Start from different html heading in Hakyll

Question

I'm building a static website with Hakyll and I'm using the PandocCompiler to compile markdown to html. This works perfectly, but the compiler takes this:

# Heading 1

and compiles it to

<h1>Heading 1</h1>

This is the expected result. However, I'd like to start at a lower heading, say, <h3>, so that:

# Heading 1

compiles to

<h3>Heading 1</h3>

and this:

## Heading 2

compiles to

<h4>Heading 2</h4>

and so on.

I could of course change the markdown itself, but I have many files and it would be a lot of work, and it would make the markdown a bit uglier.

Any ideas on how to do this?

Whoever voted to close as "about general computing hardware and software" doesn't know what Hakyll is and didn't bother to check. — duplode, Oct 06 '15 at 20:40
Possible alternative: instead of translating `# Heading 1` to `
`, you might consider changing your CSS to make `h1`'s less pronounced. (Though I recognize there can also be legitimate reasons to avoid `h1` entirely.) — Daniel Wagner, Oct 06 '15 at 23:07
@DanielWagner I use h1 in the templates as a more general header title, and then want my markdown to generate the body. In other words, I do need the h1 too. — Ben, Oct 06 '15 at 23:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '15 at 18:36

The Hakyll.Web.Html module includes some useful functions for HTML manipulation, including a demoteHeaders which should be enough for your needs. It is also worth noting that the withTags function there allows convenient usage of tagsoup for arbitrary manipulation of HTML tags.

Start from different html heading in Hakyll

`, you might consider changing your CSS to make `h1`'s less pronounced. (Though I recognize there can also be legitimate reasons to avoid `h1` entirely.)

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