Article Writing

13-Apr-16 5:32

How do I add my own styles? I have a style element, but it's treated as article text.

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Sean Ewington13-Apr-16 5:34

13-Apr-16 5:34

What are you trying to add specifically?

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Sean Ewington
CodeProject

#realJSOP13-Apr-16 5:35

13-Apr-16 5:35

I want to style some tables and other parts of my article.

#realJSOP13-Apr-16 5:36

13-Apr-16 5:36

I thought I could just add a <style> element and be done with it, but it ain't happening.

Sean Ewington13-Apr-16 5:39

13-Apr-16 5:39

You could try adding it to the specific element you're using, like, <p style ... and then checking the "Expert mode box" at the bottom.

It can be painful. If you'd like, you could send me the HTML and I can try tackling it for you. I can't make guarantees, though. The article editor is ornery.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

#realJSOP13-Apr-16 5:49

13-Apr-16 5:49

Sean Ewington wrote:
You could try adding it to the specific element you're using

That's what I was trying to avoid, because it's a "pain in the ass"(tm). Hmmm | :|

I'll go ahead and edit my article to do that, but...

If this is just "the way it is", I think changing the article editor to allow you to upload a css file would be a nice feature. The way I see it working is that the style sheet gets renamed to the article title and is simply added to the articles head section. If no css file is uploaded, an empty file with the appropriate name is created to avoid the inevitable "file not found" exception. Of course, the file should be parsed to make sure it's a valid/appropriate css file.

Just a thought.

Sean Ewington13-Apr-16 5:54

13-Apr-16 5:54

Hold on, let me tackle this pain for you. I'm already in there.

I'll speak to Chris about the CSS possibility. We try and generally make every article look the same, but perhaps we could add something for certain member reputation levels or something like that.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

#realJSOP13-Apr-16 6:09

13-Apr-16 6:09

Depending on how much work you guys think this warrants, here are some suggestions:

Assuming someone is of a sufficient rep level to upload their own CSS:

0) Remove any override of the standard styles in the css file (like page, html, h1, h2, etc)

1) Remove any style override in the article body of those same styles

2) If the css file or article body was changed to normalize the styles, send an email to the author informing him of said changes.

I think that would mitigate most of the chaos.

#realJSOP13-Apr-16 5:38

13-Apr-16 5:38

Article is here:

Another Take on a WPF Wizard - CodeProject[^]

Sean Ewington13-Apr-16 6:18

13-Apr-16 6:18

OK I think I did it. Let me know what you think. I am happy to tweak it more.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

#realJSOP13-Apr-16 6:28

13-Apr-16 6:28

Looks fine. Many thanks, oh Great and Powerful Oz.

Sean Ewington13-Apr-16 6:29

13-Apr-16 6:29

No problem. Please let me know if it gives you any further trouble.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Latex formatting

Kenneth Haugland12-Apr-16 8:42

Kenneth Haugland

12-Apr-16 8:42

I just published an article using a lot of LaTex:
Octave bands and auditory filters in acoustics[^]

The formulas seem to be fine:

HTML

<div class="math">$f_{sometext} = f_h \cdot 5 $</div>

But if I try the inline code:

HTML

$f_{sometext} = f_h \cdot 5 $

It wont show up properly. What Am I doing wrong here?

Sean Ewington12-Apr-16 8:45

12-Apr-16 8:45

Try:

<span class="math">(f_{sometext} = f_h \cdot 5 )</span>

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Kenneth Haugland12-Apr-16 8:50

Kenneth Haugland

12-Apr-16 8:50

Ah, I did in the article, but it shows up wrong:

HTML

20 \mu Pa

Sean Ewington12-Apr-16 8:57

12-Apr-16 8:57

Hmmm. Perhaps it isn't working properly then. Could I trouble you to make a Site Bugs post about it? I'm curious to see if it's a problem for anyone else.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject