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DM tab title is encoded in generated html
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  Richard Kaye
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  Sep 24, 2026 @ 06:25am

Note the & # 3 9 ; in the screenshot.

Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar based on your email address. re: DM tab title is encoded in generated html
  Rick Strahl
  Richard Kaye
  Sep 24, 2026 @ 06:44am

Not sure... that doesn't happen for me:

Only thing I can think of is that there's maybe some encoding issue with the document. What does the <title> tag show in the rendered HTML? And what is the title in your topic editor?

It's possible the importer picked up the title with encoding and stored it that way, but the encoding in this case should not be necessary.

Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar based on your email address. re: DM tab title is encoded in generated html
  Richard Kaye
  Rick Strahl
  Sep 24, 2026 @ 08:31am

This is the DM generated html file.

This is the source json from WWHB:

This is the topic editor:

Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar based on your email address. re: DM tab title is encoded in generated html
  Rick Strahl
  Richard Kaye
  Sep 24, 2026 @ 09:48am

Can you edit that field in the editor, then save. Also check what's in the JSON file.

I suspect the value was imported encoded, the display takes out the encoding in the editor, but it won't update and re-write the value unless the value changes.

Other than that I don't know what would cause that encode the value especially since I don't see that here.

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Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar based on your email address. re: DM tab title is encoded in generated html
  Richard Kaye
  Rick Strahl
  Sep 24, 2026 @ 11:03am

Ah, the last set of screenshots I showed had everything except the current project json, which is what I assume you are asking about. I have not edited it yet in the topic editor and it shows the apostrophe but I'll let you know.

I'll go edit it now and let you know if anything else changes.

Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar based on your email address. re: DM tab title is encoded in generated html
  Richard Kaye
  Richard Kaye
  Sep 24, 2026 @ 11:27am

That seems to have fixed it but I did have to bust the cache to get it to let go. IAC continuing on with my review. 😃

Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar based on your email address. re: DM tab title is encoded in generated html
  Rick Strahl
  Richard Kaye
  Sep 24, 2026 @ 11:55am

What I meant edit the text in the Topic Editor panel (text input field) not the text-editor. Making changes there will refresh the value and presumably save it correctly.

Like I said - I suspect the import (or Help Builder) did the encoding and that ended up getting rendered.

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Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar based on your email address. re: DM tab title is encoded in generated html
  Richard Kaye
  Rick Strahl
  Sep 24, 2026 @ 12:28pm

That's what I did. I edited via the topic editor UI in DM. I realize my prior comment about editing was a bit on the general side. I don't think I have any other topics with an apostrophe in the title but I'll take a look at that again tomorrow if it's useful.

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