rails 4 and tons of stuff

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -14,4 +14,53 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     end
     return isopen
   end
+
+  def render_md(content)
+    renderer = Redcarpet::Render::HTML.new({
+      filter_html: true,
+      no_styles: true,
+      safe_links_only: true,
+      hard_wrap: true,
+      link_attributes: {target: "_blank", rel: "nofollow"}
+    })
+    md = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(renderer, {
+      no_intra_emphasis: true,
+      tables: true,
+      fenced_code_blocks: true,
+      autolink: true,
+      strikethrough: true,
+      lax_spacing: true,
+      disable_indented_code_blocks: false,
+      space_after_headers: false,
+      underline: true,
+      highlight: true,
+      footnotes: true
+    })
+    md.render(content)
+  end
+
+  def render_mini_md(content)
+    renderer = Redcarpet::Render::HTML.new({
+      filter_html: true,
+      no_images: true,
+      no_styles: true,
+      safe_links_only: true,
+      hard_wrap: false,
+      link_attributes: {target: "_blank", rel: "nofollow"}
+    })
+    md = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(renderer, {
+      no_intra_emphasis: true,
+      tables: false,
+      fenced_code_blocks: false,
+      autolink: true,
+      strikethrough: true,
+      lax_spacing: false,
+      disable_indented_code_blocks: true,
+      space_after_headers: true,
+      underline: true,
+      highlight: true,
+      footnotes: false
+    })
+    md.render(content)
+  end
 end