[support] [development] How to control HTML user input preserving the "style"attributes?

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"Leo Burd" wrote:

> I am creating an about_me.module to provide users with a customizable "about
> me" page.  


There are already modules (several) which do this.  'Bio' comes to mind, as
does 'User Nodes' (this does more than just provide an 'about me', but it
can do that with a new node type.)  There may be even more modules which do
this [but using one module for many tasks is better and their are modules
which are less specific but allow the same thing...and more.]


So many folks try to reinvent the wheel [1] with tasks like this. I don't
know if they just can't find the module which already does this, or if they
just suffer from NIH syndrome [2].

If it is a search issue, then perhaps the infrastructure folks could take
that under advisement and examine alternate search methods ('see also',
cross-listed, 'related to', etc.)  That's a chore, of course, but may well
be worth it to prevent the task clutter which seems to afflict the
contributed modules listings.

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[1]
"reinvent the wheel [RTW]"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinventing_the_wheel>


[2]
"not invented here [NIH]"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here>