Manifest title, how to customize?

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  nancygreendesign · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 pm

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  I have a long title for a recent blog post that is on two lines. How can I determine where the sentence breaks? It automatically breaks in a way that is not logical. Can I customize that?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 8:02 pm

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  Hopefully, this may help you:

  The space before the last word of a title is automatically converted into a non-breaking space, to prevent “orphans” (a single word as the last line of a paragraph). This happens no matter what the theme. The only way to override it is paste this right before the last word (minus the spaces):
  & # 8 2 0 1;
  That’s the HTML entity for a thin space: it will allow a line break between the last two words.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twenty-thirteen-line-break-in-post-titles?replies=11#post-1244656

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  nancygreendesign · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 9:39 pm

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  Thank you so much, though I’m not sure I really understand.

  How the title reads now:

  The Night I Cheated On Tango With The Salsa
  King Of Siberia

  How I would like it to read:

  The Night I Cheated On Tango
  WithThe Salsa King Of Siberia

  When I insert the code you recommend it does not change the line break and the code becomes part of the title.

  What am I doing wrong and not understanding?

  Thank you for your help.

  Nancy

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 9:44 pm

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  I’ll tag this thread for a Staff explanation. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  nancygreendesign · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 9:48 pm

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  Thank you and I will be patient.
  But of course I have to ask…how do I subscribe to the thread?
  By checking the notification box?

  Nancy

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 9:49 pm

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  Yes. It’s under every comment box.
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  kardotim · Member · Aug 15, 2013 at 1:27 pm

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  When I insert the code you recommend it does not change the line break and the code becomes part of the title.

  Did you use this exact code? without space in between the characters.

  & # 8 2 0 1;

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  nancygreendesign · Member · Aug 15, 2013 at 1:42 pm

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  Yes, this time I did as you recommended and used the exact code without spaces. The code then becomes wavy symbol in the sentence. And still breaks in the wrong place.

  I have been in contact with WordPress and the person I was working with said I’d have to upgrade to be able to change the format. He gave me the code to change the format of the title section. Much too complicated for me. I think ‘m going to either shorten the title or use M-dashes to fill the space which then allows for the second part of the title to be pushed to the next line.

  Thank you so much for you help, I really appreciate it.

  Nancy