One of our students is pasting a fairly large url in the journal. It appears that if the entry is too long, the balance of the journal disappears. You can see everything in edit mode, but nothing appears after this entry is posted for view by the instructor. Here is an example of the URL. If it's broken after the "cosmet" then everything displays. If I delete the space, then the balance of the posting disappears. I haven't found this issue in the journal posting area and am not sure if this could be a universal problem.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/person/co smet/hotlist-2007-liste_critique_e.pdf
Cheers
Doug
2 years on, I noticed this bug and fixed it. Your post was the only thing I found when trying to google it.
See http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20826
See http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20826