[SPTUsers] importing users problem and html in descriptions

[Cornejo, Luis]

If you check out our SPT site (http://portal.dep.anl.gov) and poke around
(check out the old news) you will find embedded html in the description
fields. Beware, not all tags work. They are filtered through a check
function in SPT. I believe <hr> <li> <ul> and other not so common tags wont
work. But bold, italics, underline, a, and even size will work.
 
-Luis-
-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Meiselman [mailto:emeiselm at umich.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 10:25 AM
To: sptusers at scout.wisc.edu
Subject: Re: [SPTUsers] importing users problem and html in descriptions

OK, thank you very much for the suggestions. I will try the changes you  
suggest. I also had not noticed the "sign up for an account" area - I  
had been looking for an Add New User selection under administration.

I will need to make big changes to the Advanced Search page, and may be  
asking for some help when I get around to that - I need to shift the  
Audience filter up to the top of the page - before the title/URL search  
boxes.

Question: is there a way to modify the code so that I could use simple  
html tags in the descriptions? Like clickable links, line breaks, bold  
text, etc.

Ellen
On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 11:09 AM, Cornejo, Luis wrote:

> From: "Cornejo, Luis" <lcornejo at dep.anl.gov>
> Date: Tue Aug 26, 2003  11:09:20 AM America/Detroit
> To: "'Ellen Meiselman'" <emeiselm at umich.edu>, sptusers at scout.wisc.edu
> Subject: RE: [SPTUsers] importing users problem
>
> Hello Ellen,
>
> After reviewing you list here, this is what I came up with the possible
> reasons:
>
> 1) User two did not appear because maybe you did not break the line of
> user2. That is, you did  not hit enter at the end of the line to  
> create a
> new blank one.
>
> If not,
>
> 2)  Follow the required format very strictly. For example this is what  
> your
> user2 entry two looks like:
>
>     * UserName (required)      user2
>     * UserPassword             password2
>     * Email (required)         user2 at website.com
>     * Website                  http://user2.com
>     * RealName (required)      User One
>     * Address1                 Street
>     * Address2                 City
>     * City                     State
>     * State                    00000
>     * Country                  USA
>     * Zipcode
>
> Notice that this way not all the fields have a matching entry.  
> Additionally,
> by not leaving a strict blank on address2 the values end up  
> incorrectly.
>
> If, you make sure that all the fields are filled (even with just a  
> blank)
> and you break the last line of information you have (user2 in this  
> case)
> then it should work just fine.
>
> It is a weird action since the required fields are filled, but who  
> knows, it
> might help.
>
> 3) This just ocuured to me. Maybe if your first line on your import  
> file had
> the actual fields the data corresponds to, then that might help the
> importer.
>
> That is:
>
> UserName{tab}UserPassword{tab}Email{tab}Website{tab}RealName{tab}...etc 
> .....
> User1{tab}password1{tab}..etc...
> User2{tab}password2{tab}..etc...
>
> This is what I had to do for importing resources.
>
>
>
> P.S. You can actually add them manually when you click on login, and  
> the
> login box comes up, you just click on "create a new account". But you  
> would
> initially have to put you email as the user email since it emails you a
> randomly generated password.
>
Ellen Meiselman
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4251 Plymouth Rd.
Bldg. 2, Floor 3, Suite 300
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Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785
Phone (734) 936-2334
Fax (734) 998-6806

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