HTML in Taglines – POSSIBLE

  • It IS possible to use HTML in your taglines. I found this tidbit in a 3 year old post at EnglishMike.net using the PHP function html_entity_decode and the get_bloginfo. Repeat: You need to use get_bloginfo so the data is returned to be processed before it is output. It’s as simple as:

    echo html_entity_decode(get_bloginfo('description'));

    A very helpful tip, and one that should be in the WP forums. I only tested it using <br> in the description but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work for other uses.

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  • Great. Thank you very much!

    It actually even works without the echo in TwentyTen.

    Shouln’t it be <br />?

    Do you also know how to remove the tags from the HTML title?

    Thread Starter Getzel Rubashkin

    (@fardak)

    I’m away from my computer and can’t test anything right now, but I would think strip_tags() or something similar would do the trick…

    Thread Starter Getzel Rubashkin

    (@fardak)

    Of course, you would need to use get_bloginfo so the data can be processed.

    Thank you for your fast answer.

    The idea is excellent, but unfortunately it doesn’t effect anything.

    I replaced the original line of code in my header.php and it works fine.
    My Tag Line Reads:
    Helping Families
    that’s how we roll!

    The Tagline field in settings reads:
    Helping Families – that’s how we roll!

    Here is the code I used.

    <div id="site-description"><strong><?php echo str_replace('-','<br />',get_bloginfo('description')); ?>
</strong></div>

    The <br /> code does not work in the text input box, nor does the bold code. I would imaging you could us just about any html code in that line

    You can see the page at: Nanaimo Toy Run

    Beattle, did you actually read the original post? If you use html_entity_decode and get_bloginfo, you’re able to use HTML code in the description.

    Anywar, the idea of using str_replace is not too bad.

    I miss read the first post….thought it said “Is it possible”.

    It says “It IS possible.”! :confused:

    Getzel, I guess strip_tags() doesn’t work, because the angle brackets and quotation marks are masked. What do you think?

    Thread Starter Getzel Rubashkin

    (@fardak)

    @h-u-g-o: if you use it with html_encode it should still work, since html_encode is returning legitimate tags which strip_tags can then remove. Once I get back to my computer I’ll see if I can’t figure out a simpler way, but this should work.

    Thank you!
    html_encode doesn’t work, it leads to Fatal error: Call to undefined function html_encode() in …
    I tried htmlentities, but that results in characters like ?.

    With html_entity_decode it works. ??

    Thread Starter Getzel Rubashkin

    (@fardak)

    ?? That’s what I meant. So to recap, using html_entity_decode allows you to use HTML in your title or tagline, and strip_tags on the data that html_entity_decode returns gives you a clean string which can be used as a HTML title.

    Exactly! Thank you very much! I’m happy with that. ??
    Anyway, if you discover another way, please let me know.

    PS: In addition, you can use str_replace to substitute a space for <br /> by way of example. Thanks to beattle!

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