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Blog Posted by Team Poetrysoup: 5/3/2012 12:15:00 PM

As most Soupers know, we have NEVER sanctioned the placing of HTML code in poems unless it is the Center tag (allows you to center poems). However in the past, our poetry submission page was not designed to remove it. We finally got around to correcting our code. So now, if you place HTML tags in your poems, that code is stripped out and replaced with an “UNSUPPORTED CODE” message. Please do NOT use HTML tags other than the Center tag. We now strip out all prohibited HTML tags. This is a much needed security measure. Without it, we are susceptible to hackers and malicious code. We are trying to keep YOUR computers and poems safe!!! Thanks Soupers!!!

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Carol
Eastman

Date: 5/4/2012 6:47:00 PM

I'm behind you Team Poetry Soup.

Nancy
Jones

Date: 5/4/2012 4:13:00 PM

Best setta comments I've read all week. (Yes, I lead a sheltered life) Love me some soup!

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/4/2012 4:00:00 PM

Yes, David, I did remove the blogs as it seemed pointless to have three blogs up on the same topic. All is good. Cyndi

David
Williams

Date: 5/4/2012 1:10:00 PM

did Cyndi remove her own blogs??

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 5/4/2012 11:06:00 AM

ohh, so no visuals??... they enhance the poem when needed; please clarify... thanks and huggs!

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 5/4/2012 10:48:00 AM

A tech savy person answering our questions here would be a BIG help! I really see no sense in having all those options in the About the Poem Spot when almost no one knows how to us that spot & if they did NO ONE GOES TO LOOK WHAT WE PUT THERE

Broken
Butterfly

Date: 5/4/2012 7:27:00 AM

Thanks Cyndi, got it to work but it did not work with just c for center had to type in the entire word but b for bold and i for italic worked

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/4/2012 7:15:00 AM

oops lol... never mind

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/4/2012 7:14:00 AM

Butterfly put < b > what you want bolded and then < /b > at end of what you want bolded, no spaces. worked for me! Same but with an i for italics!

Broken
Butterfly

Date: 5/4/2012 7:11:00 AM

I got it to work but I had to put them in one at a time, like the center, submit, bold, submit, italic, submit, only way I could get it to work. Should I not be able to do it all at the same time?

Broken
Butterfly

Date: 5/4/2012 6:57:00 AM

Can you please give more detailed instructions on how to use these functions of bold and italicizing, I tried it and only get unsupported code.

Team
Poetrysoup

Date: 5/4/2012 6:22:00 AM

We are still working on the refinements to the code, but we will continue to allow bolding, centering, and italicizing.

Tracy
Edwards

Date: 5/4/2012 5:00:00 AM

Thats a BIG 'its our playground, if you dont like take it your bat & ball and go home" if i've ever seen one....

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 5/3/2012 9:57:00 PM

thank you soup... for the blog..

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 9:38:00 PM

I feel so airheaded right now that I may just slink under my desk for a day or two. Thanks...(the object in the mirror may appear dumber than it is ;-) )

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 9:28:00 PM

hmmm I will try to google this. D'oh.

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 9:28:00 PM

TPS-- Now that I like. Honesty :) I respect that, no BS'ing. It's been my experience that saying things directly can first cause some discomfort, but in the long term do the most good. Thanks for showing me your cards. Tipping my hat for that. Cyndi

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 9:24:00 PM

Chris I do what soup says, I write < center > and < /center > so do I write < benter>??? Huh? oh, I am tired.

Team
Poetrysoup

Date: 5/3/2012 9:12:00 PM

@Cyndi- Both

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 9:10:00 PM

TPS, you are now confusing me. Are the options of art being denied due to site concerns, as your firs stated, or your personal preferences? Your comment to Debbie seems to indicate that it is more the latter.

