Integrating MarkItUp rich text editor preview with ASP.NET MVC app
asp.net-mvc, bbcode, jquery, markitup, markup
Solution
Looking at the MarkItUp documentation
previewParserPath string > path You can set path of your own parser to preview the result of markup langages other than html. If this property is setted, built-in preview will be overrided by your own preview script. Use ~/ for markItUp! root.
previewParserVar string > default: data Name of the var posted with the editor content to the parser defined above.
So I assume you set `previewParserPath` to `/MyController/ParseCode` where `MyController` is the controller with your parsing action. Also, set `previewParserVar` to `toBeParsed`
Note: I'm not sure if MarkItUp does an `POST` or `GET` to the parser, so I would remove the `AcceptVerb[HttpVerbs.Get]` from your action. I would assume it uses `POST` though.
Problem
I'm testing out the MarkItUp! rich text editor in a MVC app, and everything is working great with the exception of the preview. In the settings (set.js), there is a `previewParserPath` property ("path to your BBCode parser"). I'm not exactly sure what this is looking for in terms of proper integration with the MVC app. I believe that this property is what allows the rendering of the text to appear as HTML rather than `[code][/code]` etc. In my controller, I have created the following: ``` [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)] [ValidateInput(false)] public String ParseCode(string toBeParsed) { return BBCode.ToHtml(toBeParsed); } ```