Single space lines and double space in between stanzas

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    chrismcbeth · Member ·

    Hi,
    Sorry but it’s rather strange that the simplest of formatting elements, i.e., single space and then double space in between stanzas (of my poem) is utterly impossible to do on my site!
    Could someone kindly tell me how to single space and then add a double space?
    Why is this so difficult with all the formatting options? I used to be a Word Processor and to me this is formatting 101…
    Thanks
    Steven Orr
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  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi Steven,

    Is this on https://chrismcbeth.wordpress.com/?

    Content on websites are written in HTML, and HMTL doesn’t like whitespace. So empty lines are automatically removed if you add them in. In this sense websites work completely different from word processors, which use RTF (Rich Text Format), rather than HTML.

    Pressing Enter at the end of a line causes a new paragraph to be created in HTML, so that should always add a single blank line between paragraphs. If you want to also add line breaks without adding a blank line, you need to press Shift-Enter.

    If you press Enter twice to leave two blank lines, the extra blank line will always be deleted as soon as you update.

    The way to get around this is to use the Verse Block in the editor. When you use that block, your content is wrapped in a special HTML tag that preserves spacing, between words and between lines, exactly the way you enter it.

    Verse Block

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