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Topic: Problem quoting/editing emoticons (smileys)

Posted By: ThorSimpson
Subject: Problem quoting/editing emoticons (smileys)
Date Posted: 06 September 2006 at 6:14pm

Just noticed this today (upgraded to latest version yesterday) but not sure if it's a new thing or pre-existing.

Sometimes (and not all the time) when quoting or editing a message with an emoticon in it, it will not show correctly in the edit/quote text box (or after posting the new message).

For instance, when quoting or editing a message with the LOL smiley on it, it comes up with:

[IMG]smileys/smiley36.gif" align="middle" />

But it works properly on some of the posts. Any thoughts?

I should add that I have the Web Wiz Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG): disabled.

Thanks! Smile

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 September 2006 at 7:10pm

Thanks ThorSimpson, this was actually reported yesterday but does effect previous versions.

The problem is coursed by the latest version writes images in XHTML format with a /> on the end and when editing when not using the RTE is has to return the image into BBcode format which is looking for HTML with just > and not /> at the end.

This will be corrected for the next version, but I would recommend using the RTE as it is much nicer than the plain text editor.

If you are worried about security when using the RTE then you needn't be as Web Wiz Forums was the first forum system to use a built in RTE back in 2001 before anyone else so security filters to protect against hacking and Cross Site Scripting (XSS) within the Web Wiz Forums have been built with to work with the RTE and so are extra secure.

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Posted By: ThorSimpson
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 12:55am

Thanks Borq. I will try the RTE again later tonight. I disabled it because there was a conflict with the style sheet I am using where the background of the RTE field was the same as the background of my page (which is way too dark for the RTE field). I think it is because I was using a background image but I am not any more so maybe it will work fine. Either way I'm sure I could find my way through the CSS to create a new custom style. I'm sure I can get it working tonight.

Thanks for the fast reply and keep up the great work!!!

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 8:16am

The colour of the RTE textarea can be changed through the forums own CSS Styles.

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Posted By: RanktheSaga
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 9:21pm

I was just going to post about this problem.

It also exists with IMG tags as well.

I've tried it with the RTE enabled and disabled and the error exists for both.

So I guess we'll just have to wait for it to be fixed in the next version?

Keep up the good work...

Star

edit: check that. it does work fine with the RTE enabled but I was testing it on a Mac using Safari which the RTE doesn't seem to support.

So I guess only my Mac Safari users will be affected until a fix is released.

Posted By: slapmonkay
Date Posted: 12 September 2006 at 9:36pm

Borg,

My RTE textarea is showing up as my background image this is my RTE CSS settings Background = White. Is there something I am missing?

.WebWizRTEtextarea{
background-color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 12px;
}

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 13 September 2006 at 10:03am

Try setting a blank background image for the RTE area:-

background-image: url();

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Posted By: kiklop
Date Posted: 26 September 2006 at 10:05am

I would like to know if there is a fix for this problem. Members of my forum do occasionally get this "/>" thing at the end of the image link.
I'm using the latest forum version and RTE is disabled (i preffer it that way).
Since i didn't updated all files (with the latest version) but only those listed as modifited i would like to know wwhere the fix was performed (if any)

Thank you

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 September 2006 at 11:15am

What you would need to do is open the file functions/functions_edit_post.asp in notepad and chnage the code between lines 166 and 192 to:-


'Loop through the message till all or any IMAGE links are converted back into codes
    Do While InStr(1, strMessage, "<img ", 1) > 0
                                
        'Find the start position in the image tag
        lngStartPos = InStr(1, strMessage, "<img ", 1)
                                                            
        'Find the position in the message for the image closing tag
        lngEndPos = InStr(lngStartPos, strMessage, "/>", 1) + 3
        
        'Make sure the end position is not in error
        If lngEndPos - lngStartPos =< 10 Then lngEndPos = lngStartPos + 10
                        
        'Read in the code to be converted back into the forum codes
        strMessageLink = Trim(Mid(strMessage, lngStartPos, (lngEndPos - lngStartPos)))    
        
        'Place the image tag into the tempoary message variable
        strTempMessage = strMessageLink
        
        'Format the HTML image tag back into forum codes
        strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "src=""", "", 1, -1, 1)
        strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "<img ", "        strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, """ />", "">", 1, -1, 1)
        
        'Place the new fromatted codes into the message string body
        strMessage = Replace(strMessage, strMessageLink, strTempMessage, 1, -1, 1)        
    Loop

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Posted By: kiklop
Date Posted: 26 September 2006 at 11:33am

Thanks Borg,

i have updated the code will report back if this isn't working.

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Posted By: kiklop
Date Posted: 26 September 2006 at 12:27pm

Borg,

this doesn't work.

Can you please check this line




strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "<img ", "        strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, """ />", "">", 1, -1, 1)

Thanks

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 September 2006 at 4:15pm

Thats the code for the next version to fix this issue, there maybe more changes in the code but it was a bit of a re-write so you may need to wait for the next version to be released or use the RTE.

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Posted By: edesigner
Date Posted: 05 October 2006 at 3:52pm

This is the code corrected, you had forgoten to Disable "Forum Codes" -boRg- , and the last lines destroyed.


