I try to enable tables for my github page. I tried the following:

markdown: redcarpet
redcarpet:
  extensions: ["no_intra_emphasis", "fenced_code_blocks", "autolink", "tables", "with_toc_data"]

However I got an email from github:

The page build completed successfully, but returned the following warning for the gh-pages branch:

You are currently using the 'redcarpet' Markdown engine, which is no longer supported by GitHub Pages and may cease working at any time. To ensure your site continues to build, remove the 'markdown' setting in your site's '_config.yml' file and confirm your site renders as expected. For more information, see https://help.github.com/articles/updating-your-markdown-processor-to-kramdown/.

For information on troubleshooting Jekyll see:

https://help.github.com/articles/troubleshooting-jekyll-builds

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So I read this post which stated kramdown enables tables by default. But it does not seem to work in my case. My table looks like this:

| Rating    | Security            | Explanation                             |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Excellent | Very secure         | Criteria is met optimal                 |
| High      | Secure              | Criteria is met                         |
| Mid       | Insufficient secure | Criteria is met partly                  |
| Low       | Insecure            | Criteria is no met                      |
| N/A       | Not rated           | Criteria is not available or irrelevant |

Edit:

The solution is to have an extra line between the headline/text and the table. With normal github markdown and atom markdown this work, but for the page generation you have to add an extra newline.

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remove the 'markdown' setting in site's '_config.yml' file, then add an extra blank line between the headline/text and the table which is working for me.@NicoHood 👍

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Which markdown generator are you using? Kramdown has support for tables, but the other 4 supported Markdown generators may not.

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ah, I am just using the default which i thought was kramdown. Will have a poke around. I just installed the pages gem and added my posts, watching with jekyll serve --watch. I thought this gem setup jekyll with exactly the same setup as github pages so didnt think i could specify the generator in use, unless thats part of the _config file. Will have a look. Sorry, new to all this :)

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You can specify whatever markdown processor you want. And kramdown should be the default.

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ah thanks - im using jekyll now which uses redcarpet by default - which needs (some extra setup)[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16099153/table-not-render-when-use-redcarpet-in-jekyll-github-pages] for tables to work - will switch to kramdown

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@kleinfreund you say anyone you want - am I right in thinking I can old use either

• maruku
• kramdown
• rdiscount
• redcarpet

as these are the dependencies of the gem?

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Yeah, you're not limited to kramdown albeit being the current default. The present dependencies will work on GitHub Pages as well.

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Great thx, kramdown is working for me

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