Title: and
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# and

 *  [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/and/)
 * Ok. I hadn’t noticed it before because it wasn’t causing too my problems, but
   recently, I had some issues with div’s adding extra blank space below a closed
   </h4> tag like this:
 *     ```
       <h4><font color="#990066">1884:</font> Leon Schlesinger (65 at death) <span class="ThisDay">[<strong><font color="#660099">Pictured</font></strong>]
       <div class="ThisDayPic"><img src="http://www.cinemasight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/LeonSchlesinger.jpg" /></div>
       <p></span></h4>
       ```
   
 * Notice how it added a <p> right before the </span> tag. This is one continuous
   line of code with no breaks in it, but wordpress has auto-inserted a paragraph
   break. It then never closes said paragraph break, so it causes the post to look
   like:
 * [Example](http://www.cinemasight.com/this-day-in-oscar-history-may-20-3/)
 * I would prefer it to add 
    tags in lieu of <p> tags for line breaks I don’t put
   in, however, if it’s adding <p> tags without closing </p> tags throughout the
   post, then it’s not working correctly.
 * I have two questions:
 * Is there a way to switch it form using <p> to open new lines to adding 
    to close
   lines?
 * Is there a way to prevent it from adding the loose <p> tag in the middle of a
   line break? I presume it adds it after the </div> tag closes…or is there an easier
   way to accomplish the hovered picture display I’m trying to accomplish above?

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 *  Thread Starter [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/and/#post-2757886)
 * Note. I have resolved the issue of it adding <p> tags after </div> tag closures
   by changing the divs to spans; however, the problem persists that it’s adding
   <p> tags but never closing them. If there’s a way to switch from opening new 
   lines with <p> to closing line breaks with a 
   , that would be ideal.
 *  Thread Starter [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/and/#post-2757887)
 * so it’s deleting out my `<br />` entries above. I want to use `<br />` at the
   end of lines instead of opening with <p>…

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/and/#post-2757887)
 * Status: not resolved

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