Linebreak coding before "more" stripped when protected

Hi can you enable debug mode and can you check the log file? You might also like to disable all your other plugins except this one can carry out a test? If none of the above work can you test one of WordPress default themes like Twenty Fifteen?

Thank you for the quick reply. No solution yet after the following:
– Deactivated all non-SimpleMembership plugins
– Changed theme to Twenty Fifteen (also tested 2014 and 2013 themes)

Linebreaks were still stripped during page rendering. I also tried removing all General Message Settings in Custom Message Add-On. No luck.

Paragraph spacing in content before the <!--more> tag renders only when SimpleWordpress Membership plugin is deactivated.

Have scanned template and function files for any conflict with “_excerpt” in place of “_content”. No luck.

Regarding debug: it’s enabled. File had no data. I reset the log file and rec’d confirmation from server; no other data has been added to that file during today’s tests.

Lastly, I can add “p” breaks in Text Editor and they only disappear when switching to Visual Editor — the usual WP behavior.

Text Editor is a quick workaround but not permanent as site authors will be lost with HTML code.

Still puzzled!

FYI, two links to check:

https://apatientcoach.com/top-tips-1/
(no spacing)

https://apatientcoach.com/top-tips-2/
(manual <p> code added to content above <!--more>).

I just checked both links above and I can’t see the more tag anywhere?

I don’t think the <!--more--> tag is visible when the page is rendered; doesn’t it indicate the breakpoint for content?

BTW, the <p> tags are holding when the Custom Message is pulled in through the Membership plugin. It’s just content preceding the <!--more--> tag.

Can you carry out a test, enable a page and make sure it is protected. Add the more tag, then share your URL?

Sure; this page has been protected and <!--more--> tag added after intro content:

https://apatientcoach.com/in-the-news/

Same issue here; the three lines rendering in an unregistered browser session have <p> tags removed.

Just let me get this straight are you saying that everything after the more tag is been removed?

Yes; only the teaser text is showing on the test page — which is as it should be if I understand the plugin correctly — but the line breaks are removed when it’s posted.

Here’s the content as it appears for this page in the Edit Page window (text view):

`Test page under development.

More test content.

End of intro content.
<!–more–>
Begin full content.

More full content.

End of full content.’

What happens when you login from the front end as a member to view the full content is the <p> tag missing?

Member view currently renders the <p> tag for all paragraphs for single blog posts (“Top Tips”), and only displays post content from after the <!--more--> tag.

The test page also renders the <p> tag in Member view, but displays all page content: both before and after the <!--more--> tag. That’s because I’m using the <!--noteaser--> tag after the <!--more--> tag on the blog.

Link review:

https://apatientcoach.com/top-tips-1/
(no <p> tags in public view, single post)

https://apatientcoach.com/top-tips-2/
(<p> tags hard-coded in Text Editor and saved w/out Visual Editor, single page)

https://apatientcoach.com/in-the-news/
(no <p> tags in public view, single page)

Use testing/testing combo for login to frontend.

Thanks for sticking with this.

This is more a theme or WordPress default setting. There is very little you can do with the plugin.

From your last comment above what is it that you want to achieve? I am bit lost with your reply sorry.

Regards

We want content after the <--more--> tag to be visible only to logged-in members.

Content before the <!--more--> tag should display with the plugin’s Custom Message that we have set.

Except for the loss of line breaks/paragraphs in the teaser content, all would be fine.

And from the above replies I think the plugin is already carrying out that task. Or am I mistaken?

Yes — but as first stated, line breaks are stripped when protected posts are rendered for non-members.

That merges a two- or three-paragraph teaser text into one long block of text.

And this only happens when a single post is rendered. In a blog view, the paragraph spaces are retained.

We don’t want a long block of text to “tease” visitors into subscribing to content — which is why the paragraph breaks in the teaser text are essential.