Enable HTML

[Ma§t£r Öf Ŧçh£m¥]

I don't know if anyone else would be interested but I would like to see a mod that would allow you to enable html in posts and signatures Anyone else interested?

[Hypocrite]

Why would you like to enable HTML? This has been discussed before and its not a good idea because you can do most of the things you want with the YABBC tags. Also it is more secure because it has an error check and the users can't make HTML mistakes which could break down the board completely. Also a malicious user could run a script which would do harm to your board.

I think its not a good idea.

[Ma§t£r Öf Ŧçh£m¥]

I know the security risks and I know that you can do almost everything with the YaBBC tags but the members on my  board want it and I'm not too worried about it because thus far I haven't had a lot of problems (and if i ws going to have problems with that someone would have already done it through a flash file....) Anyway it was just an idea... I didn't mean to start an argument....

[Hypocrite]

No argument here Just an opinion.

[Kalin Somphane]

hypocrite is right:
just one <tr> <table> or other tag could turn off everything and you'd be left hanging

[irbrian]

So.. why not use a function that checks HTML tags in precisely the same way that YaBBc is checked and interpreted? Does it really HAVE to be literally interpreted HTML?

I mean, if you can translate the following:

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[size=1][color=Red][img]http://test.gif[/img]tester[img]http://test.gif[/img][/color][/size]into
tester

then why couldn't you do the same with

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<font size="2" color="red"><img src="test.gif">tester<img src="test.gif"></font>Basically, rather than process the text to completely remove all legitimate HTML code, why not just process it to remove all code UNLESS the code is non-malicious (font tags and such)? Theoretically its even possible to auto-validate the tags, though that's a whole lot more work.

EDIT: By "completely remove all legitimate HTML" I mean of course devalidate it, make it NOT HTML but just ordinary text. <a href="squat.">

[Ma§t£r Öf Ŧçh£m¥]

another idea (although it would be a royal pain) is that you could specify which tags are allowable throught the admin center......

[bAm-b00]

another idea (although it would be a royal pain) is that you could specify which tags are allowable throught the admin center......

yes, similar to the censor words feathure (sorry cant spell today )

so:

<table> = Code <table> is not allowed! (itd show up in a pop up )

[Ma§t£r Öf Ŧçh£m¥]

exactly!!! I think that would be an excellent mod that way you could enable html but also decide what to allow, and cut down on malicious code Anyway... I'm rambling sorry   I'll shut up now...

[David]

another idea (although it would be a royal pain) is that you could specify which tags are allowable throught the admin center......

This is what XOOPS does.  I personally don't see the reason to enable html but if someone wants to write the mod I'm sure it would goto use.

[Hypocrite]

Normal users on the boards aren't experienced enough with HTML to be able to use it, YABBC is so much more easier etc.

[David]

Normal users on the boards aren't experienced enough with HTML to be able to use it, YABBC is so much more easier etc.

But should you always cater to the dumbest user?  At first I didn't like this idea but it is becoming more appealing.  It would be nice to allow more advanced code and the ability to do cooler stuff.

[irbrian]

Normal users on the boards aren't experienced enough with HTML to be able to use it, YABBC is so much more easier etc.

Maybe on YOUR board they aren't.. YaBB is used for ALL KINDS of different topics, with boards catering to myriad different audiences.

[Hypocrite]

Ok, point taken. But I still don't think its necessary to make YaBB support HTML in posts. What kind of HTML do you need to add which you can't make with the YABBC tags?

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