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I’m using EE 1.7. Can you point to me where I can turn HTML on for category descriptions?

Hi Danh H.,

Thanks for posting in the forums!

There is no option to turn it on. HTML is allowed in category descriptions by default and can’t be changed.

What is your experience?

Cheers,

The page does not render when I put in a URL to text.

It does when I ass " to replace the quotes.. So now, they are links but they attach the category link next to them. Any ideas?

<a href="http://cie.austin.utexas.edu/informalclasses/index.php/informalclasses/C9/?num=IC13160_IC13159_IC13191_IC13190_IC13189_IC13158_IC13188_IC13187_IC13157_IC13186_IC13156_IC13168_IC13185_IC13184_IC13183_IC13175_IC13155_IC13154_IC13167_IC13166_IC13153_IC13152_IC13165_IC13164_IC13163_IC13162_IC13161_">http://cie.austin.utexas.edu/informalclasses/index.php/informalclasses/C9/?num=IC13160_IC13159_IC13191_IC13190_IC13189_IC13158_IC13188_IC13187_IC13157_IC13186_IC13156_IC13168_IC13185_IC13184_IC13183_IC13175_IC13155_IC13154_IC13167_IC13166_IC13153_IC13152_IC13165_IC13164_IC13163_IC13162_IC13161_</a>

To be more specific, the page renders when I use this:

<ahref="http://www.wildflower.org">website</a>

The page breaks and nothing is rendered (white screen) when I use this:

<a href="http://www.wildflower.org">website</a>

Hi Danh H.,

I think I have the answer.

Go to Admin->Weblog Administration->Category Management-> Edit Group and set the option to “Allow ALL HTML”

Cheers,

Thanks for your help Dan but that didn’t solve my problem. The page URL is still appending to the link.

Hi Danh, I split the thread in order to keep the 1.x/2.x discussion separate.  I can’t replicate in 1.x running the latest.

Here’s what I have in my template:

{exp:weblog:category_heading}
    <h1>{category_name}</h1>
   {if category_description}
        {category_description}
    {/if} 

{/exp:weblog:category_heading}

Here’s what I have in the description of the category- note, as per Dan, I have all html allowed for that category group.

This is blogging desciption.

 <a href="http://www.wildflower.org">website</a>

And here’s the rendered output:

<h1>Blogging</h1>
           This is blogging desciption.

 <a href="http://www.wildflower.org">website</a>  

The resulting link works as expected.

Am I off on the testing or possibly misunderstanding the problem?