'Loop through the message till all or any IMAGE links are converted back into codes   
 Do While InStr(1, strMessage, "<img ", 1) > 0                  
                     
 'Find the start position in the image tag      
  lngStartPos = InStr(1, strMessage, "<img ", 1)            
                                                     
  'Find the position in the message for the image closing tag       
 lngEndPos = InStr(lngStartPos, strMessage, "/>", 1) + 3               
 'Make sure the end position is not in error      
  If lngEndPos - lngStartPos =< 10 Then lngEndPos = lngStartPos + 10                 
             
  'Read in the code to be converted back into the forum codes        
strMessageLink = Trim(Mid(strMessage, lngStartPos, (lngEndPos - lngStartPos)))            
      
  'Place the image tag into the tempoary message variable        
strTempMessage = strMessageLink               
 'Format the HTML image tag back into forum codes       
strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "src=""", "", 1, -1, 1)
strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "<img ", "[IMG]", 1, -1, 1)
strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, """ />", "[/IMG]", 1, -1, 1)

       
  'Place the new fromatted codes into the message string body       
 strMessage = Replace(strMessage, strMessageLink, strTempMessage, 1, -1, 1)           
 Loop

Chris

Posted By: kiklop
Date Posted: 05 October 2006 at 8:46pm

Oh, i apologize for not reporting back about it (i thought i did)
The (corrected) code Chris has just posted is resolving this issue (I�m using it for a week now and it�s working great)

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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 11:48pm

Hello,

I noticed that this is also happening each time a member edits thir profile. If they have an image code in the signature window, the code will reset to /> and remove the [/img].

Does this piece of code also correct the page that deals with the profile?

Thanks in advance!

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 8:06am

Yes

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Posted By: bad5star
Date Posted: 15 December 2006 at 5:50pm

Hi

can anyone tell me EXACTLY what page I need to go and modify this code below to fix the problem

Thank you in advance for your time

B5

edesigner wrote:

This is the code corrected, you had forgoten to Disable "Forum Codes" -boRg- , and the last lines destroyed.

'Loop through the message till all or any IMAGE links are converted back into codes
Do While InStr(1, strMessage, "<img ", 1) > 0

'Find the start position in the image tag
lngStartPos = InStr(1, strMessage, "<img ", 1)

'Find the position in the message for the image closing tag
lngEndPos = InStr(lngStartPos, strMessage, "/>", 1) + 3

'Make sure the end position is not in error
If lngEndPos - lngStartPos =< 10 Then lngEndPos = lngStartPos + 10

'Read in the code to be converted back into the forum codes
strMessageLink = Trim(Mid(strMessage, lngStartPos, (lngEndPos - lngStartPos)))

'Place the image tag into the tempoary message variable
strTempMessage = strMessageLink

'Format the HTML image tag back into forum codes

strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "src=""", "", 1, -1, 1)
strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "<img ", "strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, """ />", "">", 1, -1, 1)

'Place the new fromatted codes into the message string body
strMessage = Replace(strMessage, strMessageLink, strTempMessage, 1, -1, 1)
Loop

Chris

Posted By: edesigner
Date Posted: 15 December 2006 at 6:25pm

functions_edit_post.asp

Posted By: bad5star
Date Posted: 15 December 2006 at 7:14pm

edesigner wrote:

functions_edit_post.asp

Thank you friend. Big%20smile

Posted By: bad5star
Date Posted: 15 December 2006 at 7:51pm

edesigner wrote:

This is the code corrected, you had forgoten to Disable "Forum Codes" -boRg- , and the last lines destroyed.

'Format the HTML image tag back into forum codes

strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "src=""", "", 1, -1, 1)
strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, "<img ", "strTempMessage = Replace(strTempMessage, """ />", "">", 1, -1, 1)

'Place the new fromatted codes into the message string body
strMessage = Replace(strMessage, strMessageLink, strTempMessage, 1, -1, 1)
Loop

Chris

The above code only fixed the [/IMG] problem.. no more />

BUT

the sig still doesnt show when user posts in a thread... it shows in profile ONLY

help - thanks

Posted By: mrg1
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 9:32pm

I've checked briefly the forum amd this seems to be closest match of my problem:
When a user insert this code as signature:
[_IMG_]http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10501;4/st/20070404/e/Examen/dt/6/k/3ce0/event.png[/_IMG_]
and presses preview it shows like image's path is following:
[_IMG_]http://tickers.tickerfactory.com/ezt/d/4105014/st/20070404/e/Examen/dt/6/k/3ce0/event.png[/_IMG_]
Those semicolons are trimmed. I'm using 8.05 version...

Posted By: MrMellie
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 1:36pm

mrg1, your problem isn't related to the quote bug (which IIRC is fixed in 8.05). It's down to the security in place to prevent SQL injection and XSS. The semi-colon get's stripped out to help prevent injection attacks. There's not a lot you can really do about it. If you disabled the code that did it, then you'd be making a hole in the WWF security on your forum, not something that's advisable.

Posted By: mrg1
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 8:34pm

I guessed that was the reason... An workaround is to insert by myself the code into db, using sql manager, but I was hopping it might be something else... Unfortunately, a lot of signatures coming from tickerfactory will generate this problem...