STILL UNRESOLVED:
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By the way, you can get an HTML attribute like <p> to show up correctly in the comments by typing <p>.
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thanks for the extra info. those are major drawbacks, so i’ll change the css sheet with a plugin- I think that’s the best option.
still, i find it weird, for such a widely used piece of software there’s no real solution when you want just three lines of white space, or four, or five, between two pieces of text.
am i right or what?
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It’s a bit counterintuitive when you’re not used to it, but it’s actually how everything you see on the web works. HTML ignores whitespace, and the formatting is handled by the browser based on the CSS.
Most word processors (Word, OpenOffice Writer, etc.) let you define and work with styles. Personally, I find it odd when people hit return a couple of times to add space between paragraphs, which is a sort of “typewriter” mentality. It’s kind of like buying a sports car and then hooking it up to the team of horses that pull your carriage in order to get around. :-)
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LOL, singular!
@Sid
html editor seems to be the best solution meanwhile. To learn more, try to switch normal page of msword to html page — there you’ll be able to see better of what you CAN do :-) -
lovely comparison :-)
but still, dear sing/cont.,forget the mentioning of me hitting enters, i know and you’re right.
but how about this:if i enter multiple [p] or [br] tags on my other website, it just gives me more space, or a line, if I so choose.
i find it weird, even with the diff. between html and word processing, that WP strips away all these tags – i did insert them with reason…
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HTML ignores whitespace, and the formatting is handled by the browser based on the CSS.
[/blockquote]but could the formatting based on the CSS just let me have a little space when I want it?
I feel cornered.
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I suspect WordPress is just trying to be “helpful” by getting rid of what it thinks are extraneous tags. I’ve had the same cornered feeling when a word-processor hijacks my syntax and word choice (I really dislike some of the autocorrect features).
Unfortunately, the current visual editor doesn’t seem to give us the option to tell it “quit helping me, already!”. I wish it did. So far as I can tell, the best solution here on wordpress.com is to get the Custom CSS upgrade, put in something like
.spacepar {
margin-top: 5px;
}
And, when you’re writing a post, jump into the HTML editor to make sure that the paragraph tags have a class attribute:
<p class="spacepar">Like this one.</p>
That way, the formatting of all the paragraphs with that class will be consistent, and if you decide to change the spacing on them, you can just update the stylesheet in your dashboard.Maybe not idea, but I hope it helps…
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too bad, the typo made me laugh and started me thinking: if it wasn’t an idea, what could it have been?
anyway, i’ll get together with a friend who’s faster with css than me, and, using your advice and the upgrade, i think we’ll get somewhere.
thanks, member with the long name!
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btw: just took a look at your blog. i thought sing/cont. was sort of a matrix nickname. but no, it’s part of a far more intricate plot…
best of luck with the symbols, you never get mixed up?
:-)
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I don’t get mixed up often – although sometimes two authors will use the same symbol to mean two similiar, but different, things. That can get tricky to sort out.
Good luck with the CSS!
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