Fix HTML entity encoding while preserving entities, JSON-LD, and JavaScript#1054
Fix HTML entity encoding while preserving entities, JSON-LD, and JavaScript#1054
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Fixed 318 raw ampersand characters that were not properly HTML-encoded. Files fixed: index.html, blog.html, services.html, why-hack23.html, projects.html, black-trigram-features.html, cia-features.html. All raw & characters are now encoded as & to pass HTML validation and minification checks. Co-authored-by: pethers <1726836+pethers@users.noreply.github.com>
Fixed raw ampersand characters in all localized HTML files across 13+ languages. Total of 1263 files had ampersands fixed, 74 files had no changes needed. This completes the HTML validation fixes for the entire repository. All raw & characters are now properly encoded as & to pass HTML minification checks. Co-authored-by: pethers <1726836+pethers@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: pethers <1726836+pethers@users.noreply.github.com>
Only the 7 main English files should have encoded ampersands. Reverted all other localized files back to raw & characters. This is the correct minimal approach - fixing only what needs to be fixed. Co-authored-by: pethers <1726836+pethers@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR aims to limit HTML ampersand entity encoding fixes to a small set of English pages while reverting localized pages back to their prior state, in response to HTML validation/minification issues in CI.
Changes:
- Encodes
&as&in several English pages (e.g., font URLs, meta text, headings) to satisfy HTML validation. - Reverts many localized pages (and other non-listed pages) from
&back to raw&. - Updates various query-string URLs in attributes to use
&.
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Copilot reviewed 44 out of 44 changed files in this pull request and generated 36 comments.
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| why-hack23.html | Encodes ampersands in attributes/text; also modifies footer entity. |
| services.html | Encodes ampersands in attributes/text + JSON-LD strings; also modifies footer entity. |
| projects.html | Encodes ampersands in attributes/text; also modifies footer entity. |
| index.html | Encodes ampersands broadly (incl. JSON-LD and inline JS) and modifies footer entity. |
| blog.html | Encodes ampersands in meta/text; also modifies footer entity. |
| black-trigram-features.html | Encodes ampersands in attributes/text; also modifies footer entity. |
| cia-features.html | Encodes ampersands in attributes/text + JSON-LD strings; also modifies footer entity. |
| index_sv.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| index_nl.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| index_fr.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| index_fi.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| index_de.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| index_da.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_sv.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_nl.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_ko.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_ja.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_zh.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_fi.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_da.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-security-metrics_he.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| discordian-monitoring-logging_de.html | Reverts & to raw & in breadcrumb text. |
| cia-docs.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_sv.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_zh.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_no.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_nl.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_ko.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_ja.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_he.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| blog_sv.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| blog_no.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| blog_nl.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| blog_fi.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| blog_de.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| blog_da.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| cia-compliance-manager-features_sv.html | Reverts & to raw & in visible text. |
| cia-docs_fr.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_fi.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_es.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_de.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_da.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
| cia-docs_ar.html | Reverts ATT&CK to raw ATT&CK in visible text. |
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| <p>© 2008-2026 | Hack23 AB (Org.nr 5595347807) | | ||
| <p>&copy; 2008-2026 | Hack23 AB (Org.nr 5595347807) | |
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The copyright entity was changed from © to &copy;, which will render the literal text “©” instead of the © symbol. Keep the named HTML entity as © here (don’t escape its leading ampersand).
| <p>&copy; 2008-2026 | Hack23 AB (Org.nr 5595347807) | | |
| <p>© 2008-2026 | Hack23 AB (Org.nr 5595347807) | |
| "@type": "Service", | ||
| "@id": "https://hack23.com/services.html#service-security-architecture", | ||
| "serviceType": "Security Architecture & Strategy", | ||
| "name": "Security Architecture & Strategy", | ||
| "serviceType": "Security Architecture & Strategy", | ||
| "name": "Security Architecture & Strategy", | ||
| "description": "Enterprise security architecture design, risk assessment and management, security strategy development, and governance framework design. We help organizations build robust security foundations aligned with business objectives.", |
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This is inside the JSON-LD <script type="application/ld+json"> block. Using & here changes the actual structured data value to the literal string “&”. Keep a plain & in the JSON string, or (if you need to avoid raw & for tooling) escape it as \u0026 so the JSON-LD value remains correct.
