UT Articles Carousel

Hello.

First, we apologize for the late response; we had problems with our internet provider.

Before we begin, it's important to understand that strip tags in Joomla intros are handled by the core. This is because when you open an HTML tag in the intro, you close it within the full text. Therefore, if the intro is displayed with the opening HTML code but without the closing tag, it will completely distort the site.

With this in mind, our module only cleans up HTML tags if they haven't been closed within the intro. If your site is displaying plain text, it's precisely because there are unclosed tags.

If you want to force the display of content formatted with HTML tags, regardless of whether they are closed or not, and at your own risk, let us know, and we'll tell you how to create an override that displays the entire intro or the full text if it wasn't separated into intro and full text. Obviously, character limits can no longer be used, as this could truncate the tags before they are closed.

Regards

To display the intro, there are two options:
Without truncating the character count. In this case, if you disable truncation, the module's intro or full-text module checks if all tags are closed. If they are, it displays the HTML correctly (depending on Joomla's core HTML filter). If they are not closed, it removes all the HTML and displays plain text.

With truncation enabled. This feature is more useful if you only want to display plain text without HTML. For example, if you set the truncation to 800 characters and your intro's HTML is 1200 characters long and correctly closed, it will truncate before the closing HTML tag, which is why it always displays plain text.

My recommendation is to create an override. We make a modification in two lines, which basically calls the raw intro text with all the HTML (provided Joomla's text filter allows it). Only then will you be able to display everything you've created with CK within your article, or even if it's just simple text.

Regarding button styles and others in CK Page Builder: We haven't used this builder, but if the HTML loads correctly but without styles, it depends on how CK handles styles.

I think we should stop guessing and safely override the module in your template.

If you have already created the override, open the following file: templates/YOUR_TEMLATE/html/mod_ut_articles_carousel/default_item.php and change lines 53 and 55 to:

No, if the module removes tags, it removes everything; if it doesn't remove them, it doesn't remove anything.
Your <br> tags are possibly being removed by the editor's filter or the Joomla core html filter.

Would you like me to access your site or schedule a TeamViewer meeting to see how we can help you with the <br> tags?

Regarding the content from CK, if it's not displayed in the module, it's because the programming logic dictates that content created with CK is stored in the CK tables, and the CK plugin for Joomla Content is what allows you to edit and display content from the CK table in Joomla articles. Our module, however, is designed to display content stored in the Joomla Content table (articles).

cleanIntrotext() is a Joomla-recommended function for sanitizing content that basically replaces <br> and other tags. To keep the HTML of your articles 100% intact, comment out line 294 of that file with two slashes // at the beginning of the code on that line.

I'll implement it and submit it for review; if it passes, I'll publish it. As you can see, our module is in the Joomla JED because it passed a review.
Regards