can’t post poetry

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    franceskakugawa · Member ·

    why can’t I post poetry with the right spacing? They all appear without correct spacing.
    Most frustrating.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Websites are written in a language called HTML, an HTML doesn’t like empty space. So any extra spaces you add in any HTML editor on the web will automatically be stripped out once you save it.

    To prevent this you need to use a special HTML tag, <pre>, that preserves anything you add inside it exactly in the way you add it, including extra spaces. In the WordPress.com editor, you can use that by inserting the Verse block into your post – that block is specifically designed for writing poetry, and will let you insert single-line breaks, as well as keep any spacing, indentation, or blank lines you insert:

    Verse Block

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