Rich text editor turned off, how to insert tab spaces?
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Hi,
How do you insert tabbed spaces when you have the rich text editor turned off?
Many thanks.
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i’m not aware of a method.
you can indent a paragraph
<blockquote>like this</blockquote>
but some themes add styling to blockquotes.if you need to enter multiple spaces in a row, you can try this:
that adds spaces as html characters (alternated with real spaces), so wordpress might not strip them out. -
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oh, another option if you’re copying and pasting:
use
<pre>some text with tabs</pre>which will cause wordpress to read the tab character properly, if you’re pasting in from a text editor (or word processor) that has tabs.
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Hi sunburntkamel (or anyone else who can answer the question):
Sorry, I’m not very familiar with codings and whatnot. What you just described up there about inserting multiple spaces in a row…how do you enter those symbols in the post editor? Do you have to go to the “Code” tab in order to do so? This is what I did in the “Code” tab:
& nbsp; text text text
But those symbols still show up in the “Visual” tab as well (instead of showing as spaces) Am I doing something wrong here?
I’ve been searching high and low for a way to insert a few spaces before the start of a paragraph (I didn’t want to use tab as it would mess up the format of how I want it to look). So if anyone could help me out with this, I’d appreciate it very much. Thanks!
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You need to use exactly the symbols he showed you, and you need to put them in the Code tab. Then, when you click over to the Visual side, things should look just fine.
The easiest way to have a few spaces at teh start of a paragraph is to use a template that does this automatically. Next easiest is to get the CSS upgrade and code it in IF you know how to use CSS. You can also insert an image that is a certain number of pixels wide but only one high, and the same colour as the background. That would work.
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Thanks raincoaster! Another question I have about that insert-symbol trick is how would it affect my RSS feeds? Would that mean all the RSS feeds of my posts would have ” ” showing on the first line of every paragraph?
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Yes, they will. That’s one reason why the other options are better. Try what SBK suggested, using exactly the letters he showed you, inserted in the Code tab. See how that works.
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Alright, it does work! But I guess I’m gonna have to scrap that if it’ll show up in my feeds. If I use the insert-image method, would I eventually run out of space on my free account if I keep having to upload the image. Yeah, stupid question :/
And sorry for the multiple posts at first. My Internet connection was shaky and the page refresh went wild.
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No worries; it’s been doing that for a few days now.
You shouldn’t have to keep re-uploading the image. Upload it once, then just grab the URL from the Edit Upload page and use that every time.
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