Script tag in blog HTML getting incorrectly encoded

I encountered this problem too, and found a Wistia embed code that didn’t require JavaScript. I’m on my phone right now and can’t find it, but I’ll post here this eve with more details on the code I used!

Here's a sample of the Wistia code I have used successfully in blog posts on my community. It does have an iframe, but no <script>

<div class="wistia_responsive_padding" style="padding: 56.56% 0 0 0; position: relative;">
<div class="wistia_responsive_wrapper" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;"><iframe src="<a href="https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/XXXXXXX?videoFoam=true" target="_blank">https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/XXXXXXX?videoFoam=true</a>" width="100%" height="100%" name="wistia_embed" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" title="Wistia video player" allowtransparency="true" class="wistia_embed" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>
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UGH, the code editor is messing with my pasted-in code and adding extra "<a href" around the URL of my iframe. Trying again... (this time telling the code editor that the code is in Java instead of in HTML...)

<div class="wistia_responsive_padding" style="padding: 56.56% 0 0 0; position: relative;">
<div class="wistia_responsive_wrapper" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;"><iframe src="<a href="<a href="https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/XXXXX?videoFoam=true" target="_blank">https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/XXXXX?videoFoam=true</a>" target="_blank"><a href="https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/hkk16dfb9s?videoFoam=true</a" target="_blank">https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/hkk16dfb9s?videoFoam=true</a</a>>" width="100%" height="100%" name="wistia_embed" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" title="Wistia video player" allowtransparency="true" class="wistia_embed" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>
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WAAAAAH it did it again! Seriously, the code editor in the editor shouldn't mess with what is pasted in other than to color it!!

CarolineS Are you posting this in the "Code Sampler" where you paste a piece of code and select the language the code is in ? Is this where the code is being changed? 

Adding GopiB to the thread who may have a right explanation on Script tag

Hi SohilM  - 

Yes, that's correct, I'm pasting the code into the "</>" code sample window and selecting the language that it's in. It seems to get post-processed when you actually click submit on the post (not when you close the "</>" window).

Apologies for hijacking your thread, Lindsey!

Omg thank you CarolineS , it worked! Yeah I think that is the root of the issue. Khoros's code editor messes with what you paste in after hitting submit. 

SohilM This happens when you paste code into "HTML" tab when editing a blog post. It would be great to find a solution in which I can use a <script> tag, because although CarolineS 's solution works for this, there may be other times I might need to use script tags - It looks like when it gets pasted in, it gets surrounded by <p> tags

Hi Lindsey ,

I would recommend using the code sampler plugin to insert code in RTE mode itself. This is specifically designed and built for use cases where community users want to share code samples.

If for some reasons, user still needs to manipulate the html, then please refer to Allowed HTML Tags in the Community text editor for details of html tags allowed.

Hi CarolineS 

I tested with your code snippet on my dev instance and it works fine. 

I am inserting the same snippet here for a quick test. (Btw, I have set the language to HTML/XML.)

<div class="wistia_responsive_padding" style="padding: 56.56% 0 0 0; position: relative;">
<div class="wistia_responsive_wrapper" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;"><iframe src="https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/XXXXXXX?videoFoam=true" width="100%" height="100%" name="wistia_embed" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" title="Wistia video player" allowtransparency="true" class="wistia_embed" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>
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