I'm developing an application in Visual Basic 2005. It is retrieving posts from a WordPress blog. The problem occurs when I retrieve the post content. I'm using the MetaWebLog API to get the post content, but it's not retrieving the <p> tags as it should. It seems to be a problem with Wordpress and not the class library. In the WordPress post editor it shows all HTML tags except for opening and closing <p> tags.
The post content is returned as a string. And there is whitespace in between each paragraph in the string.
For example, here is how it is retrieved:
---Start Example---
We just launched a new FireFox Addon that shows you how many RSS subscribers you have to your Feedburner feed and how many hits are generated daily from your feed.
<p align="center"><img src="
http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/feedburnersubscribers.JPG"
alt="feedburnersubscribers
.JPG" /></p>
<strong>It's simple, but solves a pesky problem: </strong> not knowing at a glance what your feed subscriber count is and rarely, unless you log into your Feedburner account, knowing how many hits you generate from your feed daily.
There's just one small problem. Mozilla puts you in a "sandbox" when you submit new add ons and it has to be reviewed by several people before they let it out in the general population where everyone can download and use it.
I will give you a scoop and show you how to get this killer little add on, but you have to do me a favor and review it at Mozilla to help get it out of the sandbox.
Deal?
<strong>Here's what you need to do:</strong>
Go to
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/</a>
Register from link at upper right
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/register</
a>
Login
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/login">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/login</a>
Go to â¬SMy Account⬠(upper right)
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/edit">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/edit</a>
Check â¬SShow Sandbox⬠in Profile ⬠click â¬SSaveâ¬
Click on â¬SSandbox⬠on upper left
Search for "feedburner" and you'll see the Content Desk "Feedburner Subscribers" add on.
Get the following result page: <a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6369">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6369</a> (must be logged in to view)
The review link is at the bottom, but use the thing first so you know we're not kidding - it works and all! :)
This is an honor system type of thing. Some will grab it and leave, but I am counting on the general goodness of "the people" and hoping you will take the time to review.
Please don't bother if you are going to just say "nice addon." They won't count that and it won't get published. If you are going to do that, then just take it and run and deal somehow with the immense guilt you feel afterwards. :)
---End Example---
There a few things to note here. You will see the one <p> tag in the post, but that occurs it is in between where the actual <p> tags are supposed to be. Odd right? Anyway, this is what it needs to say:
---2nd Example---
<p>We just launched a new FireFox Addon that shows you how many RSS subscribers you have to your Feedburner feed and how many hits are generated daily from your feed.
<p align="center"><img src="
http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/feedburnersubscribers.JPG"
alt="feedburnersubscribers
.JPG" /></p>
<strong>It's simple, but solves a pesky problem: </strong> not knowing at a glance what your feed subscriber count is and rarely, unless you log into your Feedburner account, knowing how many hits you generate from your feed daily.</p>
<p>There's just one small problem. Mozilla puts you in a "sandbox" when you submit new add ons and it has to be reviewed by several people before they let it out in the general population where everyone can download and use it.</p>
<p>I will give you a scoop and show you how to get this killer little add on, but you have to do me a favor and review it at Mozilla to help get it out of the sandbox.</p>
<p>Deal?</p>
<p><strong>Here's what you need to do:</strong></p>
<p>Go to
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/</a></
p>
<p>Register from link at upper right
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/register</
a></p>
<p>Login
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/login">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/login</a>
</p>
<p>Go to â¬SMy Account⬠(upper right)
<a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/edit">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/edit</a></
p>
<p>Check â¬SShow Sandbox⬠in Profile ⬠click â¬SSaveâ¬</p>
<p>Click on â¬SSandbox⬠on upper left</p>
<p>Search for "feedburner" and you'll see the Content Desk "Feedburner Subscribers" add on.</p>
<p>Get the following result page: <a href="
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6369">
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6369</a> (must be logged in to view)</p>
<p>The review link is at the bottom, but use the thing first so you know we're not kidding - it works and all! :)</p>
<p>This is an honor system type of thing. Some will grab it and leave, but I am counting on the general goodness of "the people" and hoping you will take the time to review.</p>
<p>Please don't bother if you are going to just say "nice addon." They won't count that and it won't get published. If you are going to do that, then just take it and run and deal somehow with the immense guilt you feel afterwards. :)</p>
---End 2nd Example---
Anyway, that's what I'm trying to do. Do you know a way to add opening and closing <p> tags where they need to be? I'm sure it has something to do with recognizing whitespace, but I can't find a solution.
Thanks for your help!
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