Enable HTML language in opinions?

[[Mike of the Desert]]

Enable HTML language in opinions.

Could that be possible?

If yes, is it a good idea or you think it's useless?

[Scintilla]

I've been given an opinion completely in Japanese before (when I went to respond, it was all "&#...;" codes), so I think it's already possible.

[trythil]

Enable HTML language in opinions.

Could that be possible?

A heavily restricted subset would be good. <em>, <br />, <p> and <p />, <h1> ... <h6>...sectioning stuff like that.

It is possible to do a pretty naive implementation of this; however, we can't get away with that forever. One of the problems with allowing HTML input on this site is that the input needs to be validated: much of the .org HTML is listed as having the XHTML 1.0 Strict document type.

XHTML follows XML rules for well-formed documents, so there are some tricky parts involved for people who have never written XML documents before, like self-closing tags: <br /> as opposed to <br>, for example. Right now the XHTML is being parsed as HTML (or so Firefox tells me) but if the .org ever decides to pass the XHTML with the proper MIME type then we'll need to ensure that the document is well-formed.

We can't expect people to know this, so implementation of a small checking and cleanup engine would have to be done. It wouldn't be hard -- I think LiveJournal has some code that we could port -- but:

If yes, is it a good idea or you think it's useless?

...the usefulness of such a feature would have to be gauged before doing anything.

[trythil]

Actually, I just noticed that you can use a small subset of HTML in the video information description box. I wonder if there's a validation and cleanup engine there already...

[[Mike of the Desert]]

I understand what you want to say and I agree with you. My idea was anyway was for the purpose of be more clears in opinions. Things such Italic and Bold can be something really useful.. Sometimes. Surely it is not essential. Even less useful but at least possible would be the possibility to make avaibles in the opinion hypertexts, to link pictures, or web pages.

[Scintilla]

Ignore my post; I seem to have misunderstood.

Just so you know, "HTML language" = "HyperText Markup Language Language". It's like "ATM machine" or "PIN number".

[derobert]

Actually, I just noticed that you can use a small subset of HTML in the video information description box. I wonder if there's a validation and cleanup engine there already...

doubt it.

[bum]

Wouldnt it just be easier to enable BB code instead?

[Eek-1]

ah yes, why not just use phpbbcode function in the opinion form?

[[Mike of the Desert]]

Thanks Scintilla

Eek-1
PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject:
ah yes, why not just use phpbbcode function in the opinion form?

bum
PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:55 pm Post subject:
Wouldnt it just be easier to enable BB code instead?

This is what I was talking about, be able to add codes like [url] or or
or even with the </>, I don't know how much useful would this be judged, but actually I think it would make things more dynamic and clears. Especially when you could add an url of a picture, or bold things.