Paragraph spacing

[bulldogrebel]

Sorry for my dumbness.

I've had my blog for several months now. I'm sure there's a simple fix, but I can't seem to get any spacing between paragraphs. All of my long, boring posts look like one big blob of text. It's visually overwhelming.

Also, any chance of a spell checker for some of my relatives that were never into "book learnin'"?

Any assistance without making fun of me too much would be appreciated.

[stm999999999]

do you use nl2br or did you have real <p>-Paragraphs?

It last one: You can edit your style.css like this

.serendipity_entry p {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

[bulldogrebel]

Stephan,

Thanks for your speedy reply. The truth of the matter is that I just don't know that much about blog software. I'm great at other computer stuff...but not this.

When I finish a paragraph I hit ENTER twice hoping to get a double-space between paragraphs. It just doesn't turn out that way.

Any simple advice that a weirdo like me could understand?

I have accessed the plugins but I don't know exactly what they do.

[stm999999999]

try the plugin nl2br, this should convert every newline to a break.

If it does not work, can you tell us your URL?

[bulldogrebel]

I'm using version 2.3. Not sure if that makes a difference.

My URL is: http://bulldogrebel.com/cgi-bin/cblog/

I don't see anything mentioned about nl2br. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Sorry for the trouble.

[stm999999999]

Äh, version 2.3 of what?


to your problem:

As you can see in the html-source-code:

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off the plane into waiting hearses.</p><p></p><p /><p>The reason I tell you
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you are producing real paragraphs - do you use one of the WYSIWYG-editors of s9y?


So, you have a file style.css in ... hm ... ok, if you are not so familiar with that, let us try another way:

In your admin-backend - you can add a html nugget (I do not know the englich term, I use the german version). There you insert:

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<style type="text/css">

.serendipity_entry p { 
margin-bottom: 10px;; 
}

</style>

then you can play with the value, until it fits your wishes.

[bulldogrebel]

You've been so much help. I thank you for your time. I'll give it a try and be back here tomorrow night with the results.

Thanks again.

Off to bed.

[stm999999999]

Äh, version 2.3 of what?

Ah, I see, you mean your are using the template "serendipity v2.3"! To see, what my code above will do, change your template by teh template dropdown to "MT3 - Independence" e.g. - there is a code like mine in the template.

BTW try some of them, they are much more beautifull in my point of view.

[dogshed]

Äh, version 2.3 of what?

Ah, I see, you mean your are using the template "serendipity v2.3"! To see, what my code above will do, change your template by teh template dropdown to "MT3 - Independence" e.g. - there is a code like mine in the template.

BTW try some of them, they are much more beautifull in my point of view.

I changed to MT3 and that works for me. I think there should either be some space or a first line indent on paragraph tags.

I saw where to put sidebar nuggets. Is that where I would put the nugget you describe?

-Jeff