Post edited 3:03 pm – July 2, 2010 by BartC

Hi Jeremy,

As a newbie to WP and Techozoic I have a raft of questions. I'll post them as separate Qs:

So here is #5:

The page/post text editor in the WP dashboard is not exactly a WYSIWYG view, by design. However, for us newbies, it sometimes is quite frustrating.

I would on occasion like to have a blank line between paragraphs. And, of course, a simple Enter does not do it. That blank line is ignored by the HTML code.

I have resorted to using a line with three dots as a place holder for the blank. I have tried Ctrl-Enter, and a bunch of other combos, all to now avail.

How is that done?

The site is HERE.

This is on WPv3 and Techozoic v 1.8.7

Thanks
bc

Jeremy,

OK, so there is something I am missing here. I selected the code (which I take to be a paragraph tag, with a space the only content.)

Using the HTML version of the page, I insert it on a line all by itself, and update the page. I use a different browser, and look at the page. Indeed there is a blank line where I placed the code. … so far so good.

I then go back to the page and place another one. Go off and look at the page and indeed there is a blank line where I inserted the second instance of the code, but… the first one disappears!

I look at the HTML version of the page and indeed the first instance of the code is no longer there.

I must be missing something like the 800 pound gorilla, who is just standing in the room, about to sit on me.

The Front Burner

FYI: WP v3.0.1

Post edited 5:32 pm – August 2, 2010 by BartC

OK, I disabled the visual editor. Stuck the code in all places where I wanted it. And, this time it stuck.

However, what will happen if I re-enable the visual editor? And, then happen to load that page again, to fix a typo or some such. Will the visual editor then strip all my blank lines out?

Would '& # 1 6 0 ;' hold any better than '& n b s p ;' ? Actually, how are they different? And, should this 'feature' of the visual editor be reported as a bug.

Thanks…

Thanks Jeremy,

This is a big pain. What do other folks do about inserting blank lines?

Should this not be logged as a bug?

And what about:

Would '& # 1 6 0 ;' hold any better than '& n b s p ;' ? And actually, how are they different?

bc

Post edited 10:58 pm – August 14, 2010 by BartC

OK, I think I have found a solution to the WP Visual editor removing blank lines. There is plugin called:

TinyMCE Advanced by Andrew Ozz.

This plugin seems to take a blank line in the Visual Editor and places this code on a line:

at that location. If not careful one will actually end up with more blank lines than intended. This plugin also adds additional function buttons to the Visual Editor tool bar.

I don't understand all the options it has, but the bit for blank lines needs to be selected on its setup page that gets created under Settings.