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That is great news, thanks for replying. I can’t wait to read up your dev guides on how to achieve this (and I hope I can understand them). If I can do a TOC, add anchors to HTML links and give custom classes to span elements so that I can custom style them with CSS then that would be all I need.
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Pretty please? 🙏🥺 Maybe a simple choice to use either the WYSWIG editor or a raw HTML editor like the one I can use in the Raw HTML widget (Page Editor) when creating new articles or courses? I just realized that the Raw HTML editor does allow me to create anything I want on a new page (for example I can copy/paste my existing article HTML and I see my TOC - screenshot below), only I can’t use it in Articles or Courses.
Hello team, v5 is shaping up quite nicely! I am still really disappointed about deprecating HTML support. This is really a major aspect of a CMS software I want to use for my website, and I need a way for me (and only me, the admin) to edit the HTML source of my articles and courses, even if that means doing it in the ACP instead of using the editor. Even if that means giving up on using the editor for these articles once I start customizing the HTML. I use Invision Community to publish Articles and Courses and have used custom HTML in v4 for multiple reasons, including (but not limited to): 1. HTML anchorsFirst let me stress that I am aware of the TOC widget however I can’t use it because I don’t want the TOC to be in its own widget space at the top of the article or in the sidebar (where I place ads to monetize my site). So in v4 I’ve designed my own TOC that is within the article (as is the case in most blogs/articles around the web), and I’m perfectly happy with it. Seems like with v5, I will be losing that capability, and that is worrisome. Moreover I use HTML anchors outside the TOC, for example to link to a specific part of the article within the article itself, or somewhere else in the community. For example I may respond to someone in the forum and linking to a specific HTML anchor in an article. Seems like I will no longer be able to do that in v5 (unless I use the TOC widget which I don’t want to use). For reference here’s what my TOC looks like — and I want to keep it that way: 2. Custom HTML boxesI know I can use the boxes from the editor however it seems like I’d be limited in the design. For examples the boxes require a title, when I don’t need one. Here’s an example of a custom HTML box I’m using to highlight tips in my articles, and I was hoping I could create my own kind of custom boxes for my courses as well. 3. Custom buttons or custom HTML for styling text in unique waysOn our site we use custom styling for highlighting key commands to make them stand out. I have designed a custom Key-Command button for me (admin) and the moderators to use to highlight key commands in Articles, Courses or even in the forum. Unless I’m missing something, I don’t see a way to do this in v5? Here’s what it looks like: … in conclusionThis high level of flexibility allowing me to use HTML to customize my content with nearly endless possibilities is what really attracted me to the Invision Community platform, and by now I’ve implemented it in my workflow. I am constantly thinking of new ways I could use custom HTML for future articles or courses I intend to publish. Having to give up on these features would be a huge step backward for my site.
It’s working again!
Just noticed that this is already logged as a bug there: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/479642-v5a10-change-lang-and-theme-not-working/
When I click the “Theme” link in the footer to change the theme, nothing pops-up, and I can’t change themes?
The Theme changer seems to be broken? I can’t seem to use it any longer.
Great, thank you!
Right now in v4 I can use HTML anchors to create my own TOC in the body of the article, as below. Will I continue to be able to do that in v5 without the HTML editing? I don’t want to place the TOC in the side column as the side column is used for ads.
I would love that! It’s all about customization.
On that page: https://preview.invisionalpha5.com/articles.html/1_articles/invision-community-5-released-r3/ Current look on the left, desired look on the right
Moreover, if the default font-size and padding were optimized for readability, that would reduce the need for each one of us to have to tinker with customization options, theming or CSS.
To improve readability, lines need to be narrower (less words) and content font size larger. I know I can change the font size under typography in my theme editor however that changes the font size of menus, breadcrumbs etc.. and I don’t want to change those sizes, only the content font sizes. The way it is, articles are hard to read: I’d rather see something closer to that:
