Simple Coding Question

by JDSalinger Posted: 13 years ago 12 replies

Hi Everyone,

I need your help with a basic coding question. I just had a website completed for me which basically is setup where the blog post will show up on the main page and also has a separate blog post page where the same information is stored. When a new post is created, it replaces the current blog post on the main page but obviously all the separate blog post pages will remain.

The problem I am having is that the formatting on the main page blog post is not the same as on the separate blog post page. Basically, it does not recognize the page breaks <p> between each paragraph on the separate blog post page. But if I add another <p>, it will show the page break on the separate blog post page. The only problem with that is it will then show up as a double page break on the main page blog post.

Any ideas on what I should be specifically looking for in the coding to resolve this issue?

#programming #coding #question #simple

Michael71 13 years ago

Seems to be some CSS related stuff...
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- JDSalinger 13 years ago
  
  Thanks for the response. Where would I go look to find that type of information.
Michael71 13 years ago

Finding Your CSS Styles « WordPress Codex
David V 13 years ago

Doesn't sound right... Do you have a url?
Easier to see what's happening.
Edge360 13 years ago

Yep - could you give us a URL to see what we are dealing with here?
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- JDSalinger 13 years ago
  
  Here, is the front page where it is showing the right formatting:
  Tasty Sauces
  
  Then, here is the single blog post page where the formatting is mashed together:
  Episode #2 – Salsa 101 | Tasty Sauces
Michael71 13 years ago

style.css line 23

div, p, ul, li, form, h1, h2, select {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}

the margin: 0; seems to be your problem
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- JDSalinger 13 years ago
  
  What do you think I should change it to? I am very new to coding so I apologize for not knowing what to do next.
Michael71 13 years ago

/*margin: 0;*/

/* */ means you make it a "comment", just in case you need to revert
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- JDSalinger 13 years ago
  
  So you are saying I should change line 23 to read from:
  
  margin: 0; to /*margin: 0;*/ ?
  
  Ok, it looks like that worked. Thank you very much.
  
  The only thing is I am not sure exactly what this part means:
  "/* */ means you make it a "comment", just in case you need to revert"? What do I need to be worried about here?
  
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Simple Coding Question

JDSalinger • 13 years ago • 12 replies

Hi Everyone, I need your help with a basic coding question. I just had a website completed for me which basically is setup where the blog post will show up on the main page and also has a separate blog post page where the same information is stored. When a new post is created, it replaces the current blog post on the main page but obviously all the separate blog post pages will remain.