Code tags not working

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  forsey85 · Member · Jun 13, 2011 at 11:30 pm

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  Hi,

  I’m trying to use code tags, as specified in the docs here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/

  Here is my blog post:
  http://justsomedev.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/jsonp-in-user-scripts-with-chrome/

  As you can see, it’s not adding any line numbers or syntax highlighting. Any ideas why this might be?

  
testing code tags in this post


  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 13, 2011 at 11:47 pm

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  The support document is seriously in need of a edit and bug fixing pass by staff since it is not only mucked up (not showing the example code) but also about as clear as mud since they have given few real-life examples.

  Contact staff directly on this and point them at the less-than-helpful support document.

  Contact

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  timethief · Member · Jun 13, 2011 at 11:54 pm

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  @TSP
  G’evening :)

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  dlager · Member · Jun 14, 2011 at 12:08 am

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  instead of starting another thread:
  I can’t get
  code (code inside) /code

  to work properly either.

   
  is stripped out, when between the “code” tag.
  and WordPress.com Shortcode isn’t working at all between the “code” tag

  This is the page i’m making, sort of a shorthand reminder for myself on my testing blog. I had to switch to editor mode to some of the code.

  Code short cuts

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 14, 2011 at 12:17 am

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  It all seems to be seriously broken and the home page for the highlighter that wordpress is using is just as useless as the support document here.

  I can’t believe that the support page made it out of the barn.

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  dlager · Member · Jun 14, 2011 at 12:44 am

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  It seems to strip out semicolons sometimes, but not all the time.
  I don’t have the
  < >
  symbols on my page, that deliberate,

  but when either in shortcode or after the defining height and width code for an image its strips out semicolons…

  …just reporting my experience for those who fix the bugs.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 14, 2011 at 2:07 am

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  You can use this converter instead:
  http://www.plus2net.com/html_tutorial/tags-page.php

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  dlager · Member · Jun 14, 2011 at 11:36 am

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  Thank you Panos, that page will be handy for what i am doing.

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  forsey85 · Member · Jun 15, 2011 at 7:03 am

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  I’ve sent a support request about the syntax highlighting and line numbers not working. I’ll let you know what comes back.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 15, 2011 at 7:06 am

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  Great. I’ve also mentioned to staff that the support page needs some lovin’ in the way of some examples of proper use of the code tag and how to specify the attributes. I checked out the plugin author’s page thinking perhaps they had some examples, but they do not either.

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  dlager · Member · Jun 15, 2011 at 2:59 pm

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  well the line numbers work.

  Sourcecode shotcode test

  Don’t use the “Code” tag instead

  [sourcecode] body [/sourcecode]

  forsey85, I cannot figure out how to use the highlight command,and thesacredpath is correct, they need to make a new support page.

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  dlager · Member · Jun 15, 2011 at 3:07 pm

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  its just dummy code I copy/pasted…
  However the code I mentioned that was stripped out with the “Code” tag is not stripped out with the “sourcecode” shortcode.

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  forsey85 · Member · Jun 15, 2011 at 5:04 pm

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  Ah nice one dlager thanks. I was using HTML tag style angle brackets. With sourcecode in square brackers and a language parameter it seems to work:

  [sourcecode language="javascript"][/sourcecode]

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  forsey85 · Member · Jun 29, 2011 at 7:14 am

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  WordPress Support have updated the documentation:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 29, 2011 at 9:14 am

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  @forsey85, yes, sorry I forgot to get back to this thread to let you know about that. Thanks for posting about the update.

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  violoncello2003 · Member · Jul 8, 2011 at 3:44 am

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  Which theme supports [sourcecode] tag? I can’t get it to work with default theme.
  Thanks

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  forsey85 · Member · Jul 8, 2011 at 7:14 am

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  @violoncello2003 not sure what theme I was using (I’ve deleted my blog now). Are you using square brackets and typing them into the HTML editor view? The WYSIWYG editor view probably escapes them.