Emoticons problem with <
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Some people use emoticons such as >"< and >///<.
But this would cause a frustrating problem — if we simply use the angle bracket "<", the following text would be removed by the wordpress program.
To avoid this problem,<should be used instead.
Unfortunately, most people don’t know that!Is it possible to fix this problem?
Thanks for help.
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This is not a ‘problem’. WordPress is handling this appropriately because ‘<‘ and ‘>’ are part of HTML, and for all it knows, it may mean that the user is trying to use a ‘<script>’ or ‘<embed>’ tag which is not allowed, and for security reasons, WP gets rid of it.
You could create a note in a text widget letting your readers know that instead of using ‘<‘ or ‘>’ they should use ‘)’ or ‘(‘ instead.
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You are free to send in a feedback and suggest to staff that they expand the number of emoticons that are allowed though.
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Some people use emoticons such as >”< and >///<.
If you return I’d like to know:
What emotion does >”< express?
And what emotion does >///< express? -
Just for reference, this is being discussed on one of the wordpress mail lists this afternoon and a ticket has been opened:
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Actually, the meaning of >"< is a little difficult to explain and people sometimes use it to express different emotions.
This picture may be helpful:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/cwwany&article_id=5926545I believe >///< (shy, blush) originally came from manga similar to this one.
Take a look at the following links:
http://blog.roodo.com/onion_club/archives/799194.html
http://blog.roodo.com/onion_club/archives/799250.htmlAnd I’ve also found a discussion related to this problem:
http://htmlpurifier.org/phorum/read.php?3,129,138Emoticons containing < is very common in Asian, and that’s why this could cause troubles.
For more infomation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_emoticons#East_Asian_style -
Here are some examples…
For the >"< (-like) emoticon:
I’ve got a headache >"<
I don’t know how to deal with this work >_<; somebody help me!and for the >///< emoticon:
Oh, he kissed me today >/////<!
I just can’t wait for seeing Tom Cruise >///<! -
Re: devblog
You could create a note in a text widget letting your readers know that instead of using ‘<‘ or ‘>’ they should use ‘)’ or ‘(‘ instead.
I’ve put a warning message in my sidebar, but it seems that few of the visitors ever seen the message…haha
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