chance to generealize and test in non-Astro contexts yet.

Table of Contents

• Astro Markdown Experience
  • Table of Contents
  • Installation
  • Remark Plugins
    • Rewrite Previewable URL
    • Rewrite Links
    • Chart
    • Diagram
    • Reading Time
    • Validate Resources
  • Usage
  • Contributing
  • License

Installation

pnpm add astro-markdown-experience

Remark Plugins

Rewrite Previewable URL

Modify URLs to previewable versions for enhanced user experience. This allows you to preview markdown content directly from the VS Code and automatically rewrite any URLs to final published versions on build.

For example, if you use ./otherfile.md in your markdown it will be rewritten to the published URL like https://example.com/otherfile. This allows the local editing and previewing experience to feel more like the final published version.

[VS Code Previewable](./otherfile.md)

We want to be able to co-locate images with Markdown during editing so that they are previewable and convenient to manage. However, during builds of static sites or apps we want the same images to be available in the public directory so that they can be served as web assets without worrying about pretty URLs or locations. For example, this should be possible in Markdown:

![I'm a Colocated Link](colocated-file-name.jpg)
[Click Colocated Link](colocated-file-name.jpg)

When we process remark and publish as SSG (e.g. Astro) we automatically figure out the location of markdown source file to copy colocated-file-name.jpg into ~/public/x/y/z/colocated-file-name.jpg where x/y/z is the relative path of the source.

We also want to be able to store images directly in ~/public but our Markdown files in src/* to be preview-friendly in the CLI and VS Code. For example, this should be possible in Markdown:

![test](../../../public/assets-natural/brand/netspective/knowledge-center/knowledge-center-logo-full-161x35.png)
![try](../../../public/assets-natural/brand/netspective/knowledge-center/knowledge-center-logo-full-161x35.png)

When we process using remark and publish as SSG (e.g. Astro) we don't include the path /public because that's just the dist folder (in any SSG). So, we rewrite them dynamically to:

![test](/assets-natural/brand/netspective/knowledge-center/knowledge-center-logo-full-161x35.png)

By default, location for relocated files is public/relocated-assets-from-content directory and you should add it to .gitignore.

import * as ameRPU from "astro-markdown-experience/rewrite-previewable-url";

export default defineConfig({
	markdown: {
		remarkPlugins: [
			ameRPU.typicalRemarkRewritePreviewableURLsPlugin(),
		],
	},
	integrations: [
    ...

import * as ameRPU from "astro-markdown-experience/rewrite-previewable-url";

export default defineConfig({
	markdown: {
		remarkPlugins: [
			ameRPU.typicalRemarkRewritePreviewableURLsPlugin({
        commonBaseURL: '/otherThanRoot'
      }),
		],
	},
	integrations: [
    ...

Rewrite Links

Transform or modify links within your markdown.

import rewriteLinks from 'astro-markdown-experience/rewrite-links';

Chart

Describe the chart plugin's functionality, benefits, and use case here.

import chart from 'astro-markdown-experience/chart';

Diagram

Describe the diagram plugin's functionality, benefits, and use case here.

import diagram from 'astro-markdown-experience/diagram';

Reading Time

Estimate the reading time for your markdown content.

import readingTime from 'astro-markdown-experience/reading-time';

Validate Resources

Ensure all links and resources in your markdown are valid.

import validateResources from 'astro-markdown-experience/validate-resources';

Usage

Provide a more comprehensive guide on how to integrate and use the plugins in various scenarios.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See the CONTRIBUTING.md file for more details.

License

MIT - see the LICENSE file for details.