[UCIMC-Tech] Re: Tiller story up
Mike Lehman
rebelmike at earthlink.net
Mon Jun 8 23:30:55 CDT 2009
Josh,
Things look better, although Brian may have done some of that by
dropping various Word goop. I'll pay more attention to how formatting is
working on new posts and will let you know if there are any remaining
issues.
Mike Lehman
Josh King wrote:
> I tweaked some settings that allowed me to cleanup the formatting on
> an old post of Brian's. Does this appear to help? I still need to do
> some more testing.
>
> Mike Lehman wrote:
>> Amy,
>> This sounds like useful information. Having a setting of "0.0001 pt"
>> font (if I'm reading any of this right) just seemed weird. Thanks for
>> your input. I'll see if we can get something done.
>>
>> Tech folks,
>> Can someone take a look at the back end settings dealing with
>> formatting text when entering it into stories? This wonkiness has
>> been going on for some time. Maybe just something simple?
>>
>> Also, something else I noticed when poking around is that logged in
>> users get different publishing options when they go to post than do
>> anonymous users when they go to post. Anonymous posters are given
>> this option only:
>> More information about formatting options
>> <http://www.ucimc.org/filter/tips>
>> which takes them to here, on a separate webpage, that is merely
>> instructional:
>> http://www.ucimc.org/filter/tips
>>
>> In contrast, logged in users get this:
>> Input format <http://www.ucimc.org/node/add/story#>
>>
>> which yields a expanded menu within the same page, of which the
>> Filtered HTML is selected as default:
>>
>> Filtered HTML
>>
>> * Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li>
>> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <br>
>> * Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
>> * Images can be added to this post.
>>
>> PHP code
>>
>> * You may post PHP code. You should include <?php ?> tags.
>>
>> Full HTML
>>
>> * Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
>>
>> Going to an anonymously posted page gets this evenly formatted posting:
>> http://www.ucimc.org/content/peru-police-accused-disposing-dead-indigenous-cover-death-toll
>>
>>
>> Going to older stories of Brian's gives mixed results. I wonder if
>> it's a matter of changing the default formatting setting for logged
>> in users might help? I can't say that the issue is entirely caused by
>> what I'm describing, but maybe part?
>>
>> On the other hand, maybe I've just added to the confusion?
>> Mike Lehman
>>
>> ald wrote:
>>> that's weird, i can't say i understand.
>>> you say you are finding this:
>>> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
>>>
>>> in the box where the body of the story gets pasted in the user
>>> interface?
>>>
>>> if this is the case the only thing i can deduce is that this extra text
>>> dcoding is confusing the program. in philly imc's drupal, and other
>>> installs i can see, you don't need extra coding in this box -- you are
>>> best to just remove all coding except <br><br> between each paragraph.
>>>
>>> fyi, what syndicated is the coding you describe, the text, plus may
>>> <br>s
>>> inserted all over the place. so the <br>s are in there somewhere -- or
>>> else they wouldn't have syndicated to imc-us. i removed them by hand.
>>>
>>> ~ amy
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Lehman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Amy,
>>>> I looked things over. In HTML, I see the paragraph opening and closing
>>>>
>>> </p> in the proper places and no others in the paragraph. However, the
>>> opening <p> is this <p, instead of <p>:
>>>
>>>> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
>>>>
>>>> I won't know how to fix it, but if I can show our tech people where
>>>> the
>>>>
>>> problem lies, they can probably fix it.
>>>
>>>> Mike Lehman
>>>>
>>>> ald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> either way you have to remove all the page breaks. if it is in full
>>>>>
>>> format, you can sometimes have trouble seeing where they are. in philly
>>> imc's drupal there is an option to edit the piece in html/text only,
>>> this
>>>
>>>>> way you see the <br> code wherever there is an in-paragraph line
>>>>> break.
>>>>>
>>> Brian Dolinar wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Hi Amy.
>>>>>> Mike Lehman has been working to figure out the page break issue
>>>>>> in my
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Tiller
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> story
>>>>>> and says it's a glitch in Drupal.
>>>>>> Maybe you two can figure it out???
>>>>>> Thanks for taking the time.
>>>>>> BD
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:42 PM, ald <ald at riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> brian, the testimonies in your story are amazing. i'm soryr you're
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> having
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> trouble with the line breaks. make sure that you have removed
>>>>>>> all the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> line
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> breaks in the text you are pasting in. they show up as a <br> tag
>>>>>>>
>>> when
>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> coding is visible. you can put me in touch with who is working
>>>>>>> on it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> and i
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> can help them.
>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>> amy
>>>>>>> Brian Dolinar wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks Amy. BD
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, ald <ald at riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> looks good! i'll promote it tomorrow i think.
>>>>>>>>> Brian Dolinar wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Amy.
>>>>>>>>>> My Tiller story is up.
>>>>>>>>>> But forgot to mention the screwy paragraph breaks.
>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to get somebody around here to work on it
>>>>>>>>>> but it's apparently some glitch in Drupal.
>>>>>>>>>> Or maybe its my techno-incompetence.
>>>>>>>>>> Hope you like the story.
>>>>>>>>>> BD
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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