diff --git a/local_settings.py.example b/local_settings.py.example
index 6a166a7..fe6c1aa 100644
--- a/local_settings.py.example
+++ b/local_settings.py.example
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DEBUG = False
+MARKDOWN_PATH = ''
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
diff --git a/pages/management/__init__.py b/pages/management/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pages/management/commands/__init__.py b/pages/management/commands/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pages/management/commands/parse_markdown.py b/pages/management/commands/parse_markdown.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c193df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/management/commands/parse_markdown.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import os
+import markdown
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+
+from settings import MARKDOWN_PATH, DEPLOY_PATH
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'Parse markdown files in %s' % MARKDOWN_PATH
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(MARKDOWN_PATH):
+            for file in files:
+                subdir = root.replace(MARKDOWN_PATH, "")
+                mdfile = '%s/%s' % (root, file)
+                mdname = '%s/%s' % (subdir, os.path.splitext(file)[0])
+                htmlpath = '%s/templates/html_pages/%s' % (DEPLOY_PATH, mdname)
+                htmlfile = '%s/index.html' % htmlpath
+
+                if os.path.exists(mdfile) and not os.path.exists(htmlfile) \
+                        or os.path.getmtime(mdfile) > os.path.getmtime(htmlfile):
+
+                    if not os.path.exists(htmlpath):
+                        os.makedirs(htmlpath)
+
+                    md = markdown.Markdown()
+                    print 'Converting ', mdname, '-->', htmlfile,
+                    wikiExtension = 'wikilinks(base_url=%s/)' % subdir
+                    markdown.markdownFromFile(input=mdfile, output=htmlfile, encoding="utf-8", extensions=[wikiExtension])
+                    print ' ... succeeded'
+
diff --git a/templates/.gitignore b/templates/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c46f106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+html_pages