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As far as allowing certain tags in various components, have a look at the filters files in the various components folders. Pick the filter you want to get rid of (strip_tags for example) and then just add a remove_filter call to your functions.php file.

It’d be a very good idea to write your own function that adds some kind of security back in, though. You don’t want to leave your front door wide open…