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    Hi,
    I just modified my signature and set up HTML signature.
    I now notice that I am unable to preview the posts where I have posted. i get the option of (view thread)(close thread).
    I need to open each thread now to view it or reply to it.
    Is this a bug?? if yes please take appropriate action.

    Earlier when I had plain signature I could do a preview of the post on the same page.
    Even the posts that have the old signature can be previewed now.

    Im using IE 6 SP2

    Hope this helps !!
    Please close the threads once answered
    Sudeep
    Tuesday, September 1, 2009 11:51 AM
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    HI Sudeep,

    I've looked at your previous responses/threads and found the problem on your signature. Here's a sample thread that you've posted which I fixed. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/suggest/thread/4c782ffd-9e6e-4c83-94ba-8047edad5b41/ (You can also preview this thread now in the Forum Page.)

    Your previous signature didn't had closing <b> tag so its not rendering the page correctly. I just went directly to the thread an added /edit at the end of the URL. This will give you raw HTML and you can edit and save your threads.

    Here's the line:
    From:
    <font color="#2B3856"><b>Sudeep </font>
    To:
    <font color="#2B3856"><b>Sudeep</b></font>

    Thanks.
    STO Forums Test Lead
    • Marked as answer by Sudeep Raj Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:53 AM
    Tuesday, September 1, 2009 1:06 PM
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    HI Sudeep,

    I've looked at your previous responses/threads and found the problem on your signature. Here's a sample thread that you've posted which I fixed. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/suggest/thread/4c782ffd-9e6e-4c83-94ba-8047edad5b41/ (You can also preview this thread now in the Forum Page.)

    Your previous signature didn't had closing <b> tag so its not rendering the page correctly. I just went directly to the thread an added /edit at the end of the URL. This will give you raw HTML and you can edit and save your threads.

    Here's the line:
    From:
    <font color="#2B3856"><b>Sudeep </font>
    To:
    <font color="#2B3856"><b>Sudeep</b></font>

    Thanks.
    STO Forums Test Lead
    • Marked as answer by Sudeep Raj Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:53 AM
    Tuesday, September 1, 2009 1:06 PM
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    This is pretty sad, isn't it?  He'll have to fix *all* of his posts since signatures are frozen into the post.  Whomever posted to these threads is screwed too.  Is there any kind of plan in place to fix these miserable editor problems?
    Hans Passant.
    Wednesday, September 2, 2009 12:30 AM
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    We have a fix in place to strip some HTML tags so it doesn't cause rendering issues. In this case, it's a valid HTML tag however malformed (Missing the closing /b). I'll discuss this specific issue with the team

    Thanks.

    STO Forums Test Lead
    Wednesday, September 2, 2009 3:53 AM
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    We have bugs on many of editor issues people have reported. They annoy me too. This particular case seems to be a manually defined html fragment, we don't have plans to enable the editor for signatures. 
    Community Forums Program Manager
    Wednesday, September 2, 2009 4:05 AM
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    Hi don,
    Thanks for your reply.
    I realized my mistake once I saw the other posts after my post in the thread in BOLD.
    I did correct my signature after that.

    How ever I would like highlight the issue that HTML works without the closing tag thogh not a good practice.
    Could there be a solution to this, if someone leaves an open tag in his signature it could be closed automatically so that the other posts not affected.

    Or an error message could be shown showing the HTML is not well formed need closing tags.

    Just a suggestion....
    Hope this helps !!
    Please close the threads once answered
    Sudeep
    Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:55 AM
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    Thanks for the feeback. Yes, I agree that there should some sort of "check" for malformed HTML fragments. I'll discuss this with the team.
    STO Forums Test Lead
    Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:12 PM
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    How ever I would like highlight the issue that HTML works without the closing tag thogh not a good practice.
    Sudeep
    The forum pages are (or at least claim to be) XHTML, so missing end tags are not permitted.

    Personally, I am opposed to allowing users to edit the HTML, in signatures or elsewhere. It gives the forums a very scattered appearance, because some users routinely change the font or font size.
    David Wilkinson | Visual C++ MVP
    Thursday, September 3, 2009 6:15 PM
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    If the forum claims to be XHTML then it should have given an error message and not displayed the signature.
    However I agree it was a mistake on my part.
    But to remove this feature would not be a good idea.

    Else you could enhace the interface to edit signature with the the basic HTML fetures included in it, like <B>, <i>, <br>, <font>, <a href>, etc.
    Hope this helps !!
    Please close the threads once answered
    Sudeep
    Wednesday, September 9, 2009 2:19 PM
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