HTMLtext doesn't play well with CSS

2010-07-17 Thread Tim Ponn
Hello all! I'm trying to use the HTMLtext of the contents of a field to modify a CSS web page, and it butchers font sizes and style. Is there something other than HTMLtext that I should be using? Thanks! Best Regards, Timothy R. Ponn ___

Re: HTMLtext doesn't play well with CSS

2010-07-17 Thread Jim Ault
On Jul 17, 2010, at 5:05 AM, Tim Ponn wrote: Hello all! I'm trying to use the HTMLtext of the contents of a field to modify a CSS web page, and it butchers font sizes and style. Is there something other than HTMLtext that I should be using? Thanks! HTMLtext is a subset of HTML tags

Re: HTMLtext doesn't play well with CSS

2010-07-17 Thread Tim Ponn
OK...let me explain more fully... Problem: There are web geeks (myself included) who create and/or maintain web sites. www.historicalengine.com and www.grandvalleytractor.com are two of mine. The creation is quite easy with all the drag and drop tools available out there. I usually tweak

Re: HTMLtext doesn't play well with CSS

2010-07-17 Thread Jim Ault
I think I get it. The user makes changes in a field, then uploads the HTMLtext version for web display. You need to remember that the HTMLtext was created many years ago for Rev field rendering, and not for web browsers. So let's take an approach in Rev that I use for other purposes but may

Re: HTMLtext doesn't play well with CSS

2010-07-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tim Ponn wrote: I want the user to be able to change font sizes, make bold, italic, whatever. I also want them to have the freedom to turn some of the text into links, etc. When I try to use HTMLtext in rev, the results are not so good. How do I improve it? As Jim pointed out, the