XF 1.2 HTML code reappearing after import

[Thierry Martin]

In vBulletin 4.2.2 I had a forum with many posts where I saved the posts with html which were then converted to BB code. Now after importing, some of these posts have the original HTML showing, in some cases mixed in with part of the post in BB code. This is weird.

 

[Mike]

For the most part, the post is imported as is. It sounds like the HTML was actually in the post (and you had HTML enabled for that forum, which XF does not support). I'm afraid the markup would have to be edited manually.

 

[Jake Bunce]

This addon can be used for manual cleanup using regex (requires knowledge of regex):

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/post-content-find-replace.1549/

If you need help with specific replacements then please post some examples of your HTML code.

 

[Thierry Martin]

Here is the code that needs to be converted - Please note the where I entered XXXXX this is a string that changes from one instance to the next so the XXXXX is not something that should be altered in the cleanup, but it needs to be untouched. I suppose I will have to do multiple passes, changing the string before and then between and then after those XXXXs.

(<u><a href="http://insidestocks.com/chart.asp?sym=XXXXX&amp;code=BCMM" target="_blank">XXXXX </a></u>) (<u><a href="http://club.ino.com/trend/analysis/stock/XXXXX?a_aid=CD28&amp;a_bid=6ae5b6f7" target="_blank">analysis</a></u>) <i>(XXXXX)</i>

 

[Jake Bunce]

Here is the code that needs to be converted - Please note the where I entered XXXXX this is a string that changes from one instance to the next so the XXXXX is not something that should be altered in the cleanup, but it needs to be untouched. I suppose I will have to do multiple passes, changing the string before and then between and then after those XXXXs.

(<u><a href="http://insidestocks.com/chart.asp?sym=XXXXX&amp;code=BCMM" target="_blank">XXXXX </a></u>) (<u><a href="http://club.ino.com/trend/analysis/stock/XXXXX?a_aid=CD28&amp;a_bid=6ae5b6f7" target="_blank">analysis</a></u>) <i>(XXXXX)</i>

What is the before and after?

 

[Thierry Martin]

Before

(<u><a href="http://insidestocks.com/chart.asp?sym=XXXXX&amp;code=BCMM" target="_blank">XXXXX</a></u>) (<u><a href="http://club.ino.com/trend/analysis/stock/XXXXX?a_aid=CD28&amp;a_bid=6ae5b6f7" target="_blank">analysis</a></u>)

After

([U][URL='http://insidestocks.com/chart.asp?sym=XXXXX&code=BCMM']XXXXX[/URL][/U]) ([U][URL='http://club.ino.com/trend/analysis/stock/XXXXX?a_aid=CD28&a_bid=6ae5b6f7']analysis[/URL][/U])

 

[Jake Bunce]

Quick Find: (<u><a href="http://insidestocks.com/chart.asp

Regular Expression: #(<u><a href="http://insidestocks\.com/chart\.asp\?sym=([^&"]+)&amp;code=BCMM" target="_blank">([^<]+)</a></u>) (<u><a href="http://club\.ino\.com/trend/analysis/stock/([^\?"]+)\?a_aid=CD28&amp;a_bid=6ae5b6f7" target="_blank">analysis</a></u>)#siU

Replacement String: ([U][URL='http://insidestocks.com/chart.asp?sym=\1&code=BCMM']\2[/URL][/U]) ([U][URL='http://club.ino.com/trend/analysis/stock/\3?a_aid=CD28&a_bid=6ae5b6f7']analysis[/URL][/U])

 

[Thierry Martin]

Wow you are a lifesaver, I have hundreds of posts that need fixing, going back years. Thanks!