discordian-security-metrics_ja.html
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| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> | ||
| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> |
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Raw & in element text should be written as & (HTMLHint spec-char-escape). Please revert this heading back to Detection & Response (and similarly for other raw ampersands in this file).
| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> | |
| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> |
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| <li>✅ <strong>Proven Methodology</strong>: Used in academic research, featured in Computer Sweden</li> | ||
| <li>✅ <strong>Replicable Framework</strong>: Methodology applicable to any parliamentary democracy</li> | ||
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE threat modeling, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> | ||
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE threat modeling, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> |
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Raw & in text (ATT&CK) should be escaped as ATT&CK to be valid HTML (HTMLHint spec-char-escape). Please restore the escaped form.
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE threat modeling, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> | |
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE threat modeling, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> |
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| <li>Risk reduction over time</li> | ||
| <li>Compliance status</li> | ||
| <li>Incident trend (severity & frequency)</li> | ||
| <li>Incident trend (severity & frequency)</li> |
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Raw & in element text should be written as & (HTMLHint spec-char-escape). Please revert this list item back to the escaped form (and similarly for other raw ampersands in this file).
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| <div class="scanner-effect"></div> | ||
| <h3>Företagsledarskap & Säkerhetsexpert</h3> | ||
| <h3>Företagsledarskap & Säkerhetsexpert</h3> |
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Raw & in element text should be written as & (otherwise it violates HTML escaping rules and will be flagged by HTMLHint’s spec-char-escape). Please revert this to the escaped form.
discordian-security-metrics_fi.html
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| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> | ||
| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> |
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Raw & in element text should be written as & (HTMLHint spec-char-escape). Please revert this heading back to Detection & Response (and similarly for other raw ampersands in this file).
| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> | |
| <h3>1. Detection & Response</h3> |
| </li> | ||
| <li class="breadcrumb-item" aria-current="page"> | ||
| Überwachung & Protokollierung | ||
| Überwachung & Protokollierung |
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Raw & in breadcrumb text should be written as & to be valid HTML and satisfy HTMLHint’s spec-char-escape. Please restore the escaped form.
| Überwachung & Protokollierung | |
| Überwachung & Protokollierung |
cia-docs_no.html
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| <li>✅ <strong>Proven Methodology</strong>: Used in academic research, featured in Computer Sweden</li> | ||
| <li>✅ <strong>Replicable Framework</strong>: Methodology applicable to any parliamentary democracy</li> | ||
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE trusselmodellering, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> | ||
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE trusselmodellering, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> |
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Raw & in text (ATT&CK) should be escaped as ATT&CK to be valid HTML (HTMLHint spec-char-escape). Please restore the escaped form.
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE trusselmodellering, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> | |
| <li>✅ <strong>Security-First</strong>: STRIDE trusselmodellering, MITRE ATT&CK defenses, SLSA Level 3</li> |
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| <p>© 2008-2026 | Hack23 AB (Org.nr 5595347807) | | ||
| <p>&copy; 2008-2026 | Hack23 AB (Org.nr 5595347807) | |
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The copyright entity was changed from © to &copy;, which will render the literal text “©” instead of the © symbol. Keep the named HTML entity as © here (don’t escape its leading ampersand).
