init code for the markdown field

_config.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by Nivanka Fonseka ([email protected]).
+ * User: nivankafonseka
+ * Date: 4/18/15
+ * Time: 11:21 AM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+
+$strMarkDownPath = dirname(__FILE__);
+require_once($strMarkDownPath . '/thirdparty/parsedown/Parsedown.php');
+
+if(!defined('MARKDOWN_BASE')){
+	$strBase = substr(str_replace(BASE_PATH, '', $strMarkDownPath), 1);
+	define('MARKDOWN_BASE', $strBase);
+}

code/Fields/MarkdownEditorField.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by Nivanka Fonseka ([email protected]).
+ * User: nivankafonseka
+ * Date: 4/18/15
+ * Time: 11:12 AM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+
+class MarkdownEditorField extends TextareaField {
+
+	protected $rows = 30;
+
+	function Field($properties = array()){
+		Requirements::css(MARKDOWN_BASE . '/css/MarkdownEditorField.css');
+		return parent::Field($properties);
+	}
+
+} 

code/Model/MarkdownField.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by Nivanka Fonseka ([email protected]).
+ * User: nivankafonseka
+ * Date: 4/18/15
+ * Time: 11:11 AM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+
+class MarkdownField extends Text {
+
+	private static $escape_type = 'xml';
+
+	private static $casting = array(
+		"AbsoluteLinks" => "HTMLText",
+		"BigSummary" => "HTMLText",
+		"ContextSummary" => "HTMLText",
+		"FirstParagraph" => "HTMLText",
+		"FirstSentence" => "HTMLText",
+		"LimitCharacters" => "HTMLText",
+		"LimitSentences" => "HTMLText",
+		"Lower" => "HTMLText",
+		"LowerCase" => "HTMLText",
+		"Summary" => "HTMLText",
+		"Upper" => "HTMLText",
+		"UpperCase" => "HTMLText",
+		'EscapeXML' => 'HTMLText',
+		'LimitWordCount' => 'HTMLText',
+		'LimitWordCountXML' => 'HTMLText',
+		'NoHTML' => 'Text',
+	);
+
+	private $parsedContent;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 * parse contents of the markdown field to tempates
+	 */
+	function ParseMarkdown($bCache = true, $strValue = ''){
+		if($bCache && $this->parsedContent)
+			return $this->parsedContent;
+
+		$shortCodeParser = ShortcodeParser::get_active();
+		$strParsed = $shortCodeParser->parse(!empty($strValue) ? $strValue : $this->value);
+
+		$parseDown = new Parsedown();
+		$strParsed  = $parseDown->text($strParsed);
+
+		if($bCache)
+			$this->parsedContent = $strParsed;
+
+		return $strParsed;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function forTemplate() {
+		return $this->ParseMarkdown();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function __toString() {
+		return (string)$this->value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param null $title
+	 * @param null $params
+	 * @return FormField|MarkdownEditorField|NullableField|TextareaField
+	 */
+	public function scaffoldFormField($title = null, $params = null) {
+		return new MarkdownEditorField($this->name, $title);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param null $title
+	 * @param null $params
+	 * @return FormField|TextField
+	 */
+	public function scaffoldSearchField($title = null, $params = null) {
+		return new TextField($this->name, $title);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function NoHTML(){
+		return strip_tags($this->ParseMarkdown());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function Upper(){
+		$strValue = strtoupper($this->__toString());
+		return $this->ParseMarkdown(false, $strValue);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function UpperCase(){
+		return $this->Upper();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function Lower(){
+		$strValue = strtolower($this->__toString());
+		return $this->ParseMarkdown(false, $strValue);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function LowerCase(){
+		return $this->Lower();
+	}
+
+} 

css/MarkdownEditorField.less

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+.markdowneditor {
+
+
+    .middleColumn {
+
+        margin-left: 0;
+        clear: both;
+
+        textarea {
+            width: 100%;
+            max-width: 100%;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+}

templates/MarkdownEditorField.ss

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+<textarea $AttributesHTML>$Value</textarea>