Getting Started

1. Start a new mkdocs site

   mkdocs new my-docs
   cd my-docs

2. Add the plugin to the requirements.txt

   git+https://github.com/pivotal/mkdocs-plugins.git#egg=mkdocs-jinja2&subdirectory=mkdocs-jinja2
   git+https://github.com/pivotal/mkdocs-plugins.git#egg=markdown-code-excerpt&subdirectory=markdown-code-excerpt
   

3. Add to the list of plugins and markdown extensions in mkdocs.yml

   plugins:
   - jinja2: {}
   markdown_extensions:
   - markdown-code-excerpt:
       sections:
         namespace: directory-to-look-for-code-snippets

4. Enjoy with mkdocs serve.

mkdocs-jinja2

This enables Jinja2 as a templating language for the markdown files. It adds functionality to have logic.