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[acronym] tag won't work with an apostrophe

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Post July 8th, 2009, 9:47 am

Example:

[acronym=This One Doesn't Work]TODW[/acronym]

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Post July 8th, 2009, 9:47 am

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Post July 8th, 2009, 12:24 pm

try using the html number
Code: [ Select ]
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that should output the single quote
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Post July 8th, 2009, 12:27 pm

I see now what you have done...
try this..
Code: [ Select ]
[acronym title="This One Doesn't Work"]TODW[/acronym]
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Post July 8th, 2009, 12:40 pm

That doesn't work either errol187, nor does escaping the apostrophe. It has to be altered via the php to get it to work.
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Post July 8th, 2009, 1:32 pm

Unfortunately that is one that I cannot fix using phpbb3's default settings without causing a security hole. The option phpbb3 has is for simpletext or just text which allows everything. Using any text is not good since that one is inserted in a html tag which could cause a member to potentially do bad things. Going to have to do this:

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Post July 9th, 2009, 7:08 am

Poo.
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