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1. fairest
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 5:10 PM

   I am having problems getting more line breaks, no matter what I do. I've tried entering the <br><br> tag in the HTML editor, but this doesn't work. Also hitting return 5 times in the rich editor doesn't work, it bring it back to one line break. I need five or six lines break between each sentence, and I'm having a hard time making this happen. Any help would be appreciated.

2. cornell
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 5:26 PM

   I don't know the answer (I'm sorry!) but can I just ask why you want five or six lines between each sentence?

   Thanks!

3. drmike
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 6:17 PM

   Turn off the rich text editor. TinyMCE is probably stripping it out on you. You may also want to be using <br /> instead of <br>. IIRC, HTML 4.01 prefers the trailing '/' mark.

   Good luck,
   -drmike

4. fairest
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 7:10 PM

   drmike I've been trying that and I'll keep trying. It wasn't something I was expected to be difficult on wp, but I'm liking wp in general.

   cornell -- good question!

5. drmike
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 7:57 PM

   Which method are you trying? I suggested two things. :)

   Can we see an example of what you are doing?

   Thanks,
   -drmike

6. fairest
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 8:16 PM

   well, for example, when I do this

   I am trying

   To skip lines

   when I either 1) turn off the Rich Text Editor or 2) hit the HTML icon while in the RTE it doesn't work. What it in fact does (if I do #2) is erase the
   tags after I hit save.

7. fairest
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 8:17 PM

   damm the post got rid of my html... what I put was
   five times.

8. fairest
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 8:18 PM

   I'm trying to put < b r / >

9. podz
   Member
   Apr 13, 2006, 9:22 PM

   If you use
   <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br />
   WP will strip the additional <br /> back to one.

   Add a non-break space. WP then thinks there is content so allows the spacing:

    <br /><br />  <br /><br />  <br /><br />  <br /><br />  <br /><br />  <br />
   will make a long gap.

   (And I bet this does not show up correctly first time...)
   wow.. it did! :)

10. fairest
    Member
    Apr 14, 2006, 7:20 PM

    podz, you rock, that works. And as it often happens, I sorta figured it out on my own before looking back here, but thanks. the miracles of &n b s p are plentiful.

11. kitanaor
    Member
    Jun 17, 2006, 1:26 PM

    THANK YOU!!! I was tearing out my hair looking for breaks that would not get stripped out. I needed them between each section of an entry.

12. kaivata
    Member
    Aug 2, 2006, 11:48 AM

    I am having the same issue.... I can't for the life of me get a line break to work, no matter what combination of <p> <br> <br />   etc. I try to use.

    I am trying to do this on a page, rather than a post.

    drmike: you mentioned turning of the editor? Can you advise how to do this?

    Thanks.

13. cornell
    Member
    Aug 2, 2006, 11:54 AM

    Go to your dashboard -> Users -> Your Profile.

    Scroll down and at the bottom there is a tickbox that says "use the visual rich editor when writing". Untick it and save.

    HTH

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