Allow Usergroups to Post HTML

Just like the name says, this ultra-simple little Product will allow you to specify Usergroups that may post in HTML and have that HTML be parsed...SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING TABLE PROBLEMS - THIS IS UNSUPPORTED USEAGE OF THE MODIFICATION AND I AM UNABLE TO ASSIST!

***BE AWARE THAT INDISCRIMINATE USE OF THIS HACK IS RISKY - RESTRICT IT TO ONLY THOSE USERGROUPS YOU TRUST ABSOLUTELY***

The scary message above is to make sure you are aware that enabling HTML for any group opens you up to security issues. This is why it is not a feature of Stock vB, probably.

I decided I needed to have the ability to post in HTML because I just installed ZT's RSS Feeds hack, and the ones I got from Google looked all horrible.

Now updated to be controlled by a Setting in Usergroup Manager, it's phrased and even works in editpost.php (preview) in WYSIWYG and normal modes, AND the Forum Rules shows HTML is ON.

This will not work retroactively. That is, if a User posted something in HTML before they were given the ability, that post has to be edited by that member (or someone else with HTML ability) in order to be parsed. I am assuming this is due to post caching.

Many thanks to Kirby for prodding me to figure it out by myself and not just telling me what to do.

A "demo" is here..html is OFF in that Forum, but the post is made by an Admin, so the HTML is parsed.

[mili]

There is no white spaces in this simple code
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
</tr>
</table>
And yet this is what gets displayed:
http://www.dssftp.com/forum/showpost...61&postcount=1

mili

[steven s]

I must be an idiot!
Installed correctly.
Instructions could not have been simpler.

Created a new usergroup with html enabled.
HTML code is ON.

So how do I post in HTML? I tried simple HTML tags which do nothing.
Found nothing in the vB online manual.

Followup: I enabled html on my other board that doesn't have this plugin and was able to use HTML. Is there anything else I need to do to enable this plugin?

And another followup: In my plug in manager I have
Allow Usergroups to post HTML active
Allow Usergroups to post HTML off

[kall]

OK.. the OFF plugin is one I left in by accident...leave it OFF.

Turn the option on in the Usergroup Manager (at the bottom of the Usergroup you are editing) for your Usergroup.

Just post the html...no need for special tags.

[kall]

Originally Posted by mili

There is no white spaces in this simple code
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
</tr>
</table>
And yet this is what gets displayed:
http://www.dssftp.com/forum/showpost...61&postcount=1

mili

If I do that, I get the following: http://www.nzboards.com/forums/testi...html#post42145

[steven s]

Originally Posted by kall

Just post the html...no need for special tags.

Should this usergroups HTML posts be parsed? YES.
Nope. Still doesn't work. I'll reinstall and see what happens.

[theodonnells]

Originally Posted by mili

There is no white spaces in this simple code
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
<td>test</td>
</tr>
</table>
And yet this is what gets displayed:
http://www.dssftp.com/forum/showpost...61&postcount=1

mili

Here is your code with whitespace removed.

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1"><tr> <td>test</td><td>test</td><td>test</td></tr><tr> <td>test</td><td>test</td><td>test</td></tr></table>

As you can see all it does is remove the lines in your code ie the returns..
Copy and paste it and see..

[bigfoot]

I followed the install.txt file but its seems not to work. Plugins are enabled. I'm running vB 3.5.1

[CodeRed]

Originally Posted by mili

So you got no idea why my tables are a mile down the page with the code I pasted in the above post?

mili

mili i had the same problem and the resolution ive found is to take all of the HTML code merge it all to a single line of text. then copy that into your thread.

i copy all of my html into TEXTPAD, CTRL+A to select it and CTRL+J to "Join Lines" and it merges all of the code to a single line. then i copy and paste that into my thread...

[murrtex]

I use this hack and its great but,
I have some problems;

I want to use this code in my message

<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong><br />

but it looks like that

<strong><phrase 1=\"$bbuserinfo[username]\">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong>

what's that \ \ \ \ ???
between html tag..

I can't use HTML,QUOTE ,CODE and PHP tag codes.

what should we do?

[Doozilla]

This hack assumes a level of skill that I am lacking in. I am very new to vBulletin, but I have very specific needs, and I do know exactly what I want.

This hack is one of those things that I need very much. The install.txt is so vague that I can't seem to get this to work.

By reading this thread I have run into many things I do not understand. I have uploaded this bitfield_allowhtml.xml to my includes/xml directory, and that's all. When I checked my usergroup manager I saw no option to "allow for this usergroup's HTML to be parsed". Also, what is a bitfield, why is it important to me, and why do the 3 CSV numbers in the XML mean to me? Do I need to edit them? Does "rebuilding bitfields" mean anything to me?

My intention is to have only Admins HTML parsed, can someone please explain in a more specific way how I need to install this and accomplish my end goal? I would be very appreciative. Thank you