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

[Rick Beckman]

The visual editor is generally many times quicker than writing code
directly, though; via the TinyMCE-Advanced plugin, there's a button for just
about everything I need. And then I don't have to worry so much about
previewing.

WordPress features shouldn't have to be excused for experienced users; if
the visual editor doesn't play nice with our well-formed code, are we really
expecting it to play nice with inexperienced users who could be pasting
goodness-knows-what into the editor?

Strip Microsoft Word tags if we must, but valid HTML -- especially when
posted by an admin -- should be respected.

--
Rick

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Mae Paulino <mae at lastleaf.org> wrote:

> 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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Rick Beckman
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