Just trying to centralize questions/concerns/issues with the new text editor that Epinions has rolled out for review writing. Plus with this title, it might be easier for some to find advice on using the new editor.

There appears to be some issues with the way that it handles the HTML codes that are causing some problems...

Mona (ladyconsumer) had some advice in an earlier thread...

Barabara had a question about updating a review with pre-existing HTML coding and links...

Any ideas how to fix the hideous extra lines curse?

I put one line between my paragraphs and it publishes as three. I take them out, it puts them in. I take out all extra spaces, it publishes with no extra spaces.

This may be the first Eps related thing I've ever complained about, but it really bummed me out this morning and I tried to fix how ugly my review was!

~S

The WYSIWYG coding/options seem to have disappeared from a review I'm writing.

Ah, if I use Internet Explorer (I have IE 6 on this computer) it doesn't show the WYSIWYG but if I use Mozilla, it does.

I apologize to the PTB. Had I just spent a tiny bit more time looking around, I would have seen the "Paste from Word" button that pops up a new window. If I paste into that window instead of the first box, all is well and Steffi is a happy reviewer.

In regards to Barbara's post about her write off, I added a couple of links to my write off in the WYSIWYG editor last night and it worked fine. At the risk of insulting those who already know how it works, here's a primer:

If you want to insert Mozarella Cheese to your review:

1. Type in 'Mozarrella Cheese'

2. Use your mouse to highlight the words 'Mozarrella Cheese'

3. At the top of the editor box, there is an icon with two little circles linked together that looks kind of like a chain link. Click on that button.

4. A box will pop up asking for the URL. Paste the URL of the review in there, and everything should be fine.

When you do links in the new editor, you don't have to take out any numbers that appear after the 'www' to get it to work, like you had to in the HTML editor.

For example, I used to have to change www99.epinions.com/content_99999999 to www.epinions.com/content_99999999 That is no longer necessary.

Someone from Brisbane could correct me on this, but I think this editor is still just on certain servers. I had it last night with the 'www99' URL, but don't have it now on the 'www1' URL, so clearing cookies might still work to get out of it.

Personally, I love the new editor and think it's a step in the right direction, if for no other reason than the fact that I can edit it while it's in an 'easy to read' format.

Grace

Edited to clarify directions in original post

I am still not getting the new editor ~ I signed out and deleted my cookies ~ what else can I do? Would someone please invite me to the WSYWIG party???

I'm on www1.epinions, if that makes any difference.

~J

well it's done. and all went well. I used the small box to transfer from word. there was no spacing so I just gave each paragraph one space and it came out fine. I then highlighted the words I wanted to come out in Bold and hit hit the b and that worked fine. I didn't put the HTML's in my document as I usually do after reading all these posts.

I'm still worried about adding a link since I'm going to write a review about a product now that goes with the one I just posted and would love to link them. I'm not sure what Jurgrace is talking about in her post. Can we put a link in like the old way by adding the Url of the other review and use the blah ...

edited to say it worked here but would it on the review page
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I've tried multiple ways, pasting with the Word popup box, pasting from Word into Notepad and then pasting,and still have bad spacing and it's impossible to use bold,either through the box or by adding and . (I used the coding for bold/end bold here but it won't show it.) Every time, no matter which system I use, it insists I haven't closed the bold command, which is dumb if I've simply used the WYSIWYG system--it should recognize that I've stopped the bold, as most HTML editors do. Nonetheless, I've tried this each way to Sunday and it is not working properly that I can see. What problem was this supposed to fix again? I don't want to have to write on Notepad all the time and then paste over.