space at beginning of blog
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Until recently, I was able to type at the top of my blog so I’d have a space before my first text. I think it looks nicer than all jumbled up. The last few days, even if I save draft after typing that code, it disappears. Any suggestions? My blog is http://www.thesedaysofmine.com Thanks for any help!
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Until recently, I was able to type at the top of my blog so I’d have a space before my first text.
I’m sorry but I do not understand exactly where you mean. Aside from entering a Title and Tagline here > Settings > General which are need for search engine indexing but may be hidden on some themes, we can only enter text into posts or pages so I need you to clarify exactly what has changed for you. Have you changed themes?
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To display code here, you need to paste it between backticks (see below Reply text field).
You mean you typed this:
<br />
That’s no way to add space. That’s the html for a line break: the post editor quite rightly considers it pointless when inserted before any line, so it gets removed when you switch to Visual. See here for stable solutions:Formatting text pt. 1: blank lines, alignment, wrap-around, two columns
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Sorry I wasn’t clearer: I type (ampersand nbsp semi-colon) at the top of my blog post before typing any text. I immediately “save draft” after typing in the code. If you look at today’s post:
http://boonstoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/mums-11-8-2011-4-32-10-pm.jpg
You’ll see there’s no space above the sentence that begins: “scuse me”Compared to last Tuesday’s post:
http://thesedaysofmine.com/page/7/
where there’s a space above the first sentence.But I think I may have realized the problem, although I don’t understand it. We recently bought a new computer with Windows 7, and there must be an issue there. It appears that creating the space still works on my older computer…
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@boonstoon – your first link you’ve given is to your image file’s attachment page, not your post.
In case it’s of any use, I get round this problem when it occurs by typing a dot for each line I want a space in and then changing the dot to the same colour as my background (white).
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Well, I have no idea how that image file link got there! Anyway – here’s the link today’s post:
http://thesedaysofmine.com/2011/11/14/sundae-says-please-and-thank-you/I’ll try using your dot trick. Thanks!
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@boonstoon: the nbsp isn’t a way to add space either. It’s the HTML entity for a non-breaking space between two words. When used alone, the editor will again consider it pointless and strip it out. Please study the post I linked to.
@absurdoldbird: That’s a well-known workaround but not a good one. The dots will show in your RSS feed, they’ll show in themes that display excerpts on the front page, they’ll show if one copy-pastes your text, and they’ll show for users (like me) who set their browser to display different colors than the original ones of the pages they visit.
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All I know is the nbsp worked for me for months…..at the top of my post. And still does when I write my post on the older computer. But I’ll check out your link for more options. Thanks!
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