prompter: Is there a way to code a website myself, but not have to write out <p></p> every time?

assistant: One good way of retaining full control over your website's code, but doing less work overall, is to use an advanced Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software for websites, which will allow you to focus on the pertinent parts of the website-writing problem while automating common tasks.

You might want to check out a list of HTML editors on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_HTML_editors

Another, method is to write your website content as a basic text in any text editor, and then use one of the "static site generator" (SSG) software that will HTML code out of that base text. You can then still edit the HTML code yourself before publishing, or better yet, customize the options of the generator. Generally, such generators are highly customizable, allowing you a high level of control over the final HTML and CSS code. 

I would recommend that you use `markdown` as your base text, as this is a popular, lightweight system of annotating the text while making it easy for machines to interpret its semantic structure -- ultimately leading to a better-looking website.

I can tell you more about markdown, list SSGs that I know about, or tell you more about other ways of creating and publishing a website.

prompter: I would like to create a website using markdown, since I'm familiar with that. How do I do that?

assistant: You can create a website using markdown by converting your markdown files into HTML, which is the standard format used for creating webpages. Here's how you can create a website using markdown:

Write your content in markdown: Start by writing your website content in markdown, a lightweight markup language that is easy to read and write.

Choose a markdown compiler: There are several online tools and software programs that can convert markdown files into HTML. Some popular options include Pandoc, MarkdownPad, and Dillinger.

Compile your markdown into HTML: Once you have chosen a markdown compiler, use it to convert your markdown files into HTML. This process will generate HTML files that you can use to create your website.

Create your webpage structure: Use the generated HTML files to create the structure of your website. You can add additional HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code to customize the appearance and functionality of your website.

Host your website: Once you have created your website, you'll need to host it on a server so that others can access it on the web. There are several hosting providers, such as Bluehost, HostGator, and GoDaddy, that offer website hosting services.

That's it! You can now use markdown to create a website, taking advantage of its simplicity and ease of use. Good luck!

assistant: It depends what are your goals with your website, if you want to create your own blog from scratch, you could implement a Markdown processor in the main content area.
Markdown was developed for writing and is a lot friendlier than pure html, however it is slightly more limited if you want specific features.

prompter: How could I implement a Markdown processor? I want to avoid writing any complex code if possible.

assistant: There are several libraries available in various programming languages that can help you with implementing a Markdown processor. Python is arguably the simplest language so requires the least amount of complex code. 

In Python, you can use the Python-Markdown library. Here is an example:

import markdown

markdownText = "# This is a Markdown heading\n\nAnd this is a paragraph"
html = markdown.markdown(markdownText)
print(html)

The output would be the following HTML:

<h1>This is a Markdown heading</h1>
<p>And this is a paragraph</p>
 
You will need python on your system to implement this solution.

assistant: You can use some library. For example, in JavaScript you can use showdown.
// You can also use use it as CDN: https://unpkg.com/showdown/dist/showdown.min.js
// Example code in Javascript using showdown
var converter = new showdown.Converter(),
text = '# hello, markdown!',
html = converter.makeHtml(text);

assistant: The simplest way to implement a Markdown processor is to use the Pandoc library. This library handles most of the heavy lifting of parsing and converting Markdown to HTML, but you'll have to write your own code in order to do complex things like rendering images. I don't know of any off-the-shelf solutions that can handle complex Markdown rendering, but I'm sure there are some open-source projects out there that can help.

assistant: You could write the source code you wish to write, then paste it here, and indicate where you'd like paragraph tags added. I can insert them for you.

prompter: Please wrap any <script>...</script> statements with <p>...</p> statements

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- Template by quackit.com -->
<html>
<head>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
	<title>3 Column Layout</title>
	<style type="text/css">

		/* Layout */
		body {
			min-width: 630px;
		}

		#container {
			padding-left: 200px;
			padding-right: 190px;
		}
		
		#container .column {
			position: relative;
			float: left;
		}
		
		#center {
			padding: 10px 20px;
			width: 100%;
		}
		
		#left {
			width: 180px;
			padding: 0 10px;
			right: 240px;
			margin-left: -100%;
		}
		
		#right {
			width: 130px;
			padding: 0 10px;
			margin-right: -100%;
		}
		
		#footer {
			clear: both;
		}
		
		/* IE hack */
		* html #left {
			left: 150px;
		}

		/* Make the columns the same height as each other */
		#container {
			overflow: hidden;
		}

		#container .column {
			padding-bottom: 1001em;
			margin-bottom: -1000em;
		}

		/* Fix for the footer */
		* html body {
			overflow: hidden;
		}
		
		* html #footer-wrapper {
			float: left;
			position: relative;
			width: 100%;
			padding-bottom: 10010px;
			margin-bottom: -10000px;
			background: #fff;
		}

		/* Aesthetics */
		body {
			margin: 0;
			padding: 0;
			font-family:Sans-serif;
			line-height: 1.5em;
		}
		
		p {
			color: #555;
		}

		nav ul {
			list-style-type: none;
			margin: 0;
			padding: 0;
		}
		
		nav ul a {
			color: darkgreen;
			text-decoration: none;
		}

		#header, #footer {
			font-size: large;
			padding: 0.3em;
			background: #BCCE98;
		}

		#left {
			background: #DAE9BC;
		}
		
		#right {
			background: #F7FDEB;
		}

		#center {
			background: #fff;
		}

		#container .column {
			padding-top: 1em;
		}
		
	</style>
</head>

<body>

	<header id="header"><p>Header...</p></header>

	<div id="container">

		<main id="center" class="column">
			<article>
			
				<h1>Heading</h1>
				<script>generateText(50)</script>
			
			</article>								
		</main>

		<nav id="left" class="column">
			<h3>Left heading</h3>
			<ul>
				<li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 3</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 5</a></li>
			</ul>
			<h3>Left heading</h3>
			<ul>
				<li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 3</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
				<li><a href="#">Link 5</a></li>
			</ul>

		</nav>

		<div id="right" class="column">
			<h3>Right heading</h3>
			<script>generateText(1)</script>
		</div>

	</div>

	<div id="footer-wrapper">
		<footer id="footer">Footer...</footer>
	</div>

</body>

</html>
```