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1. tayloryoelin
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   i just made my first post on my blog (woohoo)! except whenever a block of text goes to a second line, it reverse indents itself. i've tried typing in the visual editor, html tab, and pasting from word (which i've heard is a no no), but all seem to create the same issue.

   when i try to justify the type, every line has a different indent. when it's left adjusted, all lines beyond the first are reverse indented. haven't tried center or right justify yet.

   seems like this is going to be an "oh duh" moment for me, so bring it on.

   thanks.

2. doc4
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   tayloryoelin,

   Glad to see you're taking this well. Post a link to a troubled post and we will take a look.

3. tayloryoelin
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   hi doc4,

   thanks, it's been a good experience so far! here is the link: http://tayloryoelin.com/wordpress/.

   and since my posting of the question, i've tried tinkering with it some more. i should stop. i tried adding page breaks in the html tab (since hitting return to add a line in the visual editor didn't actually add a line when it posted). that seems to have confused my post as to where paragraphs stop and start, but still wont add a break. i've also tinkered with the different formatting choices (headers vs paragraph vs preformatted) and they all seem to have the same issue.

   so as of right now, i'm not touching the keyboard until i know what i'm doing! the post looks beautiful in the visual editor, but the formattingn still isn't translating on the live version.

4. tayloryoelin
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   update: changing the formatting preset (paragraph, header, preformatted, etc) seems to affect how the text is indented on the left side. when the preformatted option is selected, the text displays correctly. but still, why can't i choose full justification or left alignment in the default 'paragraph' preset?

   i posted a second post to my blog through the link above that shows how different presets are behaving.

5. esmi
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Try editing style.css and changing:

   .hentry .entry p {
   margin-bottom:4px;
   text-indent:12px;
   }

   to

   .hentry .entry p {
   margin-bottom:4px;
   }

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