Code inserted on page after a change is made in editor

[cam]

After a page is edited the following line of code is inserted on the page:
<>&lt;&gt;
which appears on the page as:
<>

If I attempt to remove the code using the editor the following line of code is inserted in its place when the page is saved:
<>&lt; mce_serialized=&quot;2&quot;&gt;
which appears on the page as:
< mce_serialized="2">
If I upload the page again to remove all changes as soon as the editor is used the change appears.

Anyone have any idea what I'm missing?  Have been looking at this so long all I can see are tinyMCE running around.
 
cam

[admin]

Hi Cam,

Not too sure about this one.. haven't seen that problem before.   

I will be releasing a new version of Snippetmaster tomorrow evening (or early Monday), which includes a new version of the tinyMCE editor...

Is it possible you could try the new version then, and see if this problem continues?  If it is still present with the new version, then let me know and I'll look into it.

[CaptJohn]

I have something similar in some edited files.
The adding of < mce_serialized="1">

I spent a few hours trying to figure out the trigger but will have to give up.
The insert seems to occur at the start of tables generated by FrontPage.
(attached screen shot)

I have other files that edit no problems at all.
I assume I am on the latest SnippetMaster Lite (downloaded yesterday).

John

[admin]

Hmm.. this is odd.  The code is generated from the wysiwyg editor, but it should be removed during the save process.  It is added because the editor needs some way to "track" what is going on during editing...

Can you try editing with a different browser and see if that fixes it? If you're using Internet Exporer, try using Firefox instead.. and if you're using Firefox, try using Internet Explorer.

Let me know if that resolves it.  (Each browser uses different methods of editing, so the alternate browser might work better...)

[CaptJohn]

Firefox does not generate those characters on edit.

It is a bit of an ask to get clients to switch from the browser they are used to (IE6).

John

[Jenkinhill]

The insert seems to occur at the start of tables generated by FrontPage.
(attached screen shot)

Any chance of a url for the problem page? The tinyMCE editor does sometimes have problems where it meets invalid XHTML (or code it does not underatand) and tries to correct it, which I believe it does at the point saving. FrontPage does have a reputation for generating strange code!

[MURCON]

Have similar problem with recently installed version of Pro.  Page is http://www.thompsonforest.com/land-for-sale.html. 

< mce_serialized="1">

Appears between the link "Click here for map of listings" and the table when preview the edited page.

Actually inserts
   <>&lt; mce_serialized=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
   <div>
   </div>
   </>
in the code.

The table is html but a java script reads/rewrites the table to sort the table when the heading is clicked.  This sort function has been disabled by renaming the .js file to something other than the called name.