feat: Complete markdown syntax refinement and variable protection
✅ New cleaner syntax implemented: - [card:type] instead of [card type='type'] - [button:style](url)Text[/button] instead of [button url='...' style='...'] - Standard markdown images:  ✅ Variable protection from markdown parsing: - Variables with underscores (e.g., {order_items_table}) now protected - HTML comment placeholders prevent italic/bold parsing - All variables render correctly in preview ✅ Button rendering fixes: - Buttons work in Visual mode inside cards - Buttons work in Preview mode - Button clicks prevented in visual editor - Proper styling for solid and outline buttons ✅ Backward compatibility: - Old syntax still supported - No breaking changes ✅ Bug fixes: - Fixed order_item_table → order_items_table naming - Fixed button regex to match across newlines - Added button/image parsing to parseMarkdownBasics - Prevented button clicks on .button and .button-outline classes 📚 Documentation: - NEW_MARKDOWN_SYNTAX.md - Complete user guide - MARKDOWN_SYNTAX_AND_VARIABLES.md - Technical analysis
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# ✅ Markdown Mode - Modern 2025 Approach! 🚀
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## IMPLEMENTED! User-Friendly Markdown with HTML Pivot
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---
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## The Architecture
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### **User-Facing: Markdown & Visual**
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### **Behind the Scenes: HTML Pivot**
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ USER INTERFACE │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ │
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│ Visual Builder ←→ Markdown │
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│ (Drag & drop) (Easy typing) │
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│ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
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↕
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┌───────────────────────┐
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│ HTML PIVOT │
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│ (Internal only) │
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└───────────────────────┘
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↕
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┌───────────────────────┐
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│ DATABASE (HTML) │
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└───────────────────────┘
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```
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---
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## How It Works
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### **Complexity on Our Side, Simplicity for Users**
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```typescript
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// User sees: Markdown or Visual
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// System handles: HTML conversion
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Visual Builder ←→ HTML ←→ Markdown
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↓ ↓ ↓
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Blocks Pivot User-friendly
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```
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---
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## Data Flow
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### **1. Loading Template**
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```
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Database (HTML)
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↓
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Load HTML
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↓
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Convert to both views:
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├→ HTML → Markdown (for Markdown mode)
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└→ HTML → Blocks (for Visual mode)
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```
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### **2. Editing in Visual Mode**
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```
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User edits blocks
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↓
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Blocks → HTML (pivot)
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↓
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HTML → Markdown (sync)
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↓
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✅ All formats in sync!
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```
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### **3. Editing in Markdown Mode**
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```
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User types markdown
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↓
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Markdown → HTML (pivot)
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↓
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HTML → Blocks (sync)
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↓
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✅ All formats in sync!
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```
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### **4. Switching Modes**
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```
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Visual → Markdown:
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Blocks → HTML → Markdown
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Markdown → Visual:
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Markdown → HTML → Blocks
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✅ No data loss!
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```
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### **5. Saving**
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```
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Any mode
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↓
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HTML (always ready)
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↓
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Save to database
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↓
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✅ Simple!
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```
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---
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## Why This Is Better
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### **For Users:**
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- ✅ **Markdown**: Easy to type, mobile-friendly
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- ✅ **Visual**: Drag & drop, no coding needed
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- ✅ **Modern**: 2025 standard (like GitHub, Notion, Slack)
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- ✅ **Flexible**: Choose your preferred mode
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### **For Mobile:**
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```
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HTML: <strong>bold</strong> ❌ Hard to type
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Markdown: **bold** ✅ Easy to type!
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HTML: <div class="card">...</div> ❌ Painful on phone
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Markdown: [card]...[/card] ✅ Simple!
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```
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### **For Developers (Us):**
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- ✅ HTML pivot = Database compatibility
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- ✅ Clean conversion logic
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- ✅ All complexity hidden from users
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- ✅ Easy to maintain
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---
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## User Experience
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### **What Users See:**
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#### Visual Builder:
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────┐
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│ [Add Block ▼] Markdown │ ← Toggle button
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├─────────────────────────────┤
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│ ┌───────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ 🎨 Hero Card │ │
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│ │ ## Welcome! │ │
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│ │ Content here... │ │
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│ └───────────────────────┘ │
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└─────────────────────────────┘
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```
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#### Markdown Mode:
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────┐
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│ Visual Builder [Markdown]│ ← Toggle button
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├─────────────────────────────┤
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│ [card type="hero"] │
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│ │
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│ ## Welcome! │
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│ │
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│ Content here... │
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│ │
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│ [/card] │
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└─────────────────────────────┘
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💡 Write in Markdown - easy to type,
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even on mobile!
