[wp-testers] CITE attribute of BLOCKQUOTE stripped by TinyMCE

[Mae Paulino]

You can always ditch the visual editor and use the code view then preview
your post in another tab..

I think that the visual editor is there because not everyone wants to see
codes because they find it rather intimidating, that's just an opinion

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Rick Beckman <rick.beckman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> PRE works just fine, but it's a semantically different tag than BLOCKQUOTE.
>
> I wish there was a way to stop *all* stripping of tags for site admins;
> WordPress doesn't mangle things written using the Code editor, but it
> allows
> TinyMCE to get in the way when using the Visual editor.
>
> I'm reminded of something Matt said in a conference video I recently
> watched, which I have to paraphrase 'cause I forget the exact wording:
>
> WordPress is doing its job when it does not get in the way.
>
> If that is what Automattic believes, then why are we including a WYSIWYG
> editor which not only gets in the way but can be a source of utter
> desperation when wanting to write a blog post more substantial than a link
> and picture.
>
> --
> Rick
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:22 PM, [BLT]FQX <qfuxiang at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > TinyMCE sucks.
> > Try <pre>....</pre>.
> >
> > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Rick Beckman <rick.beckman at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone else confirm that the CITE attribute is stripped from
> > BLOCKQUOTE
> > > tags by TinyMCE?
> > >
> > > I add this code in the Code view (as a dumb example):
> > >
> > > <blockquote cite="http://google.com/"><p>I'm Feeling
> > > Lucky</p></blockquote>
> > >
> > > After switching to the Visual editor to write more and switching back
> to
> > > the
> > > Code view, that bit of code now reads:
> > >
> > > <blockquote><p>I'm Feeling Lucky</p></blockquote>
> > >
> > > --
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