Change document type in Rich Text Field Tridion 2009 schema

Question

I’m an interface designer who uses Tridion from time to time (at a not very technical level). I’m looking for a way to change the document type in the Tridion 2009 text scheme scheme field to allow me to use data attributes (for a tooltip). Rich text fields currently have the value Strict or Transitional. I need it to be set to HTML5 (I know that this can be done in 2011 with some changes. What changes I’m not sure about.) As the data attributes are removed by default for publication in any of these modes. Choosing HTML5 fixes this problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

The rich text box in 2009 does not allow all this. But you can use the template to convert the field when publishing. For example: you can take the title attribute from a link and convert it into a data attribute of your choice. I understand this is a little uncomfortable, but maybe it will be a trick.

You can do this in a C # template or using XSLT using the XSLT proxy.

Answer 2

Could you clarify the development of the "front-end", please. Are you writing a Tridion GUI or writing a web application using content from Trdion?

If the latter, you can convert the RTF content using XPath or XSL before it gets to the application server.

If the first seems to be an upgrade to 2011! :-)