Word Press Woes...Post Formatting is driving me crazy....

[mbomb]

So I've got my blog framework all setup. Set my homepage as static and I'm trying to add articles to my post page, but the formatting is showing up all screwy.





The paragraph shows up half-way(like this paragraph in relation to the above, for example) down the page instead of right under the title. I have to use control+x or control+V to post "because of browser security settings", but for some reason I'm unable to get things just right no matter how much I play with the post before publishing...am I doing something wrong here? Post here or pm me if you think you can help. Thanks.

Mike

[jjpmarketing]

What is the link to your blog? It may be an issue with the theme you chose... or possibly something in the CSS causing the problem.

[Andrew Maule]

Yeah WP formatting is a huge bummer, I gave up on it a while ago.

[jjpmarketing]

Wordpress formatting issues... are typically just poor CSS coding.

[TheVCF]

Dear Mike,

I would recommend you get in touch with the user named "The Guru" over at 4AllAccounts, as he has Always been Enormously Helpful to us, and now with other Fellow Warriors, with any/all of our WordPress (WP) issues!

You may also try Posting this issue in the WordPress Q&A Topic we have going there at:

WordPress Q & A - Page 7 - 4AllAccounts

for the discussion and resolution of exactly these types of WordPress (WP) questions and issues!

You will also see therein how Responsive, Great and Helpful "The Guru" has always been in helping us and others resolve these types of WordPress (WP) issues there too! , you know?

I hope this all helps and Have a Great Day!

- Michael

[donnaabreu]

I am pulling my hair out as well!! I will try your suggestions, Michael, before I inundate this thread with all my own woes. thanks, Donna

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Yep, there are many things I adore about WP...but getting it to do exactly what you want can be a challenge depending on the theme you've chosen

[Michael Mayhew]

9 times out of 10 if you Turn-Off the Rich Text editor that solves the problem.

[donnaabreu]

Is that under Settings? I can't find that... thanks.

[Craig Desorcy]

Originally Posted by Michael Mayhew

9 times out of 10 if you Turn-Off the Rich Text editor that solves the problem.

How true. It speeds up things too :-)

Learning a little CSS can go a long way as well.


Craig

[donnaabreu]

Originally Posted by Michael Mayhew

9 times out of 10 if you Turn-Off the Rich Text editor that solves the problem.

How do you turn that off?

I just learned a tip (for those technically inclined!) that you can build your pages in Dreamweaver, then paste the html code into Wordpress. then don't make any changes! All maintenance should be done back in Dreamweaver.

Of course, you could use any html tool. Front Page might work too.