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.

[feldon23]

Any whitespace between </td> and <td> or </tr> and <tr> becomes break tags which are not valid outside of the cells and rows of a table, so they are displayed ABOVE the table.

You must remove all whitespace in your table if you want to reduce the gap above the table.

[DJ29Joesph]

Originally Posted by Kirk Y

Ha ha Boof!

What do I need to change so I can input a single Username in addition to a single Usergroup?

Edit:

PHP Code:

if (in_array($post['usergroupid'], array(6))) OR if (in_array($post['username'], array(vBlogger)))
                { 


That close?

Anyone get an update on this and if so where do I edit this..I dont see anything like this in the .xml file

[mystikmedia]

Should code such as this work with this product? If so, it doesn't seem to be working when I preview the post...

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[jl255]

Originally Posted by feldon23

Any whitespace between </td> and <td> or </tr> and <tr> becomes break tags which are not valid outside of the cells and rows of a table, so they are displayed ABOVE the table.

You must remove all whitespace in your table if you want to reduce the gap above the table.

tks! worked like a charm :up:

[foxfirediego]

If you switch the editor mode, you will lose all the tags -.-

[nando99]

So I installed this on 3.7.4 and it works great there's just one problem - after a while, when I go back to check an old thread that I added some html in it - it just shows the html code.... i have to edit it and save it and boom it works...

Anyone have any idea why it would do that?

[fatal1980]

Originally Posted by nando99

So I installed this on 3.7.4 and it works great there's just one problem - after a while, when I go back to check an old thread that I added some html in it - it just shows the html code.... i have to edit it and save it and boom it works...

Anyone have any idea why it would do that?

I get the same issue. I'm will to drop some money to get this working.

[nando99]

Originally Posted by fatal1980

I get the same issue. I'm will to drop some money to get this working.

I'm with you on this...

[decryption]

Does this work in vBulletin 3.8.2?

[ddmobley]

Originally Posted by nando99

So I installed this on 3.7.4 and it works great there's just one problem - after a while, when I go back to check an old thread that I added some html in it - it just shows the html code.... i have to edit it and save it and boom it works...

Anyone have any idea why it would do that?

This is because of the post parsed cache. When a user with HTML posting access posts an HTML message, his access level produces a valid HTML-viewable page, and a copy is stored in the vb_post_parsed database table.

When the post parsed cache time limit is reached, the post is deleted from the cache. The next time someone views the page, the code that builds the page is pulled straight from the vb_post database table, and if it happens to be a user who does not have HTML posting capability, it will display a page full of junk code.

I have posted about this error repeatedly in this thread, but the author refuses to comment on the issue, or return emails or PM's about it. You can read some of my posts in this thread about how I solved the issue for myself. Since I only allow HTML for the administrative user group and only on sticky messages, I was able to find a workable solution. There is a number of places where the post parsed cache is purged in the software, so even if you implement my solution, you may still have problems somewhere else.

It's a real pain to have to go in, edit and resave all the HTML posts periodically, but you aren't going to get any assistance on this from anyone here. You can also open the posts in question in the vb_post_parsed database table and set their dateline date to some time way in the future, like 9999999999.

This could be an awesome mod with this one issue fixed.