I haven't used html (rather than xhtml) in years so I haven't tried this to be sure, but I think that if you used an xslt macro you could get the effect you want.

Shout if you need more details of the steps, but here is the basic idea...

Create a new xslt macro and use the 'clean' template. Then add some xsl:value-of statements for the fields you want to display (more on this in a moment). In your template where you now have the umbraco:Item, delete that line and replace it with a call to your macro instead. The macro will create the output and place that output into your template just as the umbraco:Item had done.

Now, the key with your xslt macro is that you A) want to convert the linebreaks, and B) want the output to be in html-compliant format, not xhtml. The first step is easy as there's a built-in library function (umbraco.library:ReplaceLineBreaks()), and the second is easy because you can specify the output format of your xslt in the xsl:output line. By default it is xml/xhtml but you can also force it to be old-style html output.

Your macro would look something like the following (replacing 'myfield' with the alias of the property you wish to display and was used as the field= parameter in the original umbraco:Item tag you've replaced with this macro).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [ <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;"> ]>
<xsl:stylesheet 
    version="1.0" 
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
    xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" 
    xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltCommon="urn:Exslt.ExsltCommon" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes="urn:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltMath="urn:Exslt.ExsltMath" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions="urn:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltStrings="urn:Exslt.ExsltStrings" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltSets="urn:Exslt.ExsltSets" 
    exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library Exslt.ExsltCommon Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes Exslt.ExsltMath Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions Exslt.ExsltStrings Exslt.ExsltSets ">

<xsl:output method="html" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:ReplaceLineBreaks($currentPage/data[@alias='myfield'])"/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

You could certainly make this macro more intelligent by passing the field you wish to display and having a propertyType picker as a macro parameter. But the first step is to make it work, then make it work better ;)

cheers,
doug.

Thanks doug.

Thats perfect.

Matt

You're welcome!

If it resolves the problem please be sure to mark the solution for the benefit of next person with the same question.

cheers,
doug.

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