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1. celerymax
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hello,

   I'm currently trying to have a line display on my site that reads:
   Contributed by (post author) on (post date)

   I have the following code:
   <p class=italic>Contributed by</p> <?php the_author()?> <p class=italic>on</p> <?php the_date()?>

   It's correctly calling the correct author and date information. However, I'm having trouble with the italics. When I style the text using <p>, wordpress automatically adds in <br />s to make it a paragraph. So what I'm actually getting on my site looks like this:

   Contributed by
   (post author)
   on
   (post date)

   How do I get rid of the extra line breaks so that all of that text displays on one line?

   Thanks,
   Ben

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 6 months ago #

   use span instead of p

   http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_p.asp
   http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_span.asp

3. celerymax
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Of course. *facepalm* Thanks much alchymyth!

4. rachelbaker
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I would use just one paragraph element and add italics with the <em> tag:

   <p><em>Contributed by</em> <?php the_author()?> <em>on</em> <?php the_date()?></p>

5. celerymax
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I opted not to use the <em> tag because I want to keep all my text styling consistent throughout and use css classes. But that's also a great suggestion!

6. rachelbaker
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Glad you resolved your issue.

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