Imported okay but I can’t change format

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    vegetablejapan · Member ·

    I had no trouble importing my blog from blogger BUT because of the differences in the stylesheets I want to re-format the length of some of the lines and remove the word wrap around images, which is acting strangely.

    I tried to edit but with no luck; the changes appear in the rich text editor but won’t “save”.

    Is there anything I can do?

    Thanks for any/all help

    vegetablejapan

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    The formatting is relatively restricted here, because we share blogging backbone and if you make changes on your blog, you could potentially change things for everyone using that template.

    Your best bet, if you really want to make these changes on a regular basis, is to purchase the CSS upgrade and then you can change the look of your theme to work the way you want it to.

    Second choice is to use the Code editor and hand-code the whole thing.

    To just end a line where you wish, you should be able to hit Enter. If you want it single-spaced, hold the Shift key down when you do it.

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    drmike · Member ·

    Mmmm, actually this one looks pretty well wrapped. Was this how it came across or is this one modified?

    If you do pick up teh css upgrade, you may want to look at the sandbox theme as you can set the widths pretty well in that one.

  • Unknown's avatar
    vegetablejapan · Member ·

    Thank you for your quick replies! I figured out that I can use a combination of code and the editor to fix the problem, though it takes quite a bit of back and forth to get the spacing right.

    For anyone else with this issue just add the code:
    <p align=”left”> </p>
    ( adds a blank line) to space down your text. It seems to push the text down “ignoring” the image. That is, the image doesn’t move.

    What I didn’t understand is that the code changes while the editor re-displays pre-change visuals. If you go to code you can make changes that stick, though the post-save editor won’t show the changes in the editing window.

    It will take some work but now I feel I have some control. :)

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