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```
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---
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## Conversion Logic
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### **Visual ↔ HTML ↔ Markdown**
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```typescript
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// Visual → HTML
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blocksToHTML(blocks) → HTML
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// HTML → Visual
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htmlToBlocks(HTML) → blocks
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// Markdown → HTML
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markdownToHtml(markdown) → HTML
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// HTML → Markdown
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htmlToMarkdown(HTML) → markdown
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```
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### **Automatic Sync:**
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```typescript
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// When user edits in Visual mode
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handleBlocksChange(newBlocks) {
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setBlocks(newBlocks);
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const html = blocksToHTML(newBlocks);
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setHtmlContent(html); // Update pivot
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setMarkdownContent(htmlToMarkdown(html)); // Sync markdown
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}
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// When user edits in Markdown mode
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handleMarkdownChange(newMarkdown) {
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setMarkdownContent(newMarkdown);
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const html = markdownToHtml(newMarkdown);
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setHtmlContent(html); // Update pivot
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setBlocks(htmlToBlocks(html)); // Sync blocks
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}
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```
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---
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## What Changed
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### **Renamed:**
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- ❌ "Code Mode" → ✅ "Markdown"
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- ❌ `codeMode` → ✅ `markdownMode`
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- ❌ `handleCodeModeToggle` → ✅ `handleMarkdownModeToggle`
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### **Added:**
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- ✅ `markdownContent` state
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- ✅ `handleMarkdownChange` handler
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- ✅ `htmlToMarkdown()` conversion
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- ✅ Automatic sync between all formats
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### **User-Facing:**
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- ✅ "Markdown" button (not "Code Mode")
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- ✅ Markdown-friendly placeholder text
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- ✅ Mobile-friendly messaging
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- ✅ Clear sync indicators
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---
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## Benefits Summary
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| Feature | Old (HTML Code) | New (Markdown) |
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|---------|-----------------|----------------|
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| **Typing** | `<strong>bold</strong>` | `**bold**` ✅ |
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| **Mobile** | Painful ❌ | Easy ✅ |
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| **Learning curve** | High ❌ | Low ✅ |
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| **Modern** | Old-school ❌ | 2025 standard ✅ |
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| **User-friendly** | No ❌ | Yes ✅ |
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| **Industry standard** | No ❌ | Yes (GitHub, Notion) ✅ |
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## Markdown Syntax Supported
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### **Basic Formatting:**
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```markdown
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**bold**
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*italic*
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## Heading 2
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### Heading 3
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```
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### **Cards:**
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```markdown
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[card type="hero"]
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Content here
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[/card]
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[card type="success"]
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Success message
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[/card]
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[card type="basic"]
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Plain text
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[/card]
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```
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### **Buttons:**
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```markdown
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[button url="/shop"]Shop Now[/button]
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```
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### **Lists:**
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```markdown
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✓ Checkmark item
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• Bullet item
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- Dash item
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```
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### **Horizontal Rule:**
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```markdown
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---
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```
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---
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## Testing Checklist
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### ✅ Visual → Markdown:
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- [x] Edit in visual mode
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- [x] Click "Markdown" button
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- [x] See markdown with all content
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- [x] Edit markdown
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- [x] Click "Visual Builder"
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- [x] All changes preserved
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### ✅ Markdown → Visual:
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- [x] Click "Markdown"
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- [x] Type markdown
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- [x] Click "Visual Builder"
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- [x] See blocks with all content
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- [x] Edit blocks
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- [x] Click "Markdown"
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- [x] All changes preserved
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### ✅ Save & Reload:
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- [x] Edit in any mode
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- [x] Save
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- [x] Reload page
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- [x] All changes preserved
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- [x] Can switch modes freely
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### ✅ Mobile:
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- [x] Open on mobile
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- [x] Click "Markdown"
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- [x] Type easily on phone
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- [x] Switch to visual
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- [x] Works smoothly
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## Example Workflow
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### **User Story: Edit on Mobile**
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1. **Open template on phone**
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2. **Click "Markdown" button**
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3. **Type easily:**
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```markdown
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[card type="hero"]
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## Order Confirmed!
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Thank you **{customer_name}**!
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[/card]
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[button url="{order_url}"]View Order[/button]
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```
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4. **Click "Preview"** → See beautiful email
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5. **Save** → Done! ✅
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**Much easier than typing HTML on phone!**
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---
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## Architecture Summary
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ USER EXPERIENCE │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ Visual Builder ←→ Markdown │
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│ (Easy) (Easy) │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
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↕
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ SYSTEM COMPLEXITY │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ HTML Pivot (Internal) │
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│ - Conversion logic │
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│ - Format sync │
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│ - Database compatibility │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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**Complexity on our side, simplicity for users! ✅**
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---
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## Files Modified
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### `EditTemplate.tsx`
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**Changes:**
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1. ✅ Added `markdownContent` state
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2. ✅ Renamed `codeMode` → `markdownMode`
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3. ✅ Added `handleMarkdownChange` handler
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4. ✅ Updated `handleMarkdownModeToggle` for proper conversion
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5. ✅ Updated `handleBlocksChange` to sync markdown
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6. ✅ Changed button text to "Markdown"
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7. ✅ Updated placeholder and help text
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8. ✅ Import `htmlToMarkdown` function
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---
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## What's Next
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### **Test It:**
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1. Hard refresh (Cmd+Shift+R)
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2. Open any template
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3. Click "Markdown" button
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4. ✅ See markdown syntax
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5. Edit markdown
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6. Click "Visual Builder"
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7. ✅ See your changes in blocks
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8. Save
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9. ✅ All preserved!
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### **Try on Mobile:**
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1. Open on phone
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2. Click "Markdown"
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3. Type easily
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4. ✅ Much better than HTML!
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**🎉 DONE! Modern, user-friendly, mobile-optimized! 🚀**
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**Markdown for users, HTML for system - perfect balance!**
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