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1. marmelade
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   I've tried to search around for answers, but couldn't find any. I'd like the formatting on entries to be <br>. I thought the markdown plugin would do that, but I guess I was wrong. Or is it simply that it doesn't effect old entries? Someone please help.

2. chuyskywalker
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   I'd like the formatting on entries to be < br >

   Do you mean that you don't want any < p > tags added?

   Markdown will produce valid HTML code, so it is going to use < p > tags as well.

3. marmelade
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   Is there a way to remove the tags then? I don't like < p >

4. chuyskywalker
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   There is no "check box to remove < p > tags" option in WordPress as the P tag is a vital atribute for valid HTML pages.

   You could write a plugin to disable wpautop() (the function that is formatting your posts) and replace it with nl2br() - a function that will do what you want.

   If you're not up to that, let me know and I'll crank it out for you.

5. marmelade
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   I have no idea of how to do that, so I'll have to ask you to help me out =)

6. dherren
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   Out of curiosity, why don't you "like" paragraph tags? What is there to like or not like. It's html?

   Do you just want to be able to start a new line on the next line without the added space between paragraphs? If so, markdown WILL do that for you.

7. chuyskywalker
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   put this in a file called 'just-br.php' and upload it to you plugins directory. activate and be done.

   
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Just-BR
Description: Switch the wpautop to nl2br
Author: Jeff Minard
Version: 1.0
Author URI: http://thecodepro.com/
*/

   remove_filter('the_content', 'wpautop');
   remove_filter('the_excerpt', 'wpautop');
   remove_filter('comment_text', 'wpautop');

   add_filter('the_content', 'nl2br', 1);
add_filter('the_excerpt', 'nl2br', 1);
add_filter('comment_text', 'nl2br', 1);
?>


8. chuyskywalker
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   and make sure there are no spaces before or after the <? and ?>

9. marmelade
   Member
   Posted 8 years ago #
   

   Thanks for the script, but it didn't help. I'd like the < p > on the content of the post to go away. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have more control over the layout.

10. weschilders
    Member
    Posted 8 years ago #
    

    Is there a way to make this apply to custom fields as well as the standard post field?

    Wes

11. wrong
    Member
    Posted 8 years ago #
    

    "I'd like the < p > on the content of the post to go away."

    I think, as the old saying goes, the solution is to stop wanting that. Seriously, I'm not clear on how removing the < p > would give you more control over the layout. Maybe if you say in more detail what you want the layout to be like, people could suggest ways of styling the < p > to achieve it.

    Another thought that comes to mind is wrapping the whole post in a < div > - markdown knows that < div >'s are legitimate block-level elements, and so shouldn't wrap the text inside in a < p >. But I can't think of any reason to prefer a < div > over a < p >.

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