Ares FreeText HTML to Markdown Conversion

Brittany De Gail

Updated September 27, 2024 14:57

As of Ares v5.0, free-text items and message board posts should be converted to utilize the Markdown format instead of HTML. This allows the free text editors to still display the formatted text correctly in plain text after the 5.0 update. To update any current posts with the new format, you'll need to run the HTML to Markdown Conversion Utility. To ensure future posts are formatted properly, you'll need to replace your existing pages with the new defaults in the downloads or implement the page changes below.

Updating Existing Posts to Current Format

During the 5.0 update, an HTML to Markdown Conversion Utility is installed to the base level of the install folder (default location: C:\Ares). The utility is a tool used to update the existing posts in the database. To run the utility, follow the steps below:

Open the Command Prompt.
Navigate to the base level install folder (e.g., C:\Ares).
Run the HtmlToMarkdownConversionUtility.exe file.

Configuring the HTML to Markdown Conversion Utility

The utility is configured in the command line according to the following parameters:

Parameter	Description
verbose	If set to "true," all log output will be written to the console window. If set to "false," only errors will be written to the console window. The default setting is "false."
server (required)	The address of the SQL server to which you are connecting.
database (required)	The name of the database to which you are connecting.
timeout	The SQL connection timeout (in seconds).
integratedsecurity	If set to "true," the application will use your Windows account to authenticate against the SQL server. If set to "false," then username and password parameters must be specified. The default setting is "false."
username	The username used to log in to the SQL server.
password	The password used to log in to the SQL server.
conversiontype	Defines which tables are converted. Possible values are "FreeText," "MessageBoard," and "All." The default setting is "All."
logchanges	If set to "true," the original values of all converted records will be written to a file named "HtmlToMarkdown.Preconversion.log." The default setting is "false."

Updating Web Pages

The following changes must be made in both the default web page directory and the LMS web page directory.

To ensure that future posts are formatted properly, please follow the steps below to make the required changes to the web pages:

Download a copy of the default web pages. You'll need this to add some new files to the web directory.
Open file explorer and navigate to the web directory (default location: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ares).
Open the LMSWebPages/WebPages > js folder.
1. Delete the ckeditor folder.
2. Add the following files:
  - - pell.min.js
    - showdown.min.js
    - aresMarkdown.js
    - purify.min.js
Open the LMSWebPages/WebPages > css folder:
1. Add the pell.min.css file.
Navigate back to the base LMSWebPages/WebPages folder.
1. Overwrite the following default pages with the new files or make the changes to each page specified below:

If you are making the changes to each page manually, please note that the changes for each page may differ between the default version of the page and the LMS version. This means that you will have to make two separate sets of changes for each page, i.e., one set of changes for the page in the default web directory and another set of changes for that page in LMS web directory.

Changes to Default Web Pages | Changes to LMS Web Pages

Changes to Default Web Pages

ICourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

Change this (default lines 3-17):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">


<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">
<div id="wrap">

 


<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default lines 38-45):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

ICourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-17):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">


<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a">
<div id="wrap">

 


<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default lines 44-51):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

ICourseMessageBoardThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-16):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">


<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">
<div id="wrap">

 


<div id="content-wrap">

IItemInfo.html

Change this (default lines 3-17):

<head>
 
 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
 charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Ares - Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html" />
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">


<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
 charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Ares - Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html" />
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdownItemText()">
<div id="wrap">

 


<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default line 70):

<div class="row"><div style="margin-left: 25px" >
<#ITEM field="ItemText"></div></div>

To this:

<div class="row"><div style="margin-left: 25px" class="item-text">
<#ITEM field="ItemText"></div></div>

IRFCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-25):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Create Reserve Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  <!--
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
// -->
</script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>

<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">
<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html"> 
<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Create Reserve Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
// <!--
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
// -->
</script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>

<body id="type-a">
<div id="wrap">
 
<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default line 88-90):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'ItemText' );
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("ItemText");
</script>

IRFEditCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-26):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Edit Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
</script>

<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>

<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap"> 
<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html"> 
<#INCLUDE filename="include_setItemFieldsAsReadOnly.html"> 
<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Edit Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
</script>

<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>

<body id="type-a">
<div id="wrap"> 
 
<#INCLUDE filename="include_setItemFieldsAsReadOnly.html"> 
<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default line 93-95):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'ItemText' );
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("ItemText");
</script>

ISharedListItemInfo.html

Change this (default line 3-13):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID">
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">
<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html"> 
<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID">
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdownItemText()">
<div id="wrap">
 
<div id="content-wrap">

ISLRFCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-25):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Create Shared List Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  <!--
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
// -->
</script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">
<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">
<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Create Shared List Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script> 
 
