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WhatCobblers
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
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Invalid HTML error when publishing new stories. Please help.

I am trying to post a story with images on one of my threads, but keep getting an error message come up saying: 'This content is not published. Invalid HTML. Please remove this before posting. Lib- sim.' (no idea what the last bit means). 

The story is pasted in plain text from a Word doc and have tried uploading each image via the option in the bottom bar (From Computer) instead of copying and pasting but it still won't let me publish the story. There is no HTML content used in the story, it's all from my computer, so am not sure why I keep getting a message about invalid HTML content.

I am wondering if it's the length that's causing issues, as when I do shorter posts with one or two images, it works perfectly fine.

I notice there doesn't seem to be a spoiler option on the bar for new posts/replies after the main introductory post so I can't get the long post into a spoiler.  

Has anyone else had the same issue when trying to post stories (can't find related topics in Search)? And if so, have you managed to solve it?

  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
    8 months ago

    Hey, what usually triggers this is when 2 different types of specialization interact with each other, so something like bolded content in a list, or a a hyperlink in an image caption. 
    It's not 100% consistent, but it's usually a factor. 

    If you're still stuck with this, can you send me a DM and we can go through some specifics. 


    Also we hope to have some more updates/improvements on this soon, we know it's frustrating to craft a post then get stuck at the end over something so tricky to nail down. 

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  • I've been getting this issue especially tonight while trying to post an update in my Silver Variety Stories thread in the Creative Corner of the forums.  I post with story text and then share game photos from the screenshots on my laptop. 

    If you check out my thread I have other posts that did not have this issue. It would be nice if the error message:  Content Not Published Your post contains invalid HTML. Remove the following invalid tags before publishing: li-image, li-user, strong (empty) was a little bit more specific on where the error(s) is. 

    Any help on this would b appreciated.

    Thank you,

    SilverJan

  • scottysaved's avatar
    scottysaved
    Seasoned Adventurer
    2 months ago

    I’ve had this issue a ton and it’s been SUPER annoying… I get the html span-style one that was mentioned earlier. What worked for me today was highlighting the whole thing and clicking on “paragraph” text format then removing any color by clicking the crossed out box on font color options. Just making all of the text uniform- even though it already was. Still clearly needs an actual fix, but that helped me.

  • Im having a similar issue.  Im writing my own pvz 3 evolved idea list discussion but i cant post it due to a html called span. Could you help me out? 

    EDIT:  i saw a reply on someone with the same issue and did what you suggested to them. Also plz check out my list of ideas for pvz 3 evolved. I put careful thought into my ideas