HTML in board name

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Haven't seen this in quite a while, but 2.0.15 appears to be handling it differently than earlier 2.0 versions.  IIRC, if html was included in board name, it would not display in board index, and if you tried to modify board, either the modify link was dead or page load crashed.  What I'm seeing now is name displays correctly, including html formatting, modify link gets me into board editor, in a few boards html is displayed in name field and can be modified, in most boards name field is blank and modify button is dead until something is typed into name field, at which point modify button works and name is overwritten with new text.  Apparently it's no longer necessary to delete html from the name field in database to correct the problem.  Was this changed at some point in 2.0 branch?

[Arantor]

I don't believe it was changed in 2.0, it definitely was in 2.1.

But it mostly depends on exactly what HTML, not all HTML breaks it.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Does 2.1 allow html in board names?

[Arantor]

No, 2.1 sanitises it to bbcode.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Found the problem:

This causes name field to be blank -

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<div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;•&nbsp;Stats Forum Registration &amp; Support<br />&nbsp;•&nbsp;<font color="navy"><i>Registro &amp; Soporte del Foro</i></font></div>



This displays name correctly in editor -

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<div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;•&nbsp;Stats Forum Registration &amp; Support<br />&nbsp;•&nbsp;<font color="navy"><i>Registro &amp; Soporte del Foro</i></font></div>



See the bullet in first one?  Fix is to replace • with &#8226.  This guy mixed it up on couple dozen board names.  Oddly, both display correctly on board index.

Edit:  Well, you can't see it.  Post editor replaces &#8226 with • when I post this in code tags.

Should look like this -

<div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&#8226;&nbsp;Stats Forum Registration &amp; Support<br />&nbsp;&#8226;&nbsp;<font color="navy"><i>Registro &amp; Soporte del Foro</i></font></div>

[Kindred]

Honestly,  that should never be in the board name or description. 

All of that could be done with css

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Yes, I know, but I'm trying to help a guy with very little english and even less knowledge of how things work.  If I can give him a workaround that solves his immediate problem, however badly, we're good.  He's got multiple websites running with things I've never heard of, and they're mostly screwed up.  Just hacked an admin login into tikiwiki, whatever the ****** that is.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

&nbsp;&#8226&nbsp;

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 &#8226 


&nbsp;&#8226&nbsp;

 &#8226 

&nbsp;&#8226&nbsp;

^{&nbsp;&#8226&nbsp;}

_{&nbsp;&#8226&nbsp;}


Just had to try, but are you using wysiwyg by any chance?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Think you need a semicolon after ascii code.  On my reader, can't do much.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Think ye need a semicolon after ascii code.  On my reader, can't do much.

Is this happening all over the forum?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

What exactly?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

ye -> ye.  I see this in other topics.

Crap.  y o u -> y e

Just had to try, but are ye using wysiwyg by any chance?

[Gwenwyfar]

thou art just seeing things. Have you checked for bugs in your browser?

[Antes]

SMF already gives unique identification to categories/boards, if yöu need some styling ye can use style sheet thingy.

Example;

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/* For specific board only */
#board_1 > td.info > a::after {
    content: " (Something)";
}
/* For some reason ye want for all */
tr[id^="board_"] > td.info > a::after {
    content: " (Something)";
}

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Seeing it in FF65 and IE11.  Also, look at 'Lex' in quote title.

[Gwenwyfar]

Weird. Maybe it has to do with the ponies.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Is anyone else seeing this, or has Sir Osis gone down the rabbit hole?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

  It's April 1, isn't it.  Should have known.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

SMF already gives unique identification to categories/boards, if yöu need some styling ye can use style sheet thingy.

Example;

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/* For specific board only */
#board_1 > td.info > a::after {
    content: " (Something)";
}
/* For some reason ye want for all */
tr[id^="board_"] > td.info > a::after {
    content: " (Something)";
}

Well, I could do that, but this forum owner couldn't.  Gotta work with what you have.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Weird. Maybe it has to do with the ponies.

Must be. I say blame the ponies.