For example, in the past if I wanted to represent 10 to the power of 6 in a description field I would write 106.

When I save a rendering now markups like are being removed.

How do I fix this as my descriptions look silly.

Oh great!
I just noticed that my markups were removed from my original post in this thread too!!!!

So how does one now display superscripts and italic text in the descriptions these days?

Hi! Can you explain a bit further? They were removed from your original post?

I typed and (without the spaces as I want you to see and understand what I am referring to), these are HTML markups for superscript text. They were removed from my original post and these markup tags are now being removed from my description section when I post artwork.

hopeandlove posted at 9:21PM Fri, 28 August 2015 - #4225139

Hi! Can you explain a bit further? They were removed from your original post?

Yup, your clever web site deleted the markups again.
Let's see if I just try one:

Let's put this simply, how do I create superscript and italic text in the description field now that the markup tags are being actively removed upon upload.

By the way markup tags for superscripts, subscripts and italic, bold and underline text have been part of HTML since the dawn of the internet.

Well, in order to italicise a word, you put this symbol: _ before and after the word or phrase. So, when you try to add language when writing up a description in the gallery, it automatically erases it?

Hope,

i think what they're saying is that in writing up a description underneath an image they're posting in the galleries, that the text box area they type in looks like everything will post alright. but then, upon posting, all the HTML coding they put in is nullified and non-functional, essentially stripped away in the process of the upload. also, if you if go to the galleries, pretend that you're going to upload, you'll see that the box for image descriptions has no formatting abilities built into it [, ie. it lacks even this new MarkDown coding ability], maybe leading folks to think that HTML will be translated the way it used to as the old site's upload description box was also just a big old empty area devoid of any form of fancier formatting. some folks grew very accustomed to being able to use HTML in their image descriptions.

the text area for viewers to comment in actual does utilise MarkDown ability/functionality though.

Indeed the old site allowed us to use HTML markups. And looking at my older postings the formatting is still very much there. But now my markups are being removed during the upload stage of adding a gallery entry. I think this is what's annoying me the most. It not that the new site is not reading the markups, its deliberately removing them like it knows better than I do what I want to say.

Giana posted at 10:40AM Sat, 29 August 2015 - #4225169

Hope,

i think what they're saying is that in writing up a description underneath an image they're posting in the galleries, that the text box area they type in looks like everything will post alright. but then, upon posting, all the HTML coding they put in is nullified and non-functional, essentially stripped away in the process of the upload. also, if you if go to the galleries, pretend that you're going to upload, you'll see that the box for image descriptions has no formatting abilities built into it [, ie. it lacks even this new MarkDown coding ability], maybe leading folks to think that HTML will be translated the way it used to as the old site's upload description box was also just a big old empty area devoid of any form of fancier formatting. some folks grew very accustomed to being able to use HTML in their image descriptions.

the text area for viewers to comment in actual does utilise MarkDown ability/functionality though.

And I tried using the _ symbol as you described in the description field of my latest post and it still does not italicise.

hopeandlove posted at 10:47AM Sat, 29 August 2015 - #4225150

Well, in order to italicise a word, you put this symbol: _ before and after the word or phrase. So, when you try to add language when writing up a description in the gallery, it automatically erases it?

Hope:

I hope you understand that a lot of us artists write science fiction to accompany our art work. That requires some scientific notation such as superscripts and subscripts as part of the description text. My most recent posting called 'Elysian Pillars' simply looks terrible because not only can I not create italic text, but what should be superscripts appear as ordinary text. So if I need to scientifically represent the value '10 to the power of 6', it comes out looking like 106 instead of 10 with a raised 6 beside it.

And I'll say this again. It is not a question of the Renderosity site not being able to now display superscripted text or understand the HTML tags that create it - my older postings still look correct and still have the markup tags in them. Renderosity is now deliberately removing the tags from the description field during the upload process. You are effectively editing my work whether you realize it or not.

Clayton

hopeandlove posted at 11:20AM Sat, 29 August 2015 - #4225150

Well, in order to italicise a word, you put this symbol: _ before and after the word or phrase. So, when you try to add language when writing up a description in the gallery, it automatically erases it?

Okay-- that's rather odd. Let me make a note and look into this for you.

Sorry for the inconvenience!