Forum OpenACS Improvement Proposals (TIPs): TIP #69: (Withdrawn) Add a package parameter to turn off HTML restrictions

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1: TIP #69: (Withdrawn) Add a package parameter to turn off HTML restrictions
Posted by Janine Ohmer on 06/19/04 11:15 PM
Some sites have a pretty well controlled user base (corporate training, for example) and feel that the risk of allowing HTML is outweighed by the benefit.  For those folks I'd like to put in a package parameter that would allow you to turn off the filters in acs-tcl/tcl/text-html-procs.tcl.  The parameter would have to warn the unwary admin of it's danger, of course... perhaps a radioactive symbol in the parameter description field? :)
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2: Re: TIP #69: (Proposed) Add a package parameter to turn off HTML restrictions (response to 1)
Posted by Ben Koot on 06/20/04 09:02 PM
Sounds like a sensible addition that would end a lot of newby questions and bug reports. As long as the potential risk is made clear the admin, I can't see a reason why not add this parameter.

Great idea

Ben

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3: Re: TIP #69: (Proposed) Add a package parameter to turn off HTML restrictions (response to 1)
Posted by Jade Rubick on 06/20/04 09:16 PM
Janine, can you explain which filters are in the text-html-procs? Isn't there already a facility for turning off these filters, by using * in the parameters for acs-kernel?
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4: Re: TIP #69: (Proposed) Add a package parameter to turn off HTML restrictions (response to 1)
Posted by Janine Ohmer on 06/21/04 04:14 AM
Well, according to the comments in the kernel parameters you're absolutely right, Jade.  I had no idea... I think it is new since I last ran into this problem, which was a long time ago now.

Nevermind, then...