From 778f980733db4920e78d1f7595a416ecab0ce487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:45:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] About text rendering as html

---
 webapp_about.py       | 3 ++-
 webapp_column_left.py | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/webapp_about.py b/webapp_about.py
index d7a9c35cb..4f9b5f8bb 100644
--- a/webapp_about.py
+++ b/webapp_about.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from shutil import copyfile
 from utils import getConfigParam
 from webapp_utils import htmlHeaderWithExternalStyle
 from webapp_utils import htmlFooter
+from webapp_utils import markdownToHtml
 
 
 def htmlAbout(cssCache: {}, baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def htmlAbout(cssCache: {}, baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
     aboutText = 'Information about this instance goes here.'
     if os.path.isfile(baseDir + '/accounts/about.md'):
         with open(baseDir + '/accounts/about.md', 'r') as aboutFile:
-            aboutText = aboutFile.read()
+            aboutText = markdownToHtml(aboutFile.read())
 
     aboutForm = ''
     cssFilename = baseDir + '/epicyon-profile.css'
diff --git a/webapp_column_left.py b/webapp_column_left.py
index a7d143102..70c9648c0 100644
--- a/webapp_column_left.py
+++ b/webapp_column_left.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from webapp_utils import headerButtonsFrontScreen
 from webapp_utils import htmlHeaderWithExternalStyle
 from webapp_utils import htmlFooter
 from webapp_utils import getBannerFile
-from webapp_utils import markdownToHtml
 
 
 def _linksExist(baseDir: str) -> bool:
@@ -416,7 +415,7 @@ def htmlEditLinks(cssCache: {}, translate: {}, baseDir: str, path: str,
             aboutStr = ''
             if os.path.isfile(aboutFilename):
                 with open(aboutFilename, 'r') as fp:
-                    aboutStr = markdownToHtml(fp.read())
+                    aboutStr = fp.read()
 
             editLinksForm += \
                 '<div class="container">'