Avoid Firefox for editing (for now)

We’ve discovered an issue with editing using Firefox and would like everyone to avoid using it until further notice.

In HTML the <b> and <i> tags have been replaced with <strong> and <em> which are more semantic, ie concerned with the meaning rather than how they look. Using B and I from the toolbar should insert the correct html HTML tags but it seems Firefox isn’t doing that at the moment, it’s inserting the old tags. This isn’t good for our website’s accessibility rating.

We’ll be taking an upgrade to the CMS in February which will fix this so please use other browsers until we can confirm this has been resolved.

Pasting in copy from Word / Trello etc can carry with it these old style HTML tags. To avoid this always add the Shift key to your usual keyboard shortcut, or use the Clear formatting tool – both of these are mentioned in the Editing text section of this guide.

And consider if a Heading style would be more appropriate than bolding when formatting copy.

You can read more about the change to Bold and Italic styling in HTML here: https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-b-and-i-tags