Markdown today has arguably become the standard in which plain text writing is done for the web. It offers a powerful, easy-to-read & easy-to-write syntax and we’ve already seen a lot of apps with Markdown support. We’ve written about Ulysses III, iA Writer, Byword, Editorial, Jotterpad X and others already, but it’s always great to come across new Markdown apps and and try them out.
MarkDrop is a new Markdown editor for OS X (10.8 and above) developed by Droplr co-founder Levi Nunnick. As you might have guessed from the name already, it’s a seamless marriage of Markdown and Droplr.
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MarkDrop is gorgeous. It offers are modern User Interface that, much like Fonts for Mac, looks stunning on the screen. It’s mostly white, with crisp fonts and UI elements. The window consists of two panes — the monospaced, plain text Markdown editor with highlighting on the left and an instant preview on the right as you type, which you can also hide when needed. MarkDrop ships with two themes for the Editor (Light & Dark) and 6 themes for the preview pane. I wish there was a way to add your own themes though.
MarkDrop is designed with seamless Droplr integration. Anything you compose in MarkDrop can be stored “In the Cloud” on your Droplr account, accessible anywhere. There’s a simple, purple toggle switch at the top right that when enabled, allows you to save the current file to Droplr, preview it in the browser (using Droplr’s note feature) and share the file’s short link via the Share menu. I love that the save progress is indicated through a thin progress bar just above the editor window. If you’d rather not share or save your text on Droplr, MarkDrop also offers the option to save your files locally through a Finder window. This way, you can save the file in your Dropbox folder and still access it from anywhere. But MarkDrop shines best when used in conjunction with Droplr.
The app also offers handy ways of handling the text you’ve typed, like exporting to PDF or HTML, instantly copying HTML to Clipboard and importing any Droplr note via URL. Clarion 2 24. There are also nifty word & character counters at the bottom right to keep you updated.
If you’re a Droplr user already, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be using MarkDrop. It’s an extension of the note feature that Droplr offers. If you’re not using Droplr yet, MarkDrop is still a lovely Markdown Editor for OS X. It is available on the App Store for $3.99 today.
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Grav is intentionally designed with few requirements. You can easily run Grav on your local computer, as well as 99% of all Web hosting providers. If you have a pen handy, jot down the following Grav system requirements:
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- Web Server (Apache, Nginx, LiteSpeed, Lightly, IIS, etc.) Things 3 3 4 2.
- Solis 1 0 4 – codes editors integrator download. PHP 7.1.3 or higher
- hmm.. that's it really, (but please look at PHP requirements for a smooth experience)!
Grav is built with plain text files for your content. There is no database needed.
A PHP user cache such as APCu, Memcached, or Redis is highly recommended for optimal performance. Not to worry though, these are usually already part of your hosting package!
Web Servers
Grav is so simple and versatile that you don't even need a web server to run it. You can run it directly off the built-in PHP webserver, as long as you're running PHP 7.1.3 or later.
Testing with the built-in webservers is a useful way to check a Grav install and perform some brief development, but it is not recommended for a live site or even for advanced development tasks. We've outlined how in our Installation guide.
Even though technically you do not need a standalone web server, it is better to run one, even for local development. There are many great options available:
Mac
- MacOS 10.14 Mojave already ships with the Apache Web server and PHP 7.1, so job done!
- MAMP/MAMP Pro comes with Apache, MySQL and of course PHP. It is a great way to get more control over which version of PHP you are running, setting up virtual hosts, plus other useful features such as automatically handling dynamic DNS.
- AMPPS is a software stack from Softaculous enabling Apache, PHP, Perl, Python,. This includes everything you need (and more) for GRAV development.
- Brew Apache/PHP is an alternative approach that allows a fully configurable installation with various PHP versions.
Windows
- Laragon portable, isolated, fast & powerful universal development environment for PHP, Node.js, and more. It is fast, lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-extend.
- XAMPP provides Apache, PHP, and MySQL in one simple package.
- EasyPHP provides a personal Web hosting package as well as a more powerful developer version.
- MAMP for Windows is a long-time Mac favorite, but now available for Windows.
- IIS with PHP is a fast way to run PHP on Windows.
- AMPPS is a software stack from Softaculous enabling Apache, PHP, Perl, Python,. This includes everything you need (and more) for GRAV development.
- Linux Subsystem is a great way to Run a linux-like environment on Windows
Linux
- Many distributions of Linux already come with Apache and PHP built-in. If they're not, the distribution usually provides a package manager through which you can install them without much hassle. More advanced configurations should be investigated with the help of a good search engine.
Apache Requirements
Even though most distributions of Apache come with everything needed, for the sake of completeness, here is a list of required Apache modules:
mod_rewrite
mod_ssl
(if you wish to run Grav under SSL)
You should also ensure you have
AllowOverride All
set in the <Directory>
and/or <VirtualHost>
blocks so that the .htaccess
file processes correctly, and rewrite rules take effect.IIS Requirements
Although IIS is considered a web server ready to run 'out-of-the-box', some changes need to be made.
