Ordered List Numbers Not Showing in Main Area
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I am having a problem getting my ordered list to indent and display within the text area. It is also deleting the spacing that I would like between each listed item and before the list begins.
I am currently using the Neo-Sapien theme. Here is a link to a test page I created displaying the problem:
http://cavscourt.wordpress.com/?p=166&preview=true
Any help would be greatly appreciated…Thanks.
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I get a “Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here” at the link you provided above.
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That’s a preview page link: it only exists for the blog administrator. You got it while you were writing the post and used the Preview button, but it’s not a link to a live page. Can you publish that post and grab the URL of the post once it’s published?
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I put Neo Sapien up on my test blog and ground my teeth when I couldn’t get a satisfactory result from the text rich editor Tiny MCE. I then shut the dang thing off temporarily -> Users -> Profile and I used the standard editor. I got a better result.
First I deleted all the numbers.
Then was able to group get a blank line between each of the points.
Lastly, I was also able to indent each point and insert the number before it.I have previously learned that when I switch to the standard editor I can get a blank line between numbered points. You cannot do that with Tiny MCE the programming will eliminate the blank line every time.
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I use the rich text editor, and just tested this on my own NeoSapien blog, and it seemed to work correctly on mine.
Are you using any code or tags, and if so please show us what you’re using here, placing the code between backticks, the little mark below the ~ on your keyboard. I can only think that one of your tags is overriding the correct spacing, because it should be indented. And no, you won’t be able to get a space between each item I don’t think (unless you use TT’s manual workaround), because that’s the way WordPress likes its displayed lists. Very annoying I agree.
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TT,
I disabled the rich text editor as you said and tried to create a list on a new page…Still having the same problem.RC, I copied the code surrounding the list items in my editor…Here it is:
<ol> <li>This is the first item. This is the first item. This is the first item. This is the first item. This is the first item. This is the first item. This is the first item.</li> <li>This is the second item. This is the second item. This is the second item. This is the second item. This is the second item. This is the second item.</li> <li>This is the third item. This is the third item. This is the third item. This is the third item. This is the third item. This is the third item. This is the third item.</li> <li>This is the fourth item. This is the fourth item. This is the fourth item. This is the fourth item. This is the fourth item. This is the fourth item.</li> </ol> -
Well what can I say my list looks great. Each point is indented and there’s a blank line between each point. Are you sure you deleted the numbers and proceeded in exactly the same order I stated above?
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That looks identical to the code on my blog. I do not know why it would be displaying differently on yours.
If you put a blockquote in there, surrounding the list, that would indent it at least. and you can use the /br tag to force spaces, if memory serves.
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You can force spaces two ways
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N.B. The space <br {space}/> is essential.
But why go through all that hoop jumping? You can do what I did in the standard editor as easy as pie.
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The blockquote is making it work, however adding the blockquote using this theme puts a white bkgrd behind the list, which may cause my readers to think it’s a direct quote, as I’ve used it before when quoting a source.
I’ll continue to work on it for an hour or so.
TT, can you post a link to your test page with it working without the blockquote, and post the code.
Thank you both for your help.
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Sure I’ll take the blockquote off.
Edit: I edited and I removed the blockquote. Then I clicked “save” and guess flipping what …Your server is going through a few minutes of routine maintenance. Please don’t touch your browser for a few minutes.
http://islandtimethief.wordpress.com/
Note: I inserted 6 (six) spaces before I typed in each number on each point.
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For some reason when I use the ordered list icon in the editor, it flushes the numbers against the left margin, but I just went in and manually entered the numbers and about 5-6 spaces between each line (per TT’s suggestion). Besides the fact that the list isn’t indented under the paragraph, it looks like I’m getting what I wanted.
You two were great…Thanks.
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Hmmm … what I meant when I said this: “I inserted 6 (six) spaces before I typed in each number on each point” and what you took it to mean are two different things.
I inserted 5-6 clicks of the space bar prior to typing in a number like 1 or 2. And to get the blank line between paragraphs I simply inserted 2 carriage returns.
Anyway, I’m glad this finally worked for you in the end. I’ll go make my test blog private again.
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