[okfn-help] Important: HTML tags being removed on OKFN sites

Thu Mar 7 17:37:19 UTC 2013

I note we already ahve version control turned on ...

Re tags: we really do need that fixing i think (seems to be that
super-admins can have html tags ...)

Rufus

On 7 March 2013 16:16, Bobby Donovan <bobby.donovan at okfn.org> wrote:

> I did reply on the trac ticket, a copy of that response is below. I'm on a
> deadline today so I probably won't have a chance to look again until
> tomorrow.
>
> Without yet doing a thorough investigation, I suspect it relates to a
> mixture of these 2 functions/capabilities in WP.
> 1) wp_kses - takes care of filtering out html tags that aren't allowed,
> which by default is most of them.
> 2) unfiltered_html - controls which users have the ability to get around
> the wp_kses function.
>
> Wordpress feels most users need saving from themselves when it comes to
> html tags.
>
> I can ensure that certain users (or users of a certain role) have
> unfiltered html ability.
>
> I will investigate the version control plugin you linked in your email
> [1], I have not used it before. Though I'm hesitant at first as I suspect
> if it works similarly to post revisions, the database size could grow
> rapidly and maybe cause further performance issues with our host.
>
> 1 -  http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/version-control
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Joel Rebello <joel.rebello at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> Hey Bobby,
>>
>>  Do you know what might be the issue here?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga
>> <everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>> > Please, who can check this bug I just reported?
>> >
>> > http://trac.okfn.org/ticket/1404
>> >
>> > I just fixed a link to the open definition now at this page
>> > http://okfn.org/opendata/ and realised the bug is worst than I
>> > thought. It also removed all images tags, not only the featured image
>> > tag (which is a HTML comment).
>> >
>> > I believe it could also help if we had a revision control of OKFN
>> > blogs pages and posts. I am not sure which plugin is best
>> >
>> > http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/version-control
>> >
>> > Please, if someone can help me to restore the original images, I'll be
>> thankful.
>> >
>> > P. S. I was navigating in this page and thinking a way to have it in
>> > other languages. Not sure if we can have a more practical way other
>> > than only copy and paste.
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > --
>> > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
>> > OKFN Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
>> > http://br.okfn.org
>> >
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