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Newest word for mac. I’m a huge fan of Trello and use it daily. A lot of times, I’m sharing updates back and forth with coworkers and other bloggers. This means there is a lot of copy/pasting going on, such as this changed on that blog post, etc. Trello uses Markdown, which is awesome, but also kind of frustrating when collaborating.

1. Trello Card Formatting
2. Markdown In Trello Roblox

Today I am going to show you a quick trick on how to copy and paste links in Trello without it losing its formatting.

Why I don’t like Markdown in Trello

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By default, Trello uses Markdown, a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax. While I am a huge fan of Markdown, I don’t use this while writing in WordPress (which does support Markdown) because it would just slow me down. For example, to use a hyperlink in Markdown, you would have to do this.

The problem I have is when I edit big blocks of text in WordPress, and I want to add them to a Trello card. All of the default formatting gets stripped away, most importantly the links. Let’s say I copy the above paragraph. As you can see below, when I paste it into Trello, the hyperlink is gone. It also strips out all other formatting, such as headers, but this is not as big of a deal.

Some issues with this that occurs for me are:

• You can no longer copy/paste out of Trello back into WordPress because the links are gone.
• If I added some important 3rd party links in there I wanted someone to look over (such as references to case studies in a blog post I am working on), they wouldn’t know.

So really, for a writer, this is really just downright annoying. Other people have also reported not wanting Markdown in Trello. And yes, I could use markdown everywhere, but when you collaborate with 50+ other bloggers in Trello, you aren’t going to be able to convince everyone to do that.

Also, no matter how you spin it, writing in Markdown is slower.

Copy and paste links in Trello

So, there is no way to disable Markdown in Trello. But there is a little trick that I now use in my WordPress + Trello + writing workflow. And I know for some of you bloggers out there it will probably be useful. And that is to simply use a tool to do a quick conversion from rich text over to Markdown.

Step 1

This is where the free online Mark it Down tool comes in super handy. Just bookmark it in your browser and add it to your workflow. The first thing I do is take that same paragraph again (with the link) and paste it into the tool.

Step 2

Press the “Convert to markdown” button and you will then have your text in markdown format. As you can see below it has converted the link using the markdown syntax.

Step 3

I then copy the Markdown text and instead paste that into my Trello card. As you can see now, it has the hyperlink active. This ensures everyone reading it knows exactly which sources you are referring to, and they can copy/paste this back into the WordPress editor, and it will retain the links.

While the above example only has one link, once you start getting into multiple links and paragraphs, this becomes a much bigger issue.

Summary

Capture one 2021. Hopefully, this little trick on how to copy and paste links into Trello was helpful. I would love to hear your thoughts. As bloggers are there any other Trello + WordPress things that annoy you?

Progressive downloader. I love Markdown. I love it so much that after using it for a project I completely forgot about it.

Snark aside, bulletin boards and old forum software used to use markdown exclusively for posts in the early 00s. But this isn't just old tech.

I all but forgot about it until I decided to give Trello a whirl. Trello is an online project management application that focuses on laying out the information in complete view. It's an interesting take on collaboration and productivity.

And to be clear, I really do love Markdown!

Trello Card Formatting

How Text is Formatted in Your Trello Cards

Trello uses a modified version of the simple language used to format plaintext called Markdown.

Using Markdown syntax, you can add format to plaintext such as lists, paragraphs, headers, and more just like you can with HTML text. It's a pretty neat little project.

You can read more about Markdown at Daring Fireball.

Compatibility for Basic Markdown Syntax

• Your Trello bio
• Checklists
• Comments
• Card description

• Card titles
• Some issues in displaying some syntax in the Trello mobile app

Markdown In Trello Roblox

More Details on Trello Basic Markdown Compatibility

Trello Basic Markdown Examples

Wrap Up

Another good Markdown resource is at Markdown Guide. They are a free and open-source reference guide on how to use Markdown. It lays everything out in a super easy to read and easy to understand manner. I dig it.