BBCode doesn’t work

  • Resolved sherbst

    (@sherbst)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    we are using Gwolle Guestbook and it’s working fine. Just one problem: when you want to post something in bold or cursive, it looks like this in the input field which seems confusing for the guests:
    [b]content[/b]
    Then you post it, and it is just being ignored in the code and not printed out bold. When you check the comment in the backend, these “[b]” are still there though.

    Thanks in advance.

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by sherbst.
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  • Plugin Author Marcel Pol

    (@mpol)

    Did you enable the BBCode/Emoji in the Guestbook settings? It should be under Settings > Form-tab.
    If so, you should get a small menu on top of the textarea.
    If you disabled BBcode in the form, all BBcode will be stripped from the content.

    Thread Starter sherbst

    (@sherbst)

    Hi, yes, I did enable it. And if you click on “b” for example it also shows in the input field, like this:

    https://www.ffemedia.de/test/form.JPG

    But if you send it, the text isn’t bold in the actual entry on the site and if you check the code, it doesn’t show:

    https://www.ffemedia.de/test/form3.JPG

    Although the saved entry in the WP backend does have it.

    So I’m not sure how to fix it…
    (thanks again for helping out)

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by sherbst.
    • This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by sherbst.
    Plugin Author Marcel Pol

    (@mpol)

    Aah, could it be you are trimming the content to a max number of words? The excerpt will have stripped bbcode. Only the full entry has BBcode.

    Thread Starter sherbst

    (@sherbst)

    Ah yes thank you so much! That solved it. Just one more question: can I actually choose which options I want in the BBCode? I want to cut the two list options.

    Thread Starter sherbst

    (@sherbst)

    Ah I actually solved it myself. Thanks!

    I have the same problem: the BBcode doesn’t seem to work. I have enabled “BBcode and Emoji” and set Length of entry content to Unlimited words. I have the new menu on top of the entry field and to the left of the smiley is an icon with brackets and a ‘No entry sign’ that says ‘Clean’ when I hoover but nothing happens when I click the icon.
    I have inserted BBcode manually but it is not working. Simple code like [color=blue][color=blue]

    Any clue on what I am missing?

    Correction to the above: BBcode is like
    [color=blue]some text[/color]

    Plugin Author Marcel Pol

    (@mpol)

    Hi, it would have been better to open a new ticket, this is a separate issue.

    The BBcode ‘color’ is not supported, only the codes from the available buttons, like ‘b’ and others.

    OK, thanks and sorry

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