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Edit #4: Also, I encounter this with the smileys as well. When I have the resolution of 1024x768 enclosed in parentheses, the 8 and the end parenthesis are converted into a smiley 8) when it's not supposed to be. An example of this is this: "There are many resolutions avaiable (a common resolution is 1024x768) and it's only the monitor that limits the ones available." The eight and the ending parenthesis have been converted into a smiley which shouldn't have happened. A smiley should only be converted if there's a space on the left side and a space or stop punctuation on the right (periods, exclamation points, or question marks).
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Edit #4: Also, I encounter this with the smileys as well. When I have the resolution of 1024x768 enclosed in parentheses, the 8 and the end parenthesis are converted into a smiley 8) when it's not supposed to be. An example of this is this: "There are many resolutions avaiable (a common resolution is 1024x768) and it's only the monitor that limits the ones available." The eight and the ending parenthesis have been converted into a smiley which shouldn't have happened. A smiley should only be converted if there's a space on the left side and a space or stop punctuation on the right (periods, exclamation points, or question marks).
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half of my SMG STICKIED thread was wiped from this god awful error. is there any way to fix it. i have it all copied but how do i fix it. if i have to erase some hyper links i will just as long as the threads major info isnt jeopardizedbofe1234
I've just realised that 'classic' is censored because it contains 'class'. Same thing goes to derivates like 'classes'. Viennoiserieyup..as i've already mentioned it's just deleting words that are normally blocked when they're in the html, whether they're in the html or not..i've also noticed that if there's no formatting at all in the entire block of text it'll sometimes let you post those words...like this: class style but if i add in formatting, for instance something like increasing the text size, then it'll block it out; it used to do it for things in bold and other things as well but it seems as tho it's not blocking them out now...style class
They're attributes for various HTML tags that presumably aren't allowed. (href, for example, is an attribute of the Anchor tag, used for hyperlinking, but that one's allowed). Class and style are both apparently not allowed and getting removed from the HTML in a rather sloppy manner, so it manages to remove it from plain text, not just HTML. Best bet is to wait for the admins to fix it.EJ902
Sloppy isn't the word I would have used, but yes, this is exactly what is happening. We are probably overly strict on what we allow, but then again we don't have problems like the mySpace viruses. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to both allow the freedom of html why protecting against javascript exploits. Words like class and style will unfortunately be filtered out for a while as we try to come up with a better method. We are erroring on the side of caution.
Also, fyi, as some people have expressed possible solutions like checking for style= instead of style, there are ways around that by stupid browser bugs letting something like style"= or style/= actually work. Heck, imo, if the browsers themselves can't always get it right, how can we? :P The reason why style and class are restricted in the first place is because they are a doorway into several js exploits.Oh, and if you're wondering how I got those words into my post, well, I'm a dev and I can just edit the db. I normally don't do that, but I wanted to be clear in my posting. I hope this helps everyone understand a little more.
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