Disappearing HTML causing pacing issues?! Please help quickly.
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I’ve been working all afternoon on my “Press Kit” project in my portfolio. I used HTML to add columns to several sections and had everything properly spaced using several times after each section with columns. I “updated” the project several times throughout the process and when I had finished it looked perfect. I navigated away from the page and suddenly the ‘s have all been deleted, as have the line spacing with the column content itself. I do not have the time to do all of this again and it is not presentable in its current state. I have already tried clearing my browser history and emptying the cache, and nothing has changed. What is going on?
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I am not seeing the columns now, but I suspect that’s because you deleted them. Is that the case?
As you discovered the hard way, adding spaces is not a reliable way to format content on the web. The best way to add columns to your pages is to use tables. Here’s a table generator tool you can use if you’d like to go back to columns on this, or any other page:
http://www.tablesgenerator.com/html_tables
Let me know if you have any questions, or need additional help with that!
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Hi!
Yes, I deleted them because it wasn’t very visually appealing. I visited the link you sent and created a table as per the instructions. I then tried to insert the CSS into the project’s page in the Customize mode, but nothing happened. Is there another way of creating columns? Or did I miss a step?
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Hello again,
Sorry- I just realized it was HTML not CSS! Duh. I entered it as HTML this time and everything seems to be working so far. Thanks again!
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Wonderful! Glad it’s working. Let me know if you run into any more difficulties, and I’ll be happy to help.
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Hi! Thanks very much. So the columns are back in as tables and are staying where they should be, which is great, but the line spacing is still wonky. Sometimes it displays as single lines and others 1.5 lines, despite me using < b r > (without the spaces) between each one. Some tables are fine, but the ones closer to the bottom of the page are not. Is there a way of fixing this?
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It looks like the problem occurs when entries break onto two lines. Making your table wider so the line breaks aren’t necessary could take care of that.
The other option to try is adding each entry in it’s own cell. For example, Notable Ensembles is now a table with two columns and one row. Try creating a table with 2 columns and 7 rows.
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Hi!
Thanks again for your response. I can’t make the tables wide enough to accommodate the entire row of text because the page is not wide enough. I’ve tried the larger table idea with each “paragraph” in its own row, and I’ve tried it with each line in its own row. the spacing errors are fixed, but neither option seems to allow to a break between entries, ex:
blah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blahblah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blahIs there a way of leaving a whole row blank (like the one between the two groups of text above)? I’ve tried using spaces and the enter key, but neither show up. Maybe just a bunch of separate tables for each time I need the break? I’m really surprised that adding columns is this difficult…
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Is there a way of leaving a whole row blank (like the one between the two groups of text above)?
Absolutely. Using the table generator, just set the table size to include one more row than you need for your content, and position the empty row where you want the space.
I’m really surprised that adding columns is this difficult…
This is definitely one of the areas where the differences between formatting a document and formatting a website becomes clear.
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But that’s just it- that’s what I’ve tried, and the empty row gets eaten. So as I said, I tried to put spaces in it and tried to press the enter key in it to give the row something to hold so that maybe it wouldn’t disappear, but with no luck.
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I can’t attach images to this, but I took screenshots of what I did and its result and uploaded them to a separate page on my site:
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Here’s a way to add the code for an empty row in manually. Go to the text view of the table and add the following code where you want the line break.
<tr> <td > </td> <td> </td> </tr>I got this to work on my test site, but wasn’t able to test it on your site, so if there are unexpected results let me know and we’ll adjust from there.
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