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Lindsey's avatar
Lindsey
Leader
7 years ago

Script tag in blog HTML getting incorrectly encoded

I am trying to make a blog article with embedded Wistia videos. These require script tags. When I add the script tags to the HTML of the blog article, they get changed to &lt script &gt and aren't re...
CarolineS's avatar
CarolineS
Boss
7 years ago

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!

CarolineS's avatar
CarolineS
Boss
7 years ago

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>
</div>

 

 

  • CarolineS's avatar
    CarolineS
    Boss
    7 years ago

    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>
</div>

     

     

     

    • CarolineS's avatar
      CarolineS
      Boss
      7 years ago

      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!!

      • SohilM's avatar
        SohilM
        Lithium Alumni (Retired)
        7 years ago

        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

  • Lindsey's avatar
    Lindsey
    Leader
    7 years ago

    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.