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Paragraph spacing
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:08 am
by 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.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:28 am
by 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;
}
To tell you the truth...
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:35 am
by 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.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:18 am
by stm999999999
try the plugin nl2br, this should convert every newline to a break.
If it does not work, can you tell us your URL?
Me again
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:28 am
by 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.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:46 am
by 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
all of this is because everywhere I go I see those magnets on
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.
Stephan
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:52 am
by 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.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:55 am
by stm999999999
stm999999999 wrote: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.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:25 pm
by dogshed
stm999999999 wrote:stm999999999 wrote: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