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  • #944142

    I need a < sign in the text of an icon list.
    the first time i save it, it looks ok on the website.
    if i edit it again, for example i add some words and save it again, then the layout is broken. i guess because it is interpreted as HTML code.
    it does not help to use “<” or “#60” or anything like that instead.
    i even tried to edit in TXT mode instead of preview mode, that does not help.
    i already checked the database. the db has collation = utf8_general_ci as recommended.

    so the first time it is ok, the second time i reopen the list, the result changes.
    i have the impression, that as soon as the “<” sign is internally converted into “<” it goes wrong.

    you understand what i mean ??

    #944469

    Hey karowebdesign,

    Special characters like that tend to break the layout builder unfortunately, please try this instead:

    & l t ;

    Remove the spaces between the characters before you try it out.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    #944865

    No, it does not help. That is what i tried to explain with “it does not help to use “<” or “#60” or anything like that instead.
    Here in this post “& l t ;” without blanks is displayed perfectly.
    i cannot believe, there is not solution !? It is really essentially because the website has a very technical topic with several < signs that show how fast the technology is.
    ok, is there a workaround ? for expample if i dont touch this text with the layoutbuilder and edit it directly in the database or somewhere else ? (at the very end of all other editing) That is horror anyway, but it could work, couldn’t it ?

    or any better ideas ? turn off the layoutbuilder for this single page ?

    sunny hopeful greetings from Munich, Karoline

    #944873

    hm – i recognized that behavior too on reediting some textblocks –
    or very often in headings from some alb elements f.e. inserting a softhypen – after reediting that alb again it is lost.

    maybe the avia_ampersand function could redefine some special characters
    f.e. i do allways want to have non-breaking dashes :

    add_filter('avia_ampersand','non_breaking_hyphens');
    function non_breaking_hyphens($content)
      {
        $content = str_replace("-","&#8209 ;",$content); 
        return $content;
    }

    maybe this could help

    add_filter('avia_ampersand','translate_signs');
    function translate_signs($content)
    {
        $content = str_replace("<","<span class='special_amp'>&#60 ;</span>",$content);    
        $content = str_replace(">","<span class='special_amp'>&#62 ;</span>",$content); 
        $content = str_replace("&#60 ;","<span class='special_amp'>&#60 ;</span>",$content);    
        $content = str_replace("&#62 ;","<span class='special_amp'>&#62 ;</span>",$content); 
        return $content;
    }
    

    Lol : Boardsoft changes it immediately :

    so remove the space to the semicolon

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Guenni007.
    #945296

    ok – i ignored your reference – on iconlist headings it is a great desaster !

    no solution for that ? !

    #945358

    So i think the question is how to only replace those strings in frontend and not in backend.
    if in shortcodes the &lt ; and &gt ; are seen the page shows correct – but on editing the iconlist again these strings are translated and the troubles start.

    #945359

    Hi Guenni007,
    thank you for your advice and help.
    I programm too seldom, so i would not know, where to put your suggested “avia_ampersand function”.
    As the layoutbuilder seems to be the bad guy, the troublemaker, the partycrasher, i found myself a workaround. I edit the iconlist in the layoutbuilder and before i save the page i switch to “standard editor”. then save – and everything is fine. As far as i can see.

    Do you agree that this workaround is a solution ? (the only thing is, that i have to explain it to my customers and i have to keep it in mind whenever i want to make changes to the text. but i could live with that)

    #945378

    i tested it ( ampersand method ) – but it does not work as expected.

    Maybe the other Günter can have a look at that. We need a coder here

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Guenni007. Reason: Günter needed
    #945553

    Hi,

    We have asked Gunter & Tina to take a look :)

    Best regards,
    Basilis

    #945742

    on using the entities it works the first time – but if you open the iconlist again all less than signs are gone and the iconlist in frontend does not work anymore. So no chance for a second edit or to add list points here.

    #946478
    #946547

    Hi Vinay,

    thank you very much for the effort. But it doesn’t make things better. (asssuming i installed the plugin correctly, i extracted the zip and copied the last folder “avia-special-characters” with the php-file inside into the plugins folder and activated it. there was a second folder with the same name around it, i left that folder away)

    So the first time it always works fine. but as soon as i reopen the page and edit something whereever on this page and save it, the layout crashes.

    i still prefer my workaround. (although it is hard to remember every time) i open the page, switch to advanced layout editor, make my changes, but before i refresh the whole page i switch to “standard editor”. that works.

    i dont know whether it matters, but i have also acivated the shortcode parser. Because i wanted to copy some code from one page to another. but in the meantime i have found out, that i can save areas of one page to reuse it in another. so i dont need the shortcode parser, i can turn it off again.

    kind regards, karoline

    #946550

    so we now had to use these phrases for the signs in input-fields like headings or caption-titles

    '###lt###'		=> '<',
    '###gt###'		=> '>',
    '###amp###'		=> '&',
    '###91###'		=> '[',
    '###93###'		=> ']',
    '###quot###'	         => '"',
    '###34###'		=> "'"

    by the way i shortend the code –
    It is also very unlikely to hit such a string. In principle, you replace the & and the semicolon with the rhombus #

    '#lt#'		=> '<',
    '#gt#'		=> '>',
    '#amp#'		=> '&',
    '#91#'		=> '[',
    '#93#'		=> ']',
    '#quot#'	=> '"',
    '#34#'		=> "'"

    PS : thanks – i know that Guenter could help in this case !
    See here the icon-list in action : https://webers-testseite.de/cynthia/logo-move/

    #946563

    Hi Guenni007,

    aaah, now i understand. And yes, it works fine.
    i’ll keep the ###lt### version, so it is obvious, that something very special happens :-)

    thank you, that was the answer to the problem.

    karoline

    #946674

    Hi,

    As an alternate solution, you can also try using the font icons as a pseudo-element.

    I’m happy this is sorted for you now :)

    Please feel free to get in touch with us if you need any further help.

    Best regards,
    Vinay

    #947725

    Hi Vinay,

    your comment irritates me more than it helps me. it took me a whole week to find a workaround for a simple < less-than-sign ! That does not only crush the layout but also the timeline of my project, you can imagine. :-/
    Please don’t send me any more comment on this subject. i have other open subjects to solve. sorry, thanx.

    #948835

    Hi,

    We are very sorry about that. Please use your preferred solution above. We’ll close this thread now.

    Best regards,
    Ismael

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