Yes, that sorted it, it was the rich text editor after all! everything is working splendidly now, thanks!
ok, now i’ve commented out pretty much everything filter wise, and it’s still doing it. any ideas??
i’ve tried both of them and it still filters out my < p > tags.
any other ideas? when i comment out clean_pre, it shows my < p > tags in the preview but theyre not in the database… weird?