<script type="text/javascript">
// <!--
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
// -->
</script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a">
<div id="wrap">
 
<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default line 69-71):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'ItemText' );
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("ItemText");
</script>

ISLRFEditCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-25):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Edit Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID"/>
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  <!--
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
// -->
</script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">
<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">
<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Edit Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID"/>
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript">
 
// <!--
function focusIframeOnTab(caller, tabTargetId, callEvent)
{
// If keypress TAB and not SHIFT+TAB

if(callEvent.keyCode == 9 && !callEvent.shiftKey)
document.getElementById(tabTargetId).contentWindow.focus();
}
// -->
</script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM Name="SessionID">';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a">
<div id="wrap">
 
<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default line 72-74):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'ItemText' );
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("ItemText");
</script>

UCourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

Change this (default lines 3-17):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">


<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">
<div id="wrap">

 


<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default lines 36-43):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

UCourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-17):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">


<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a">
<div id="wrap">

 


<div id="content-wrap">

Change this (default lines 42-49):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

UCourseMessageBoardThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-16):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-b">
<div id="wrap">

<#INCLUDE filename="include_header.html">


<div id="content-wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">
<div id="wrap">

 


<div id="content-wrap">

Changes to LMS Web Pages

ICourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

Change this (default lines 3-12):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a">
<div id="wrap">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">
<div id="wrap">

Change this (default lines 36-43):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

ICourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-10):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>

Change this (default lines 41-48):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

ICourseMessageBoardThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-11):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">

IItemInfo.html

Change this (default lines 3-12):

<head>
 
 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
 charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Ares - Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html" />
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
 charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Ares - Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html" />
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdownItemText()">

Change this (default line 68):

<div style="margin-left: 25px" >
<#ITEM field="ItemText"></div>

To this:

<div style="margin-left: 25px" class="item-text">
<#ITEM field="ItemText"></div>

IRFCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-7):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Create Reserve Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Create Reserve Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script> 
 
<script type="text/javascript">

Change this (default line 88-91):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'ItemText' );
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("ItemText");
</script>

IRFEditCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-8):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Edit Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Edit Item <#ITEM field="ItemID"/></title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script> 
 
<script type="text/javascript">

ISharedListItemInfo.html

Change this (default line 3-11):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID">
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID">
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdownItemText()">

ISLRFCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-7):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Create Shared List Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Create Shared List Item</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
 
<script type="text/javascript">

Change this (default line 69-71):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'ItemText' );
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("ItemText");
</script>

ISLRFEditCreate.html

Change this (default lines 3-7):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Edit Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID"/>
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Edit Shared List Item 
<#SHAREDLISTITEM field="ListItemID"/>
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript">

Change this (default line 72-74):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'ItemText' );
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("ItemText");
</script>

UCourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

Change this (default lines 3-12):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">

Change this (default lines 34-41):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

UCourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-10):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js">
</script>
</head>

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/pell.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/pell.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
 
 
</head>

Change this (default lines 40-47):

 
<script>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message', {
toolbar: [
{ name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], 
items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript',
 'Superscript' ] },
{ name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks',
 'align', 'bidi' ], 
items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent',
 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote' ] }//,
]
});
</script>

To this:

<div id="editor" hidden="true"></div>
<script>
InitializeEditor("message");
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
</script>

UCourseMessageBoardThread.html

Change this (default lines 3-11):

<head>
 
 
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
 
 
 
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a">

To this:

<head>
<meta data-name="ares_wpv" data-bn="20200629.2" data-bid="9897" 
data-cid="8e7992db13fa0a4a847688cbc62edf189d26850e" />
<title>Ares - Course <#COURSE field="CourseNumber"/> Message Board
</title>
<#INCLUDE filename="include_head.html">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/showdown.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/purify.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/aresMarkdown.js"></script>
<script>
var sessionid = '<#PARAM name="SessionID"/>';
</script>
</head>
<body id="type-a" onload="ConvertMarkdown()">

Updating Existing Posts to Current Format

Configuring the HTML to Markdown Conversion Utility

Updating Web Pages

Changes to Default Web Pages

ICourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

ICourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

ICourseMessageBoardThread.html

IItemInfo.html

IRFCreate.html

IRFEditCreate.html

ISharedListItemInfo.html

ISLRFCreate.html

ISLRFEditCreate.html

UCourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

UCourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

UCourseMessageBoardThread.html

Changes to LMS Web Pages

ICourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

ICourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

ICourseMessageBoardThread.html

IItemInfo.html

IRFCreate.html

IRFEditCreate.html

ISharedListItemInfo.html

ISLRFCreate.html

ISLRFEditCreate.html

UCourseMessageBoardNewReply.html

UCourseMessageBoardNewThread.html

UCourseMessageBoardThread.html

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