Problem (formatting form text)
Hi I am currently building a site using php and mysql. The problem I have is I have inserted a insert form for members to upload content. It all works fine, however the main content they add shows as 1 big paragraph. Is there a way to make it show in the format they uploaded it
thanks
Mike
webwiz posted this at 22:33 — 3rd September 2009.
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I guess you are using plain text and inserting it into a web page "as-is". All "whitespace" (spaces, line-feeds, tabs...) is converted to a single space per the rules for displaying HTML. You need some way of inserting HTML tags in order to format the text.
There are several solutions. One is to allow the use of simplified markup like Markdown or Textile, and use the appropriate (free) software to convert this to HTML. The other suggestion I have is to use JavaScript to create a rich text editor from your textarea.
Other members may be able to offer more solutions...
Cordially, David
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bradleymi posted this at 19:29 — 7th September 2009.
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Thanks
I need to have it like the first two options as users will be just pasting articles into the webpage
I will give them a try
davecoventry posted this at 14:53 — 8th September 2009.
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Have a look at YUI, which, I think is a Javascript and CSS implementation which can do what you want it to...
Specifically, look at this page...
mrgilb posted this at 15:25 — 30th September 2009.
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I second YUI
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