<form> doesn't work inside Markdown

Need Help
#1

I know HTML should work fine inside Markdown, but I’m having no luck inserting a form, specifically a PayPal donate button.

It seems to strip the tag from the code when saved.

Code:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/donate" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="value here" />
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" title="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" alt="Donate with PayPal button" />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />
</form>

After saving:

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I’ve also tried putting the PayPal HTML inside a snippet, but that then shows nothing at all.

Any help much appreciated!

#2

This may be a result of indentation. If you post it like this, does it help?

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/donate" method="post" target="_top">
    <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="value here" />
    <input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" title="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" alt="Donate with PayPal button" />
    <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />
</form>
#3

Unfortunately not. Looking in the Web Developer tools, it looks like the <form> tags still get stripped, and it all gets wrapped in <p>.

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#4

Is it stored in your database with the tags ? If they are stripped while rendering, does it help adding twig filter |raw?

#5

Thanks for your reply. No, the HTML isn’t from the database — it’s pasted into the Markdown textarea (on a Static Page).

#6

@tillathenun Sorry if I missed this, but are you running the latest version of October CMS?

#7

It’s the latest version, yes.

I’m an utter fool by the way. It’s the Rich Editor, not Markdown. :man_facepalming:

I’ve been staring at this website far too long!

The issue still applies anyway. (Sorry for the confusion though.)

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#8

Oh, if it is the rich editor you may need to allow the form tag in the editor settings.

Here’s where the setting is: Settings → Editor Settings → Markup Tags

#9

Thanks so much — sorry if I missed that in the docs!

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