To get Grav running on an IIS server, you need to install URL Rewrite. This can be accomplished using Microsoft Web Platform Installer from within IIS. You can also install URL Rewrite by going to iis.net.
PHP Requirements
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Most hosting providers and even local LAMP setups have PHP pre-configured with everything you need for Grav to run 'out-of-the-box'. However, some Windows setups, and even Linux distributions local or on VPS (I'm looking at you Debian!) - ship with a very minimal PHP compile. Therefore, you may need to install or enable these PHP modules:
curl
(client for URL handling used by GPM)ctype
(used by symfony/yaml/Inline)dom
(used by grav/admin newsfeed)gd
(a graphics library used to manipulate images)json
(used by Symfony/Composer/GPM)mbstring
(multibyte string support)openssl
(secure sockets library used by GPM)session
(used by toolbox)simplexml
(used by grav/admin newsfeed)xml
(XML support)zip
extension support (used by GPM)
For enabling
openssl
and (un)zip support you will need to find in the php.ini
file of your Linux distribution for lines like:and remove the leading semicolon.
Optional Modules
apcu
for increased cache performanceopcache
for increased PHP performanceyaml
PECL Yaml provides native yaml processing and can dramatically increase performancexdebug
useful for debugging in a development environment
Permissions
For Grav to function correctly, your web server needs to have the appropriate file permissions to write logs, caches, etc. When using either the CLI (Command Line Interface) or GPM (Grav Package Manager), the user running PHP from the command line also needs to have the appropriate permissions to modify files.
By default, Grav will install with
644
and 755
permissions for files and folders, respectively. Most hosting providers have configurations that ensure that a web server running PHP will allow you to create and modify files within your user account. This means that Grav runs out-of-the-box on the vast majority of hosting providers.However, if you are running on a dedicated server or even your local environment, you may need to adjust permissions to ensure your user and your web server can modify files as needed. There are a couple of approaches you can take.
- In a local development environment, you can usually configure your web server to run under your user profile. This way the web server will always allow you to create and modify files.
- Change the group permissions on all files and folders so that the web server's group has write access to files and folders while keeping the standard permissions. This requires a few commands to make this work.
First, find out which user Apache runs with by running the following command:
Now, find out which group this user belongs to by running this command (note: adjust USERNAME with the apache username you found in the previous command)
(note: adjust
GROUP
to be the group your apache runs under, found in the previous command. [www-data
, apache
, nobody
, etc.]):If you need to invoke superuser permissions, you would run
find … | sudo xargs chmod …
instead.Recommended Tools
Text Editors
Although you can get away with Notepad, Textedit, Vi, or whatever default text editor comes with your platform, we recommend using a good text editor with syntax highlighting to make things easier. Here are some recommended options:
- Visual Studio Code - Similar to Atom, it's built using Electron, Node, as well as HTML/CSS. It's quite lightweight and has many plugins available, including very good support for PHP and JavaScript. This is the current recommended editor for developing for Grav.
- Atom - MacOS/Windows/Linux - A new editor developed by Github. It's free and open source. It is similar to Sublime, but does not have the sheer depth of plugins available yet.
- SublimeText - MacOS/Windows/Linux - A commercial developer's editor, but well worth the price. Very powerful especially combined with plugins such as Markdown Extended, Pretty YAML, and PHP-Twig.
- Notepad++ - Windows - A free and very popular developer's editor for Windows.
- Bluefish - MacOS/Windows/Linux - A free, open source text editor geared towards programmers and web developers.
Markdown Editors
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Another option if you primarily work with just creating content, is to use a dedicated Markdown Editor. These often are very content-centric and usually provide a live-preview of your content rendered as HTML. There are literally hundreds of these, but some good options include:
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- MacDown - MacOS - Free, a simple, lightweight open source Markdown editor.
- LightPaper - MacOS - $9.99, clean, powerful. Our markdown editor of choice on the Mac. Get 25% OFF with Discount Code: GET_GRAV_25
- MarkDrop - MacOS - $5, but super clean and Droplr support built-in.
- MarkdownPad - Windows - Free and Pro versions. Even has YAML front-matter support. An excellent solution for Windows users.
- Mark Text - Free, open source Markdown editor for Windows / Linux / MacOS.
FTP Clients
Although there are many ways to deploy Grav, the simplest is to copy your local site to your hosting provider. The easiest way to accomplish this is with an FTP Client. There are many available, but some recommended ones include:
- Transmit - MacOS - The de facto FTP/SFTP client on MacOS. Easy to use, fast, folder-syncing and pretty much anything else you could ask for.
- FileZilla - MacOS/Windows/Linux - Probably the best option for Windows and Linux users. Free and very powerful (but very ugly on the Mac!).
- Cyberduck - MacOS/Windows - A decent free option for both MacOS and Windows users. Not as full-featured as the others.
- ForkLift - MacOS - A solid alternative to Transmit, and slightly cheaper to boot.