inspired2write

So the paragraph space isn’t there when you preview? Did you save the post before you previewed?

Are you adding in codes like <p>paragraph</p> to create paragraphs? If you are, there isn’t a need to add any codes to create paragraphs. You should only need to use the ‘enter’ button on your keyboard to drop your text down to where you want the next paragraph to begin. Does that not work?

Look at your post from the html side and make sure you don’t have some extra codes added into there. And, if you write your blog posts in a software program prior to pasting into your blog, don’t ever use anything like MS Word because it adds in formatting that you may not see.

Looking at your post it appears you used the ‘center’ button for your content. Have you tried it without centering the text?

Not sure otherwise, why your wysiwyg editor or html editor wouldn’t be doing paragraphs, unless your files in the backend are not right.

Late for my brain cells here now – lol – But I’ll give this one a try.

You might want to check the configuration in your WP htaccess file. It could have something to do with WP Super Cache, if you’re using that? These are the codes in that file (but for 2.9.1, and I don’t know if it’s different for 2.9.2). Also, I don’t know what codes in this file may or may not have an affect on that challenge. Again, just a guess at a late hour for my aging brain cells! 😮

In WP Super Cache it instructs to change the codes below:

“For best performance you should enable “Mobile device support” or delete the mobile rewrite rules in your .htaccess. Look for the 2 lines with the text “2.0\ MMP|240×320″ and delete those. This will have no affect on ordinary users but mobile users will see uncached pages.”

# BEGIN WPSuperCache
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*[^/]$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*//.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*=.*
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie} !^.*(comment_author_|wordpress|wp-postpass_).*$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^.*(2.0\ MMP|240x320|400X240|AvantGo|BlackBerry|Blazer|Cellphone|Danger|DoCoMo|Elaine/3.0|EudoraWeb|Googlebot-Mobile|hiptop|IEMobile|KYOCERA/WX310K|LG/U990|MIDP-2.|MMEF20|MOT-V|NetFront|Newt|Nintendo\ Wii|Nitro|Nokia|Opera\ Mini|Palm|PlayStation\ Portable|portalmmm|Proxinet|ProxiNet|SHARP-TQ-GX10|SHG-i900|Small|SonyEricsson|Symbian\ OS|SymbianOS|TS21i-10|UP.Browser|UP.Link|webOS|Windows\ CE|WinWAP|YahooSeeker/M1A1-R2D2|iPhone|iPod|Android|BlackBerry9530|LG-TU915\ Obigo|LGE\ VX|webOS|Nokia5800).*
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html.gz -f
RewriteRule ^(.*) /wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html.gz [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*[^/]$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*//.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*=.*
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie} !^.*(comment_author_|wordpress|wp-postpass_).*$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^.*(2.0\ MMP|240x320|400X240|AvantGo|BlackBerry|Blazer|Cellphone|Danger|DoCoMo|Elaine/3.0|EudoraWeb|Googlebot-Mobile|hiptop|IEMobile|KYOCERA/WX310K|LG/U990|MIDP-2.|MMEF20|MOT-V|NetFront|Newt|Nintendo\ Wii|Nitro|Nokia|Opera\ Mini|Palm|PlayStation\ Portable|portalmmm|Proxinet|ProxiNet|SHARP-TQ-GX10|SHG-i900|Small|SonyEricsson|Symbian\ OS|SymbianOS|TS21i-10|UP.Browser|UP.Link|webOS|Windows\ CE|WinWAP|YahooSeeker/M1A1-R2D2|iPhone|iPod|Android|BlackBerry9530|LG-TU915\ Obigo|LGE\ VX|webOS|Nokia5800).*
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*) /wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html [L]
</IfModule>

# END WPSuperCache

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

I have installed in the location you suggested. Actually, as soon as I activate the plugin on the Dashboard, I get a white screen with the Fatal error message…
The only way I have been able to get back to a functional browsing experience is to delete the plugin folder via ftp.

As much as we all like plugins, sometimes they’re problematic depending on what all we have going on with our site.

I have chosen the suffusion theme, and have been afraid to totally mess everything up by changing the theme now that I’ve got a lot of content and “styling”. Is it an easy, reversible process? Or will I need to rework a great deal to get it back to its current state?

Before I change templates I have all my codes saved in a file such as a Notepad document. (Don’t use something like MS Word because it will add formatting that you won’t see later when you paste it back in).

For example, if you have meta tags in the header, save those in a document, saved links or other codes in a widget, save those in another document etc., or somehow clearly label the codes within one document you can retrieve after you change themes. Then you just have to copy and paste the correct codes into your new theme. And, before you switch themes it’s a good idea to move the widgets out of the active area first, but again copy your codes prior to changing themes in case of any errors with the widgets, or human error. 😮

In regards to the plugin itself, I don’t have an answer for you on that, but maybe someone else does if you really want to get it to work.

When you uploaded the files did you first rename the old files to something else, delete them, or how did you go about replacing them? Is there a chance that the old files didn’t actually get replaced with the new ones, or did you put the new ones in the wrong place by accident? It appears it’s not finding the files?

I don’t have a specific plugin to suggest, but what about this idea…
If they are really wanting to learn how to be a true blooded blogger – lol – they will have to learn how to follow instructions, right?

Why not do a tutorial showing them exactly how to do it the correct way, by creating either screen shots that you provide in a tutorial section on your blog. Or, you could use an open source service such as ScreenToaster, which allows you to do screen recording videos, so your users could see exactly the steps you take with your mouse etc, to create the correct visual outcome. Just an idea since a plugin doesn’t come to mind. Perhaps someone else here may have a plugin to suggest.

One thing that would be helpful is if you indicate what version of WP you’re using. Also, did you make sure that the plugin you selected is compatible with the version of WP that you’re using?