I have a simple Rich Text custom field but it's di...
# suitecommercer
Rob
08/27/2019, 5:40 PMI have a simple Rich Text custom field but it's displaying html tags on the site. Any ideas?
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David Stillman
08/27/2019, 5:42 PMit's displaying the html tags as entities, you mean? what if you look at the field in "Source editing mode"
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Rob
08/27/2019, 5:44 PMYeah it's almost like it's displaying as a string...
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Steve Goldberg
08/27/2019, 5:44 PMDisplaying where? On the frontend of the webstore?
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Rob
08/27/2019, 5:45 PMSize: 8.5" x 14" folds to 7" x 8.5"
Rob
08/27/2019, 5:45 PMinstead shows <p><b>Size</b>: 8.5" x 14" folds to 7" x 8.5"</p>
Rob
08/27/2019, 5:45 PMon the site
Rob
08/27/2019, 5:45 PMyes, the front end
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Steve Goldberg
08/27/2019, 5:46 PMYeah so when you put that in a field and try to surface it on the frontend, it will be interpreted as a string by the templating engine. This is deliberate for security reasons.
Steve Goldberg
08/27/2019, 5:46 PMYou will need to tell the template engine to expect 'safe' HTML
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Rob
08/27/2019, 5:47 PMoh ok
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Steve Goldberg
08/27/2019, 5:47 PMI believe the correct thing to do is to wrap your keyword in triple brackets but I honestly don't remember exactly
Steve Goldberg
08/27/2019, 5:48 PMeg
{{{myCustomField}}}r
Rob
08/27/2019, 5:49 PMok i'll try that
Rob
08/27/2019, 5:51 PMworked, thanks!
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Steve Goldberg
08/27/2019, 5:51 PMno problemo
Steve Goldberg
08/27/2019, 5:54 PM(just make sure that that HTML remains safe; for example, don't open yourself up to an XSS by allowing that HTML to be set by a URL parameter)
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