Add whitespace to blog post?

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  mattsnyder · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 5:58 pm

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  I’m trying to add some extra whitespace into a blog post. Since I don’t have CSS support, I’ve tried doing it by adding additional <p> tags,
  tags, etc., but nothing seems to work. Anyone have a suggestion?

  As a side note, I have to say, what’s up with the HTML View? Many of the tags I entered get stripped out (such as the exotic “<p>” tag), tags get changed, thrown out, etc. Wouldn’t the HTML View be a lot simpler to use if it didn’t do all of the post-processing?

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  ronsrealm · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 8:15 pm

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  I insert a letter, or a full stop – it matters not which – for each extra space I need (assuming you’re referring to line spacing), then change the letter colour to white. Of course, that only works if your theme has a white background – I use Mistylook, by Saddish.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 9:10 pm

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  And it only works if the browser is set to display the original colors; some of us prefer to set different ones. If you want something really invisible, you can use this code (in the html editor, of course):
  <div style="visibility:hidden;">ANY_ITEM_HERE</div>
  (Item can be a character, a word, a phrase, an image – anything.)

  But for a blank line you need no more than this:
  <div> </div>

  For adjustable blank space (change the number as you see fit):
  <div style="height:20px;"> </div>

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  mattsnyder · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 10:55 pm

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  Good to know that <div> works…thanks.