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July 26, 2021
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How can I delete multiple tags of both opening and closing tags but keep the text between tags?

  • July 26, 2021
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I want to delete multiple tags of both opening and closing tags.

For example, in the next tags,

 

<span class="b">text</span>

 

I want to delete both <span class="b"> and </span>

but text should not be deleted.

 

There are a lot of codes like 

 

<span class="b">text</span>

<span class="b">happy</span>

<span class="b">time</span>

 

How can I delete not only <span class="b">, but also </span> but keep the 

text

happy

time

? (in the example above)

 

Thank you for your help.

 

 

 

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    Correct answer B i r n o u

    @tomoakin33355574  try using search in files (Ctrl Shift F) then in advanced mode

     

    search for SPAN node

    havin an attribut class equal to B

     

    then in action of replacement choose

    cleaning node

     

    it will remove the node, but not the node text

    (be sure to make a back up of your site, before dealing with large search and replace in files

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    B i r n o u
    B i r n o uCorrect answer
    Legend
    July 26, 2021

    @tomoakin33355574  try using search in files (Ctrl Shift F) then in advanced mode

     

    search for SPAN node

    havin an attribut class equal to B

     

    then in action of replacement choose

    cleaning node

     

    it will remove the node, but not the node text

    (be sure to make a back up of your site, before dealing with large search and replace in files

      B
      Bernard Ouellet
      Participant
      May 3, 2024

      This is the absolute best solution and should be identified as such

      tomoakin33355574
      tomoakin33355574Author
      Participating Frequently
      July 26, 2021

      I mean at the same time. like using find and replace all. not manually. I use dreamweaver. I really appreciate your help. 

      O
      osgood_
      Legend
      July 26, 2021

      Well just perform 'Find and Replace' 3 times 1 for each situation, DW will take care of all the instances it finds.

       

      Find:

      <span class="b">happy</span>

      Replace with:

      happy

       

      Find:

      <span class="b">time</span>

      Replace with:

      time

       

       

      There may be an expression you can use to just find all instances of:

       

      <span class="b"></span>

       

      and replace it with nothing, lets see if anyone can help out with an expression.

        tomoakin33355574
        tomoakin33355574Author
        Participating Frequently
        July 26, 2021

         

        There may be an expression you can use to just find all instances of:

         

        <span class="b"></span>

         

        and replace it with nothing, lets see if anyone can help out with an expression.

         

        yes, exactly!  this is what I wanted to find out. I thought the same thing with you and thought it should not be difficult. But so far, adobe support even does not know it, so this can be very challenging topic. 

         

        I just wanted to get rid of all the unnecessary tags which is accidentally added.

         

        If we know this method, I think it helps a lot of blogers time, including me.

        O
        osgood_
        Legend
        July 26, 2021

        You could use the Find and Replace option in Dreamweaver:

         

        Find:

        <span class="b">text</span>

         

        Replace with:

        text

          tomoakin33355574
          tomoakin33355574Author
          Participating Frequently
          July 26, 2021

          Thank you. 

           

          But I want to delete all the 

           

          <span class="b"></span>

           

          at the same time because 100 of the texts which uses 

           

          <span class="b"></span>

           

           

           

           

           

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