abbr tags mangled in source code

abbr tags mangled in source code

Höfundur ~ Longbarrow ~ -
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Hi

When I create a web page in Moodle 1.5 using the editor, I go into the code view and add <abbr> tags where necessary eg:

<abbr title="world wide web">WWW</abbr>

However, when the page is processed the source code looks like this:

<abbr title="world wide web" />WWW</abbr />

and as a result, the page's code doesn't validate.

Is there a work-around for this? Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks

~ Longbarrow ~

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Re: abbr tags mangled in source code

Höfundur Helen Foster -
Mynd af Core developers Mynd af Documentation writers Mynd af Moodle HQ Mynd af Particularly helpful Moodlers Mynd af Plugin developers Mynd af Testers Mynd af Translators
Hmm, I'm unable to reproduce the problem you describe. Are you using 1.5.2?
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Re: abbr tags mangled in source code

Höfundur ~ Longbarrow ~ -
"Moodle 1.5 + (2005060201)" according to the admin page. Maybe it's been fixed in 1.5.2

Thanks for trying.
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Re: abbr tags mangled in source code

Höfundur ~ Longbarrow ~ -

We have recently upgraded to 1.6 development (2005101200) . The problem is still happening.

Does anyone have any further ideas?

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Re: abbr tags mangled in source code

Höfundur Helen Foster -
Mynd af Core developers Mynd af Documentation writers Mynd af Moodle HQ Mynd af Particularly helpful Moodlers Mynd af Plugin developers Mynd af Testers Mynd af Translators
Hi,

I'm guessing you're using Internet Explorer, which doesn't support the abbr tag. The HTML editor seems to rely on the browser's handling of a particular tag.

Perhaps you could use the acronym tag instead?
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Re: abbr tags mangled in source code

Höfundur ~ Longbarrow ~ -

big grin HA!! That's it!! Thank you so much - I thought I was going mad! It's such a relief to find out why it was doing that.

I'm doing a little dance of joy!big grin

Thanks

 

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Re: abbr tags mangled in source code

Höfundur Helen Foster -
Mynd af Core developers Mynd af Documentation writers Mynd af Moodle HQ Mynd af Particularly helpful Moodlers Mynd af Plugin developers Mynd af Testers Mynd af Translators
Thanks for your feedback - it's nice to know you're happy. Apologies for not realising where the problem lay initially.

(Note to self: Must test in IE occasionally wink)
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