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 9:03:00 PM

LOL... now HOW do we bold and italicize? What is the code for it? Anyone? anyone? Hugs, Cyndi

Team
Poetrysoup

Date: 5/3/2012 8:50:00 PM

@Debbie, many people get carried away with all of those formatting options. We want poems to be readable and consistently formatted which is why we restrict those options.

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 8:32:00 PM

Hear you, too, Debbie. I just figured I'd kicked up enough stink... I am beginning to be seen wearing a black hat on Soup, me thinks, when all I really wear is a floppy, old sunhat with rainbow ribbons. Also, the about the poem link is only for PAYING members. I always felt like I was... slighting?...the free members by putting anything in there. I still feel guilty when I do that, like I'm Marie Antoinette saying "Sorry folks. Only some of us get to eat cake. Have a cracker." Oh, oh, I feel that black hat dropping on my head again... hugs,

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 8:27:00 PM

Thanks again, TPS. It really is sad that we need to worry so much about attacks, but yes, it is a reality. Shame, though, don't you agree that some people purposely destroy a thing (a poetry website) that is in existence only to foster creativity and self-expression. Sad world. Awesome we can do bold and italics! A poem is brewing!

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 5/3/2012 8:22:00 PM

So many other poetry sites allow art with the poetry I don't understand why your tech people can not make it safe for us to do it too. Also..what is the point of having all those options in the ABOUT the poem space when we really WANT all those options IN THE POST A POEM SPACE

Team
Poetrysoup

Date: 5/3/2012 8:09:00 PM

Bold, Italics, and Center tags are NOW allowed.

Deborah
Burch

Date: 5/3/2012 8:08:00 PM

Oh dear TPS :) Thank you so very much for fixing the posting on BLOGS!! I am a 'happy camper' :) my center HTML doesnt work anyway...lol so I will just wait until I become a PM! You're to tops! Thanks for looking out for us and responding to all our issues...big hugs...love deb

Deborah
Burch

Date: 5/3/2012 8:05:00 PM

testing

Sara
Kendrick

Date: 5/3/2012 4:46:00 PM

Does this mean that I can no longer post a picture where we were suppose to be able to post them before?..I don't understand the HMLT Code exactly what it means for I have not had any computer training..Sara

Team
Poetrysoup

Date: 5/3/2012 3:40:00 PM

@Cyndi - It doesn't apply to blogs. We use a secure 3rd party app for entering blogs and we do not have to keep that text "clean" like we do with poems.

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 5/3/2012 3:31:00 PM

Thanks, TPS. I appreciate the prompt response. I now understand the concern is malicious code. Why is there no concern about this in the blogs? Are PS blogs a potential risk to our computers? Could you clarify the difference between the poem area and the blog area and the about this poem link in laymen terms? And if you could add the bold and italicized text, that WOULD be smashing. I have often thought I'd like to do a poem in a question and response type of format... and this would be a great tool. Again, thanks for your response in this matter. Cyndi

Team
Poetrysoup

Date: 5/3/2012 3:20:00 PM

@Chris, we'll see what we can do about the bold and italicized text. Don't change your poems yet.

Team
Poetrysoup

Date: 5/3/2012 3:17:00 PM

@Carolyn, this does not apply to blogs. It sounds like you will need to change the security setting on your browser. They are set too high.

Gwendolen
Song

Date: 5/3/2012 2:09:00 PM

The powerful and almighty Oz has spoken! (hee hee!) Thanks for the prompt reply to this concern. We appreciate it and for the extension of our memberships. Happy May Day! Gwendolen

Joann
Grisetti

Date: 5/3/2012 1:45:00 PM

Thank you for the notification. All if the photos I uploaded were mine, except the ribbon. Nut I can understand the need for security.

Carolyn
Devonshire

Date: 5/3/2012 1:18:00 PM

I gues this explains why I can no longer post photos with blogs??

Carol Sunshine
Brown

Date: 5/3/2012 12:49:00 PM

Thank you TPS. Love, Carol

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