Using markdown for templates in Hakyll

Question

Using the skeleton website generated by hakyll-init site_foo, I want to translate site_foo/index.html into markdown and still keep its contents.

In other words, have a site_foo/index.markdown that refers to the posts-list template.

I do not know which functions one would combine to achieve the correct Compiler for match "index.markdown"

Answer 1

Assuming you've already created your index.markdown file to replace index.html you can change site.hs to look like:

getResourceBody
    >>= applyAsTemplate indexCtx
    >>= return . renderPandoc
    >>= loadAndApplyTemplate "templates/default.html" indexCtx
    >>= relativizeUrls

The new line is the 3rd one, >>= return . renderPandoc.

The Pandoc compiler will render your HTML-based templates fine, however you may need to remove indentation from the HTML-based templates so Pandoc doesn't confuse the templates as code blocks.

I've used and tested this solution, but all credit for identifying the solutions is due to Jasper's answer in the Hakyll forums: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/hakyll/ooMEwuiQZ24