After a very frustrating time trying to add HTML to a page I eventually figured out a solution. Today I came across this post that would have saved me all that! Check out this very clear guide if you’re having similar problems.
Adding simple HTML code to a post should be easy, but it can lead to major frustrations. Why? Because the Advanced Editor cleans your code for you. Unfortunately, it often changes your code so that it no longer works!
While I understand arguments for cleaning the code (errors in your HTML could break the Theme), I believe that if you want to add code, then you should be allowed to do so without it being changed.
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Thanks very much for the write up - I really appreciate it! A pity it didn’t get to you in time - I also went through that frustration trying to add html - it’s not fun..
I’m grateful anytime my editor corrects my bad xhtml
I like the code to be corrected too but I was trying to add the code for the button links in a text box so that it could be copied and I needed it to be correct. What kept happening was that extra characters were added which caused the code not to work correctly. It looked ok when I added it but it was completely screwed up when it was saved. I turned off the Tinymce editor but I didn’t know that the advanced editor could be turned off too!
Hey,
How’s going.I’ve just downloaded the podcast(I listen it on the train),so I’m really interested in it now.Yoah,I gotta admit it’s been a long time since I tried it. Might have to give it a go(not holding my breath though)