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Old Pedant · 01-17-2013, 01:24 AM

Do note that arbitrarily removing HTML tags can have funny consequences! (Using either their code or mine.)

For example:

Code:

This is a nothing post. <span style="display: none;">This blog owner is a doofus</span>

As written, the stuff in the span doesn't show.

After removing the HTML tags, you get

Code:

This is a nothing post. This blog owner is a doofus

All of this is just really poorly thought out. The blog software *SHOULD* be using a WYSIWYG text editor that does *NOT* allow HTML tags and that, instead, uses pseudo-tags (as does this forum, where we can use [ b] xxx [/ b] tags--without the spaces--to create bold text).

I think I would avoid BlogSpot if it doesn't support something like that!

01-17-2013, 01:24 AM	PM User \| #4
Old Pedant Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 23,551 Thanks: 62 Thanked 4,054 Times in 4,023 Posts	Do note that arbitrarily removing HTML tags can have funny consequences! (Using either their code or mine.) For example: Code: This is a nothing post. <span style="display: none;">This blog owner is a doofus</span> As written, the stuff in the span doesn't show. After removing the HTML tags, you get Code: This is a nothing post. This blog owner is a doofus All of this is just really poorly thought out. The blog software SHOULD be using a WYSIWYG text editor that does NOT allow HTML tags and that, instead, uses pseudo-tags (as does this forum, where we can use [ b] xxx [/ b] tags--without the spaces--to create bold text). I think I would avoid BlogSpot if it doesn't support something like that! __________________ An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. A realist drinks it no matter how much there is.