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Show HN: Markdown to PDF converter site (www.markdownpdfconverter.com)

by papaver on 11/21/16, 11:03 PM with 7 comments

a weekend project i threw together, well a couple of weekends. yep, it's another markdown 2 pdf converter site. i wasn't happy with the quality and look of the converted pdfs from any of the other sites available online or tools available. seems like everyone's default conversion just wasn't up to my liking (mainly the styling was substandard) so i threw this site up for myself to use (love markdown), and to finally get a project done from idea to publish (first out of dozens).

so what now? i'm gonna be adding more features as i require them. how do i get the website traffic to increase and get more usage? any suggestions on improving the overall experience? idea was to be simple as possible. potentially add options for advanced users in the future.

thanks!

url: http://www.markdownpdfconverter.com

  • by ishu3101 on 11/22/16, 9:07 AM

    When I upload a markdown file ending with the file extension .md, I'm getting an error saying Error! not a valid markdown file and then it loads the http://www.markdownpdfconverter.com/upload webpage with the following result

    { "pdfUrl": "http://res.cloudinary.com/markdown2pdf/raw/upload/fl_attachm..., "success": true }

    But when, I visit the above url, the pdf file is blank. I have tried with several markdown files both with file extension .md & .markdown and the same thing happens

  • by davidgould on 11/22/16, 12:17 PM

    View source suggests that your site relies on a commercial conversion service to do all its work. Is there some value you are adding that I'm not seeing?