WHY DONT THEY FIX LINE SPACING? ITS HILARIOUS
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I can see that the double line spacing problem has been from 2009 here and still no change. What is wrong with wordpress.com?
How can you make a platform that doesnt allow line spacing???
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All themes here perform exactly thw way the web designer designed the theme to operate. If you want to learn yow to format and space your posts and pages see here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/
(2) If you are working in the Visual editor, to get single spacing between paragraphs hold the SHIFT key down and simultaneously click ENTER at the end of the paragraph. If you are working in the HTML editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines.
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P.S. Your username is linked to a free hosted WordPress.com blog that lacks any blogger created content. Please read this WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences If you are referring to a WordPress.org install then you must post to the correct support forum for that software http://wordpress.org/support/ as we cannot help you here with any blog that’s not being free hosted by WordPress.com.
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they should really fix this issue, because the whole wordpress.com website is 100% useless if they wont fix this issue.
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This is a real problem for poets like myself so i agree with @mkaskima about this. I don’t understand why WP won’t fix this either. My poems are never lined up the way they should be, and if i do manage to get them line spaced correctly, once the post is saved it reverts back. Stupid nonsense. There must be thousands of poets blogging here yet WP won’t make the line spacing work correctly. I want my poems lined a certain way, and i cannot do that with WP. It’s not rocket science, it’s line spacing, surely it’s not too difficult to make it work?
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Have you tried following this guide?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/writing-and-formatting-poetry/
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@mkaskima
@tindywrenpoetry
You are completely off base by demanding a “fix” for something that is not broken~!Blog editors an are not word processors. Moroever, wordpresscessors like Microdsoft WORD are not even compliant.
The line spacing in your blogs is determined by the coding in the underlying template. I provided what works above and you say it doesn’t. Well I’ve been using them for 6 1/2 years and they do work.
@tindywrenpoetry
There are instructions for formatting powetry in the blog editor provided here in the support documentation > http://en.support.wordpress.com/writing-and-formatting-poetry/ -
Oooh pardon me for agreeing something needed fixing. For a poet it IS something that needs fixing. But don’t worry i’ll go and hang my head in shame for daring to speak up.
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As a blogger you will have to learn how to use the software you have chosen to use if you want your poetry to be read. Both myself and Staff provided the link to the documentation you need to read and to follow http://en.support.wordpress.com/writing-and-formatting-poetry/
I wish you all the best with mastering that concept and the learning curve involved. -
No, the shift key thing + enter thing does not work, the break in html code thing does not work either.
Indeed it’s not rocket science and wordpress could at least fix this issue of number 1 importance.
This issue is like trying to type a book without using words.
Let’s think about it a bit:
If those tips had worked for me, I wouldn’t be here right now, now would I?
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@timethief I am not lacking in intelligence, and so i am quite capable of ‘mastering that concept’. Which i did years ago. It’s a shame that ‘concept’ is faulty though.
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I’ll look into it tomorrow.
Look into what? Where the blog is ie. the URL for the exact blog your are working on starting with http:// canbot be a mystery to you. Post the link and Staff will enter the blog from the backend and ascertain exactly what your problem is today — no need to wait for tomorrow.
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No, the shift key thing + enter thing does not work, the break in html code thing does not work either.
…works for me. Maybe you’re not using the proper ‘shift’ key. Maybe you could publish a post so we can see what it is you’re doing wrong / right? That might help.
@tindywrenpoetry: this is as good as it gets, use it or don’t. You’re an intelligent, capable human being, who ‘gets it’, find a work around. Somehow I’ve managed in the past to write out George Bowering poems on a WP blog using only standard HTML, and they look just like the ones in his books.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/writing-and-formatting-poetry/
Holding TT responsible for your not being able to get things just right is… lets say, silly.
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i am quite capable of ‘mastering that concept’. Which i did years ago. It’s a shame that ‘concept’ is faulty though.
I don’t know what you think you mastered. If you are referring to being matsreful while stating software is broken when it isn’t, then you are perching on a broken branch. When it comes to the concept in question I don’t we are on the same page. Specifically, I’m not clear on how the concept of accepting the fact that the software is not broken and learning how to work with it amounts to a faulty concept.
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WordPress is open-source software, so anyone can write a fix for this if they want. Go for it; I’m sure a lot of bloggers would welcome it.
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Do I have to make my blog public for that?
It’s http://cannamellia.wordpress.com but set to private.At first the line spacing worked normal, but then at a random time it suddenly became impossible to use. And I don’t remember changing any settings or anything, which is very strange.
Then I made this account and tried making posts with line spacing on this account again, but it didn’t work on this account either.
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