The first time I used Markdown, a lightweight markup language, was back in 2004.
I was beginning to work with Textpattern for client sites, my first introduction to an open source content management system.
Prior to using Markdown, I used Dreamweaver to build sites and add content.
What I liked about Markdown: Continue reading How to Convert Markdown to HTML
When a client has Microsoft Word documents that need to be converted to HTML, my tool of choice has been Word2CleanHTML.
It’s a free online site that allows you to paste the content of your Word document into an online form and quickly convert the content to clean HTML.
I liked Word2CleanHTML so much that I decided to write about it.
I’ve been happily using it for my conversions until last month, when one of the people I’ve met through Twitter introduced me to a different HTML conversion tool.
And after testing it out, I agreed. It’s a much better tool. And yes, I’ve switched. Continue reading Word HTML: Converting Word Documents to HTML
If you’ve had a website for a while, it’s likely you have several Microsoft Word documents or Portable Document Format (PDF) files converted from Microsoft Word documents on your site.
And with more people accessing the web via mobile devices, opening a Word document or PDF is problematic. Continue reading How to Convert Word Documents to HTML