Content keeps bunching up when editing.
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Hi guys,
I just have a quick question for you – when I go back and edit older posts, usually to insert a link or photo, it seems to take all the spacing out of my post and leaves the text and photos all bunched up together? The only way I have found to correct it is to insert the invisible horizontal lines which takes time….
Any ideas why this is happening and what I can do about it?
Many thanks in advance!
Hannah
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Hey Hannah – That certainly shouldn’t be happening! When I go to edit one of your posts, it looks like the correct spacing is still showing up on my side as shown here:
Can you make sure you’re in the Visual Editor as indicated by the arrow in that screenshot?
Also, could you provide a screenshot by uploading it to your Media Library? Screenshot instructions can be found here:
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Hi Jeremey,
Thanks for your reply. It’s strange as it doesn’t happen with all posts, just some. I have just edited the post below, and added some information at the bottom which, even though I am using the visual editor and it looks fine when I update it, the final words have no spacing.. I have gone back into it now and put in some horizontal lines which seems to work.
http://healthygirl.me/2014/11/09/oat-sunflower-seed-loaf/
The screen shot button didn’t work on this computer but I will try and upload a shot to my media library when it next happens. Thanks for your help,
Hannah
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Hi Hannah,
Did you copy and paste the content from elsewhere by chance? I believe this formatting is being caused by some unnecessary tags like this:
<div class="aloha-promise-red-head"></div> <div class="aloha-promise-bullet-text">• Created honestly and with love</div> <div class="aloha-promise-bullet-text">• Tested far beyond government regulations</div>Can you try removing the “div” tags surrounding your text and see if that helps?
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Hi Jeremey,
Yes this link was copy and pasted, but I’ve had this happen with my own words several times. I just went in to edit and it has done the same again – taken out the spacing and bunched the content up together. I have left it so you can see what I mean. I also removed the ‘divs’ but I think I have made it worse! I will have to go in and put some lines in to create space later as I don’t want to leave it looking like that.
http://healthygirl.me/2014/11/09/oat-sunflower-seed-loaf/
Many thanks for your help,
Hannah
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The “Oat Sunflower Seed Loaf” post looks like it’s formatted correctly and should retain the spaces even with the hr tags removed. For example, I removed the hr tag between your top two paragraphs. This was the result when I previewed the text:
You’ll want to just make sure you have a blank line in between each paragraph. Can you try removing the horizontal lines so we can see how this looks?
Just a note, when pasting from other areas, I highly recommend using the plain text paste described here:
This helps to strip any unnecessary formatting and HTML tags. Then, you can format it on WordPress.com prior to publishing.
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Hello again,
I had to go back in and change the post yesterday as I had someone coming to view it, but yes you are right, I have now removed the lines and it all seems okay…. I’m not sure what’s going on there but it looks fine now so all good :) I have often found it looks fine when editing but changes when I update it, but this one is okay now. Thanks for the tips and for your help with this, it is much appreciated.
http://healthygirl.me/2014/11/09/oat-sunflower-seed-loaf/
Hannah
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