Why does the text and picture formatting in wordpress always screw up after publishing?

s4nt0s · 10-02-2009, 01:02 PM

Just as the title states, I'm curious to know why the text/pic formatting always looks completely different after you hit the publish button than when you are actually writing it in the wysiwyg editor in wordpress?

I had a nice presell set up for my website with the text wrapped around a picture with bullet points, colored fonts, etc..

Everything looked great until I hit publish! The text completely went to one side and the picture went to the other ... The bullet points don't even show up.

So I'm wondering ... is there a solution to this problem? Does anyone know a magical plug in that will fix this? Even after editing the html or using the paste text from Microsoft Word feature, it completely loses it's formatting.

If you have experienced this problem and know of a solution, please share!

Thanks,
Devin

patJ · 10-02-2009, 01:05 PM

First of all. Worpress wysiwyg editor sucks. It adds code where it shouldn't and so on.. Second, it could be the theme. Does it look the same with all themes?

I don't think a plugin will fix your problem.

10-02-2009, 01:02 PM	#1
s4nt0s HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 165 Thanks: 28 Thanked 35 Times in 20 Posts Contact Info	Why does the text and picture formatting in wordpress always screw up after publishing? Just as the title states, I'm curious to know why the text/pic formatting always looks completely different after you hit the publish button than when you are actually writing it in the wysiwyg editor in wordpress? I had a nice presell set up for my website with the text wrapped around a picture with bullet points, colored fonts, etc.. Everything looked great until I hit publish! The text completely went to one side and the picture went to the other ... The bullet points don't even show up. So I'm wondering ... is there a solution to this problem? Does anyone know a magical plug in that will fix this? Even after editing the html or using the paste text from Microsoft Word feature, it completely loses it's formatting. If you have experienced this problem and know of a solution, please share! Thanks, Devin

10-02-2009, 01:05 PM	#2
patJ HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 359 Thanks: 0 Thanked 28 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Why does the text and picture formatting in wordpress always screw up after publishing? First of all. Worpress wysiwyg editor sucks. It adds code where it shouldn't and so on.. Second, it could be the theme. Does it look the same with all themes? I don't think a plugin will fix your problem.
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