User talk:MECU/br.js

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[edit] Information

What does this do?
It changes all the <BR> (and other possible ways of it, ie <BR />) to the proper XHTML form: <br />
Why?
It's a pet peeve of mine. But it's also more correct than the ways it replaces, as each HTML tag should be closed, and single use tags like this (and <reference />, for example) have to be closed in this unique way and lower case is more correct. This is because Wikipedia uses the Doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
How do I use it?
After installation, when editing a page, just click the "<br>" tab at the top of the page near "watch"
Why don't you fix all the common XHTML errors then?
Because it would require much more complex coding, and this is a first step. If anyone would like to develop this, I would be happy to help or assist or beta test it. Contact me on my user talk page.

[edit] Version Information

  • 1.3 - March 24, 2007
    • Add for case <BR/ >
  • 1.2 - March 13, 2007
    • Add for case </BR>
  • 1.1 - January 17, 2007
    • addLink() -> addPortletLink()
    • Updated installation directions below
  • 1.0 - December 27, 2006

[edit] Installation

To install, copy the following into your monobook.js:

/**** MECU's BR fixer ****/

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
             + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mecu/br.js'
             + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

/* This is to keep track of who is using this extension: [[User:Mecu/br.js]] */

/**** End MECU's BR fixer ****/