Unexcaped tag for the "Latest blogs" module
By Timothy Garner on Friday, 07 March 2014
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I am receiving a HTML validation error on the "Latest Blogs" module for EasyBlog.



Line 412, Column 4: Saw </>. Probable causes: Unescaped < (escape as <) or mistyped end tag.



	</><!-- Blog post actions -->



After every blog entry in the "latest blog" module
</><!-- Blog post actions -->



I am not getting these errors on other sites that use this module so I believe it is only occurring when ever the rating stars, author or category is removed.
here are the settings that I have set while receiving this error.

Here are the settings for the module that it is renduring an error:

Module Type: Latest Posts
Routing Behavior: Use Menu Item
Content Source: introtext
Total characters: 70
Show content: yes,
Author: no
Author picture: no
Comments: no
Show ratings: no
Enable ratings: no
Show hits: no
Read more: yes
Posted date: no
Category: no
Sub-categories: no
Sorting by: created date


Not a huge deal but figured I would report the bug.

Thank you for your time and keep up the good work!
Timothy
Hello Timothy,

Is it possible for you to provide us with the back end and FTP access to your site to check on this issue?
Mark
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Friday, 07 March 2014 10:56
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Sorry it took me so long!!!

I attached the requested info to this comment.

Thank You for your time,
Timothy
Timothy Garner
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Thursday, 20 March 2014 10:57
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Hello Timothy Garner,

Thanks for take your time to provide us with your access details
Is it possible provide some screenshot how you found out this "HTML validation error" in your site? so i can exactly to know how to replicate it,
because i have search around in your site, it seems like no show out any HTML validation error in home page Easyblog latest blog post module ( http://screencast.com/t/M2oTcKPiaRDi )
Arlex Wong
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Thursday, 20 March 2014 12:54
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Absolutely Alex,

Using The HTML Validator http://validator.w3.org/ or the "View Source" in Firefox or Chrome you can see the errors:
Validator errors: --> http://screencast.com/t/lzmhEhR8osI
View Page Source --> http://screencast.com/t/2uNYx7X92Sbh

Thank You for your time!
Timothy
Timothy Garner
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Friday, 21 March 2014 03:18
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Hello Timothy Garner,

Thanks for take your time to provide us with this information.
But i have check back our code in EasyBlog latest blog post module file, it seems like don't have this </> tag http://screencast.com/t/S9gFQ6msm (page source) showing in our code file
http://screencast.com/t/kkdZdsrUnl5V ( ...\modules\mod_latestblogs\tmpl\default_item.php )
http://screencast.com/t/S9fVAqrrl ( ...\modules\mod_latestblogs\tmpl\default_meta.php )
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 21 March 2014 12:30
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I just tried the Module on another test site. It is a different site and different template and I am getting the same results.

The more post I add, the more unescaped tags I get.
Also the more post parameters I add on ( Show Author, Show Author Picture, Show Comments, Show ratings. ) the more unescaped tags I get.


This is the EasyBlog Latest Blogs Version 3.9.1

On Joomla! 2.5.19, Joomla 3.2.3, and Joomla 3.2.3

Thank You!
Timothy Garner
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Saturday, 29 March 2014 05:04
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Hello Timothy,

Can you give this a try again? It looks like when there is a html comment < ! -- -- > on the module, then all hells break lose. I have a feeling that there is some unclosed HTML tags somewhere before the module is even rendered.
Mark
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Saturday, 05 April 2014 16:37
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