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jonathansapp
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:29:27 PM

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Joined: 12/28/2007
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Location: Charleston, WV, USA
I'm having trouble with TinyMCE.

If I type an ampersand (&) in WYSIWYG view, then save and publish, then validate with the W3C XHTML validator (validator.w3.org) it spits an error complaining about the presence of '&'. It does not show up in the HTML source as '&' like it should, but just '&'.

I've found the only way to successfully pass validation and use ampersand is to, in WYSIWYG mode, type '&', then hit Save/Publish. When the node refreshes, the '&' has turned into '&'. If you validate this, then it passes. If you hit Save/Publish one more time, it fails validation.

TinyMCE sounds like the culprit to me. I don't have tidy enabled. Does anyone have any pointers as to the cause of this problem and can identify a possible solution?
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