how to make a left-to-right page on a right-to left blog, or the reverse

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  khaledkhalil · Member · Oct 15, 2011 at 12:31 pm

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  i am running an rtl blog (masperotestimonies.wordpress.com) which should have pages in both Arabic and English.
  i have tried tags like “<div dir=ltr>text</div>” but didn’t work.
  “<div align=”left”>text</div>” it do align text on the left, but it isn’t the same as left-to-right, in that the starting and ending punctuations (quotes, points, etc.) are still treated to put as rtl insist.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 15, 2011 at 8:50 pm

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  You may blog in as many languages as you like but the blog can interface can be set up for only one language. You may choose only one language here > Settings > General
  All WordPress.com blogs provide rtl or ltr depending on the language you choose on that page. Would you please post an active link starting with http:// to the blog in question when you post to these forums?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 16, 2011 at 6:15 am

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  Code should be:

  <div align="left" dir="ltr" lang="en">
  LTR CONTENT HERE
  </div>

  Or:

  <div style="text-align:left;" dir="ltr" lang="en">
  LTR CONTENT HERE
  </div>

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  khaledkhalil · Member · Oct 16, 2011 at 11:36 am

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  ah, thanks panaghiotisadam, that worked fine, i had to set both parameters ‘align’ & ‘dir’.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 16, 2011 at 4:37 pm

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  You’re welcome. An additional idea: since your blog is set to RTL, left-aligned ltr text may look a bit strange (since the line endings will be staggered). If you’d prefer aligned line endings, change left in the above codes to justify.