We are having issues with the output of our XML. We are generating an XML sheet with XSLT and consuming it with Flash. It seems that for some reason the text that is entered into our Rich Text Editor looks odd and adds line breaks in our XSLT even though the author has not put linebreaks into them.
This is the output from looking at the XML
<Description> <p>Ramses II. Genghis Khan. Benjamin Franklin. Some of the greatest names in history have been featured in spectacular temporary exhibitions, attracting millions of visitors to the Museum over the years. The new Temporary Exhibition Gallery connects with the existing Phipps temporary exhibition gallery, allowing for one expansive, dynamic space that greatly enhances the Museum's ability to bring blockbuster exhibitions to Denver. The new second gallery also may be used independently, allowing the Museum to present two different temporary exhibitions that appeal to different audiences.</p> </Description>
Each of the line breaks creates odd breaks in the Flash text box.
Is there a way to get rid of the line breaks in Umbraco using the Rich Text Editor. Or not? Is there something in Flash we can do to get rid of this?
The output is perfectly valid XML, and if you were to copy the <p> element to an HTML page, you'd get perfectly good HTML from any browser; So to me, the problem you're having is rooted in the way Flash parses the XML. It's clearly not making HTML out of it - it's probably parsing it more like <pre> content.
I'd check to see if the XML reader object (don't know what it's really called in ActionScript) has some kind of flag for whitespace handling during load/parse.
Finally, you can try to do a replace in the XSLT that generates the above - if your text is in a bodyText property you can do something like this:
Jan, we don't want to strip the HTML mainly because the author will be able to bold things, add italicize, etc. and Flash can do that by consuming HTML elements. (Whoops, just found out that bolding breaks in Flash. There are probably ways around it but too much effort and too little time. Can't wait until all browsers use HTML5) Switching to a multiline textbox.
Chriztian, The XML is valid. The issue is the breaks in our output. I think it is the RTE or the TinyMCE itself.
We tried getting rid of the whitespace in the Actionscript. That didn't work.
Your "translate" worked to an extent. Actually got rid of the spaces. Nice trick, I will have to use that more often.
On another note: I did notice there was an issue with when I changed my property from a rich text editor to a multiline text box with the text already in my RTE that the odd line breaks created by the RTE actually showed up in the multiline text box in the admin. Give it a try. You will see it happen.
Thanks for the responses. We are porbably just going to take the path of least resistance. Plain text.
XSLT XML output from tiny mce text editor. 4.5.X
We are having issues with the output of our XML. We are generating an XML sheet with XSLT and consuming it with Flash. It seems that for some reason the text that is entered into our Rich Text Editor looks odd and adds line breaks in our XSLT even though the author has not put linebreaks into them.
This is the output from looking at the XML
<Description>
<p>Ramses II. Genghis Khan. Benjamin Franklin. Some of
the greatest names in history have been featured in spectacular
temporary exhibitions, attracting millions of visitors to the
Museum over the years. The new Temporary Exhibition Gallery
connects with the existing Phipps temporary exhibition gallery,
allowing for one expansive, dynamic space that greatly enhances the
Museum's ability to bring blockbuster exhibitions to Denver. The
new second gallery also may be used independently, allowing the
Museum to present two different temporary exhibitions that appeal
to different audiences.</p>
</Description>
Each of the line breaks creates odd breaks in the Flash text box.
Is there a way to get rid of the line breaks in Umbraco using the Rich Text Editor. Or not? Is there something in Flash we can do to get rid of this?
Thanks for the help in advance.
Hi Carlos
Have you tried using the umbraco.library:StripHtml() extension to remove the html entirely?
/Jan
Hi Carlos,
The output is perfectly valid XML, and if you were to copy the <p> element to an HTML page, you'd get perfectly good HTML from any browser; So to me, the problem you're having is rooted in the way Flash parses the XML. It's clearly not making HTML out of it - it's probably parsing it more like <pre> content.
I'd check to see if the XML reader object (don't know what it's really called in ActionScript) has some kind of flag for whitespace handling during load/parse.
Finally, you can try to do a replace in the XSLT that generates the above - if your text is in a bodyText property you can do something like this:
instead of just outputting the bodyText property.
But as I said: The XML is fine and the problem really is in the Flash component... but sometimes "fixing the wrong problem" is the only way to go.
/Chriztian
Jan, we don't want to strip the HTML mainly because the author will be able to bold things, add italicize, etc. and Flash can do that by consuming HTML elements.
(Whoops, just found out that bolding breaks in Flash. There are probably ways around it but too much effort and too little time. Can't wait until all browsers use HTML5)
Switching to a multiline textbox.
Chriztian, The XML is valid. The issue is the breaks in our output. I think it is the RTE or the TinyMCE itself.
We tried getting rid of the whitespace in the Actionscript. That didn't work.
Your "translate" worked to an extent. Actually got rid of the spaces. Nice trick, I will have to use that more often.
On another note: I did notice there was an issue with when I changed my property from a rich text editor to a multiline text box with the text already in my RTE that the odd line breaks created by the RTE actually showed up in the multiline text box in the admin. Give it a try. You will see it happen.
Thanks for the responses. We are porbably just going to take the path of least resistance. Plain text.
Thanks
Hi Carlos
Yeah, my bad. Read it wrong :)
Have you tried doing this in the actionscript?
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