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diff --git a/tools/__init__.py b/tools/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tools/templatetags/__init__.py b/tools/templatetags/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tools/templatetags/my_markdown.py b/tools/templatetags/my_markdown.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+implement my own 'markdown' template tag
+requires 'python-markdown' (pip install markdown)
+"""
+# ref: http://www.dominicrodger.com/django-markdown.html
+
+import markdown
+
+from django import template
+from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
+from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+@register.filter(is_safe=True)
+@stringfilter
+def my_markdown(value):
+    extensions = ["nl2br", ]
+
+    return mark_safe(markdown.markdown(force_unicode(value),
+                                       extensions,
+                                       safe_mode=True,
+                                       enable_attributes=False))