diff --git a/fp-includes/core/core.wp-default-filters.php b/fp-includes/core/core.wp-default-filters.php
index a679fc2..8a87340 100755
--- a/fp-includes/core/core.wp-default-filters.php
+++ b/fp-includes/core/core.wp-default-filters.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ add_filter('pre_comment_author_url', 'trim');
 
 
 add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'stripslashes', 1);
+add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'fmt_escape_separator', 1);
 //add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses');
 add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'wp_rel_nofollow', 15);
 add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'balanceTags', 30);
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ add_filter('comment_url', 'clean_url');
 add_filter('comment_text', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('comment_text', 'make_clickable');
 add_filter('comment_text', 'wpautop', 30);
-//add_filter('comment_text', 'convert_smilies', 20);
+add_filter('comment_text', 'fmt_unescape_separator');
 
 add_filter('comment_excerpt', 'convert_chars');
 
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@ add_filter('content_save_pre', 'balanceTags', 50);
 add_filter('excerpt_save_pre', 'balanceTags', 50);
 add_filter('comment_save_pre', 'balanceTags', 50);
 
+
+add_filter('title_save_pre', 'fmt_escape_separator');
+add_filter('content_save_pre', 'fmt_escape_separator');
+add_filter('excerpt_save_pre', 'fmt_escape_separator');
+add_filter('comment_save_pre', 'fmt_escape_separator');
+
+
 // Clean & add entities (delegated to plugins)
 /*
 add_filter('content_save_pre', 'wp_specialchars');
@@ -65,14 +73,18 @@ add_filter('comment_save_pre', 'wp_specialchars');
 // Misc. title, content, and excerpt filters
 add_filter('the_title', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('the_title', 'trim');
+add_filter('the_title', 'fmt_unescape_separator');
 
 //add_filter('the_content', 'convert_smilies');
 add_filter('the_content', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('the_content', 'wpautop');
+add_filter('the_content', 'fmt_unescape_separator');
 
 //add_filter('the_excerpt', 'convert_smilies');
 add_filter('the_excerpt', 'convert_chars');
 add_filter('the_excerpt', 'wpautop');
+add_filter('the_excerpt', 'fmt_unescape_separator');
+
 add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
 
 add_filter('sanitize_title', 'sanitize_title_with_dashes');
@@ -92,4 +104,4 @@ add_filter('the_author', 'ent2ncr', 8);
 // Actions
 //add_action('publish_post', 'generic_ping');
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/fp-includes/core/core.wp-formatting.php b/fp-includes/core/core.wp-formatting.php
index abbec53..d041097 100644
--- a/fp-includes/core/core.wp-formatting.php
+++ b/fp-includes/core/core.wp-formatting.php
@@ -121,24 +121,23 @@
 		}
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	function fmt_escape_separator($text, $sep='|') {
+		
+		return str_replace( '|', '|', $text );
+			
+	}
+
+	function fmt_unescape_separator($text, $sep='|') {
+		
+		return str_replace('|',  '|', $text );
+			
+	}
 	
 	function wp_specialchars( $text, $quotes = 0 ) {
 		// Like htmlspecialchars except don't double-encode HTML entities
-		// added by NoWhereMan -----
-		
-		$text = str_replace( '|', '|', $text );
-		
-		
-		/*
-			I was drunk, wasn't I? --NWM
-		
-		//$text = str_replace(' & ', ' & ', $text);
-		// -------------------------
-		//$text = str_replace('"', '"', $text);
-		
-		*/
-		
-		
+	
+	
 		$text = preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z12]{1,8};)/', '&$1', $text);
 		$text = str_replace('<', '&lt;', $text);
 		$text = str_replace('>', '&gt;', $text);