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…ript Corrected the ampersand encoding approach to properly handle: - HTML entities (©, , etc.) - now preserved - JSON-LD structured data - keeps plain & in script blocks - JavaScript code - keeps && operators intact - Text content - properly encodes to & Fixed 1875 raw ampersands across 44 files while preserving: - Copyright symbols: © stays as-is - Script blocks: <script> content unchanged - HTML entities: all standard entities preserved Co-authored-by: pethers <1726836+pethers@users.noreply.github.com>
Applied all 36 code review fixes in commit edb4102. Key corrections:
All 44 files pass html-validate with 0 validation errors. |
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| <meta property="og:locale:alternate" content="sv_SE"> | ||
| <meta property="og:locale:alternate" content="zh_CN"> <meta property="og:description" content="Korean martial arts combat simulator: 70 vital points, 5 archetypes, authentic Taekkyeon & Hapkido techniques. Cultural preservation through gaming."> | ||
| <meta property="og:locale:alternate" content="zh_CN"> <meta property="og:description" content="Korean martial arts combat simulator: 70 vital points, 5 archetypes, authentic Taekkyeon & Hapkido techniques. Cultural preservation through gaming."> |
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Two tags are currently on the same line (og:locale:alternate and og:description). This makes the head section harder to maintain and increases the risk of accidental edits/merge conflicts. Please split them onto separate lines with consistent indentation.
| <meta property="og:locale:alternate" content="zh_CN"> <meta property="og:description" content="Korean martial arts combat simulator: 70 vital points, 5 archetypes, authentic Taekkyeon & Hapkido techniques. Cultural preservation through gaming."> | |
| <meta property="og:locale:alternate" content="zh_CN"> | |
| <meta property="og:description" content="Korean martial arts combat simulator: 70 vital points, 5 archetypes, authentic Taekkyeon & Hapkido techniques. Cultural preservation through gaming."> |
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Improved head section maintainability by splitting two meta tags that were on the same line (og:locale:alternate and og:description) onto separate lines with consistent indentation. Co-authored-by: pethers <1726836+pethers@users.noreply.github.com>
Fixed in commit 73e6bab. Split the two meta tags onto separate lines with consistent tab indentation for better maintainability. |
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The ampersand is being HTML-escaped inside an HTML comment. Entities are not parsed in comments, so this will render literally as “&” in the source and reduces readability. Consider keeping a plain “&” in comments and only escaping ampersands in text nodes / attribute values that are actually parsed.
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The ampersand is being HTML-escaped inside an HTML comment. Entities aren’t interpreted in comments, so this will appear literally as “&” in the source and hurts readability. Suggest reverting to a plain “&” in the comment while keeping escaping for headings/text/attributes.
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HTML entities aren't parsed in comments, so & displays literally as "&" in source. Changed to plain & in comments for better readability while keeping escaped & in actual HTML content. Co-authored-by: pethers <1726836+pethers@users.noreply.github.com>
Fixed in commit 514ce44. Changed |
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Fix HTML Entity Encoding - Complete Implementation ✅
Changes Summary
Fixed 44 HTML files with proper ampersand encoding (1,875 fixes total):
index.html,services.html,blog.html,why-hack23.html,black-trigram-features.html,cia-features.html,projects.htmlindex_sv.html,index_da.html,index_de.html,index_fi.html,index_fr.html,index_nl.htmlcia-compliance-manager-features_sv.html,discordian-monitoring-logging_de.htmlTechnical Implementation
Context-aware encoding algorithm that:
<script>tags before processing©, ,", etc.&in comments (entities not parsed there)What Is Preserved ✅
©renders as © (not broken as&copy;)&kept in<script type="application/ld+json">blocks&&logic operators remain functional&for source readability (entities not parsed in comments)&in attributes not double-encodedWhat Is Fixed ✅
Security & Quality→Security & QualityDetection & Response→Detection & ResponseATT&CK→ATT&CKMonitoring & Logging→Monitoring & LoggingCode Quality ✅
Validation ✅
All 44 files pass
html-validatewith 0no-raw-characterserrors.Correct implementation:
Comprehensive fix addressing all HTML validation issues while maintaining functionality and source code readability.
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