Over-Zealous Custom HTML Widget

  • Resolved andynick

    (@andynick)


    8 years, 4 months ago

    The Custom HTML Widget won’t accept my HTML. It comes up with an error message telling me there’s a duplicate <title> tag, but there isn’t. Even if I remove the (link) title completely, it still tells me there’s a duplicate, and won’t allow me to save. The only way I could get round it was to use the Arbitrary text Widget.

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  • Thread Starter andynick

    (@andynick)

    8 years, 4 months ago

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    • This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by andynick.
    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    8 years, 4 months ago

    Can you remove the title attribute? It’s not necessary and you’re duplicating content that is already in the link.

    Thread Starter andynick

    (@andynick)

    8 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks for your interest Andrew.
    In my first post, you’ll see that I’ve already tried removing the title, and it made no difference.
    If my HTML is valid, I shouldn’t <b>have</b> to remove the title attribute. I should be able to paste it into the widget and save it.
    Deleting the title would be ‘papering over the cracks’.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    8 years, 4 months ago

    I think you’re facing 2 separate problems:

    1. Your HTML is not updating after deleting title attributes
    2. You have duplicate title attributes (which you do): 
      
<a 
    title="... One of the duplicates ..." 
    href="..." 
    title="...The other duplicate ..."
>
    • This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by Andrew Nevins.
    Thread Starter andynick

    (@andynick)

    8 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks. At first I couldn’t find the offending code, but I finally located it. There was, indeed a duplicate title tag.

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by andynick. Reason: To correct my mistake in the post
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