In website content operation, we often encounter situations where we need to uniformly process a large number of articles, such as for content standardization, SEO optimization needs, or preparing to export content to other platforms, where it is necessary to remove HTML tags from the articles.AnQiCMS (AnQiCMS) is a powerful content management system that provides an efficient way to solve such problems.

The Anqi CMS indeed has the ability to remove all HTML tags from all articles under a specified content model in batch.This feature is not just a simple 'one-click remove HTML tags' button, but is achieved by combining the flexible 'batch replacement of article content' feature with powerful regular expression capabilities.This design gives users great freedom, not limited to removing HTML tags, but also to perform more complex text processing.

Core function analysis: Batch replacement of article content

The strength of AnQi CMS lies in its built-in 'Batch Replacement of Article Content' feature.According to the document description, this feature was originally more likely to be used for batch replacement of keywords or links to cope with changes in content strategy or URL adjustments.However, it is the feature of supporting "regular expressions" that enables it to handle advanced text processing tasks such as batch removal of HTML tags.It allows users to define fine-grained matching rules to accurately identify and remove HTML structures from article content.

Operation steps: How to batch remove HTML tags

To use this feature to batch remove HTML tags from articles under a certain content model, you can follow the following steps:

  1. Enter the feature entryFirst, log in to the Anqi CMS backend. Find 'Content Management' in the left navigation bar and click to enter 'Document List'. Here is a collection of all the document content on your website.

  2. Filter target content

  3. Construct a regular expressionFilter the target articles and then find the "Document Keyword Replacement" area in the document list page.Here, you will need to enter the regular expression used to match HTML tags.<\/?\w+\s*[^>]*?>

    The meaning of this regular expression is:

    • <Matches the starting angle bracket of an HTML tag.
    • \/?Matches an optional slash (</tag>Closing tag).
    • \w+：Matches one or more letters, numbers, or underscores (representing a tag name, such asdiv,p,a,img).
    • \s*：Matches zero or more spaces.
    • [^>]*：Matches anything except angle brackets>Any character outside of the tag matches zero or more times (used to match attributes within a tag, likeclass="foo",href="bar").
    • >End of HTML tag closing angle bracket.
    • ?Make*Changes to non-greedy matching, prevents matching multiple tags.
    • Please pay close attention:If the tags you want to remove contain some special characters, or if you have more specific requirements for tag matching, you may need to adjust the regular expression.In the replacement content, leave it blank to indicate that the matched HTML tags should be deleted.

  4. Execute batch replacementEnter the regular expression and confirm that the replacement content is empty, then click the execute button. The system will scan and replace all the main contents of the filtered content model articles according to your settings.

User Value and Application Scenarios

This feature brings multi-faceted value to content operators:

  • Content Standardization and Unification:No matter the source of the content (such as content collection or batch import), the batch replacement feature can be used to uniformly format the content, remove unnecessary HTML tags, and ensure the tidiness of the website content.
  • Multi-platform content distribution:When it is necessary to synchronize the website content to the official accounts, mini-programs, or other plain text platforms, by removing HTML tags, you can easily obtain clean plain text content and reduce the manual cleaning workload.
  • [en] SEO Optimization:Too many or irregular HTML tags may interfere with search engine crawling and content understanding.Removing redundant tags helps improve the relevance and purity of content, thereby indirectly optimizing SEO performance.
  • Data cleaning and migration:This feature is an indispensable tool for cleaning old data and preparing a new content structure when the website is redesigned or data is migrated.

Attention Points and **Practice

  • Be sure to back up first!Batch replacement is an irreversible operation.Before performing any batch operations, it is strongly recommended that you back up the website data completely through the 'Resource Storage and Backup Management' feature of the Anqi CMS, so that you can recover in time in case of any unexpected situations.
  • Small-scale testing:If uncertain about the accuracy of regular expressions, you can first choose an article containing typical HTML tags, manually edit it for replacement, or test it in a non-production environment.
  • Understanding Regular Expressions:If you are not familiar with regular expressions, it is recommended to consult relevant materials or seek professional assistance to avoid incorrect deletion of content due to incorrect expressions.
  • Step-by-step operation:If you need to remove multiple types of HTML tags, or if you need to perform other text processing after removing the tags (such as removing extra spaces or blank lines), you can execute in multiple steps, with each step using a targeted regular expression.

总之，Safe CMS通过其灵活的“文章内容批量替换”功能，完美支持了批量移除指定内容模型下文章HTML标签的需求，为内容管理和运营提供了强大的工具。

Common Questions (FAQ)

Q1: The operation to remove HTML tags in bulk is permanent? Can it be undone if there is a mistake? A1:Yes, the batch replacement operation is permanent. Once executed, the original HTML tags will be removed, and they cannot be directly undone through system functions.Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you must perform a complete backup of the database and files through the backend backup feature of the security CMS before executing such operations. This is the only reliable way to deal with operation errors.

Q2: In addition to removing HTML tags, can I also use this batch replacement feature to do something else? For example, can I remove all images from the article content? A2:Of course, you can.Due to the 'Article Content Bulk Replacement' feature supporting regular expressions, its usage is very extensive.\<img\s+[^>]*?\>），or match specific keywords, links, etc., to achieve more refined content cleaning or modification. The key is to construct an accurate regular expression.

Q3: Which field of the article is used for batch removal of HTML tags?Can the HTML tags in the article body be removed without affecting the title, abstract, or other custom fields? A3:The "Article Content Bulk Replacement" feature of AnQi CMS mainly operates on the "content" (i.e., main text) field of articles.This feature defaults to processing the main content of the article. For independent fields such as titles, summaries, etc., the batch replacement feature usually does not directly affect them.If you have a need to embed HTML tags in custom fields as well and want to remove them, you need to further confirm whether the custom field is also included in the bulk replacement scope.Generally speaking, it mainly acts on the main content of rich text editors.