HTML codes don't display during "preview"?

Hi,

For some reason, lately, when I am previewing a post that I am typing, the preview text does not display correctly. None of the HTML codes seem to work. For example, the quoted text is not properly boxed, bold doesn’t work, etc. However, as soon as I click “submit”, all is fine in the final message.

Any idea what might be causing this?

Seeker4

Yes, I have an idea

The latest modification (which added the calendar to the forums) did not go smoothly.

I’ve been meaning to “unwind” the modification and look to reinstall it another time.

After I replace my backup of the forum, it should work again.

I am sorry about the inconvenience

gus.

[quote=“gus”]Yes, I have an idea

The latest modification (which added the calendar to the forums) did not go smoothly.

I’ve been meaning to “unwind” the modification and look to reinstall it another time.

After I replace my backup of the forum, it should work again.

I am sorry about the inconvenience

gus.[/quote]

That’s OK. No big deal … just curious if it was something on my end or yours.

Thanks,

Seeker4

Does anyone still have this problem?

Unfortunately (for you as the tech), yes. Just this morning, during ‘preview’, I saw tags and text vs. properly displayed HTML quotes (text in the box). Upon posting, it displayed properly. Same as before.

I’m sorry, this is probably in a FAQ: Why do the times of posts show up 13 hours behind? Is that because the server is in the U.S., Eastern time? I happened to notice this again when I was writing my reply and said “this morning” and looked at the time on my post and saw “last night”.

Conclusion: Quoting looks good to me in Preview

Although the Reply form indicates that “HTML is ON” – this only means that a few HTML tags are allowed. This is for security – malicious javascript can be inserted into HTML tags

Re: Time settings

Check your time setting in your profile. Time stamps are fine for me – I’m in Taipei right now and times are GMT + 8

g.

Just did a post in the Technology in Taiwan forum and the quotes weren’t shown in the preview.
Didn’t have any problem in the IP forum earlier today.

I just did a post in the Learning Chinese forum. Two quotes in a row. The first one (created by clicking on the “quote” icon) didn’t display correctly in preview. The second one that I typed in manually did display correctly in preview. Both were fine in the final post.

I think we need an exorcism!