jQuery serialize error with textarea filed

Question

I\'m using this function, to submit form in the background, with custom messages. It works perfectly, except with textarea fields. I\'ve read that the serialize function has

Answer 1

One thought (if standard usage of jQuery serialize isn't working) is that the markitup code is taking that textarea and do something fancy with it so that it doesn't even act like a textarea anymore. Is there some way in Markitup API to retrieve the data perhaps?