# Handling markdown vs html image syntax; seeking workflow advice
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-markdown-vs-html-image-syntax-seeking-workflow-advice/80759
**Category:** WordPress
**Created:** [February 16, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-markdown-vs-html-image-syntax-seeking-workflow-advice/80759 "2018-02-16T16:54:50Z")
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### Author:  [@filip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/filip)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-markdown-vs-html-image-syntax-seeking-workflow-advice/80759/1 "2018-02-16T16:54:50Z")
Hi!
My workflow got broken when Discourse updated image uploads from html to markdown syntax. I wonder what others are doing out there.
1, This is what my workflow used to be when typing up a blog post:
- Write the skeleton locally in a text editor or [draftin.com](http://draftin.com)
- Copy paste into a draft post in Discourse
- Copy Paste in all images (which generated HTML img tags)
- Back to a text editor. Search and Replace ALL to go from relative URL to absolute (so it can be seen outside of Discourse)
- Push the post to Wordpress (draftin does that very nicely)
- Publish from Wordpress to Discourse using WP-Discourse plugin.
_It’s a bit convoluted 😕 , but it allowed me to use copy paste workflow for image uploads and create the master images in discourse right away 👍 ._
2, Now, this doesn’t work.
- Discourse generates markdown imag tag `` instead of the old html.
3, **??**
- Is there an easy way to convert these into Absolute Path URLs so I can pass it onto Wordpress? Less clicks the better.
- Is there a better workflow in general? I bet there is!
Any ideas appreciated!
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### Author:  [@filip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/filip)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-markdown-vs-html-image-syntax-seeking-workflow-advice/80759/2 "2018-02-27T12:16:48Z")
Too broad a question it seems. Closing this one, metaphorically, and I’ll re-post a much more specific and actionable question.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-markdown-vs-html-image-syntax-seeking-workflow-advice/80759/3 "2018-02-27T18:28:50Z")