Problem.. Please Help

[TcM]

Ok so I have this Business Directory and I have adverts like this:
FindItGlobally.com - Business Directory >> Cheveux Classiques - Detailed Information

And as you can see the description is just plain text, how can I add some HTML code in there? For links and formatting? I can't add the code normally, because the data is stored into a database and if I add HTML code in there, it is not executed.. you just see the code as normal text, as part of the description. Can anyone please help me?

Thanks!

[Death Slaught]

You can edit the value of it with JavaScript. I'de give you a code, but I have to go right now, I'll post it later.

Thanks, Death

[TcM]

Edit the value of what? Yes that would be great if you give me some code..
Thanks!

BTW wordpress does not use any JS.. only PHP. I wonder how they do it, but JS would be cool too!!

[TcM]

So anyone is able to help me please? This one just makes no formatting.. only the breakline.

[Death Slaught]

Oh sorry I had completely forgotten about this.

Unfortunatly I don't have time to find the code (I had written it down), but here's the pseudo code for it.

//make variables
dataBaseOutPut=use to store the value sent from your data base
browserOutPut=use to store the out that the user will see

give the variable "browserOutPut" the value you want the user to see.

give your let's say textarea the value of "browserOutPut"

I'm not sure if you know what pseudo code is or not, but if not i'll post that code as soon as I find it.

Thanks, Death

[TcM]

I know what pseudocode is and I use it myself. And yes I know how to do that, what I want is to display the HTML code, for example if i have <font size=2>bla bla</font> , I dont want to display that, but I want the font to display with size = 2. Because my problem is that the HTML code is shows as plain text.

Hope you understood me.

[Death Slaught]

The font tag has been deprecated.

browserOutPut ="<h3>";
browserOutPut +=dataBaseOutPut;
browserOutPut +="</h3>";
document.form.name.value=browserOutPut;

- Death

[TcM]

Yeah, but that will always output the text as h3. What if I use a <b> and an <a href=".....">Text Here</a> It is complicated to explain. well ok let's take this thread.. VBulettine stores this post as text with all the code we make example like this:

Test or perhaps an image or something

Now if I edit the text in the text box the syntax is shown, but as you see this post you will actually see that as orange and bold.. Now my Q is, how does vbulletine extract that code and make it appear as formatting, instead of showing the syntax?

Thanks.

[Death Slaught]

Like I said store the value of Vbulletines output and store it in a variable.You include bold, and anchors like this:

response ="<b>";
response +="text to be bold";
response +="</b>;
response +="<a href='#'>"
response +="text to be linked";
response +="</a>";
document.form.name.value=response;

- Death

[TcM]

Ok.. you are not actually understanding me. Never mind. Still thanks for your help.