Any edit on my page changes it from 3 columns to 1

  • I am trying to make some simple edits to one of our pages (change some prices). The page is as it was originally setup for us by a web developer. If I change anything on the page, the page goes from being in a 3 column format to a single column (and looks awful). I mean any change, like changing a price from $14.99 to $14.95 (ie. changing 1 character). This happens if I edit visually or as text.

    I can include code if needed.

    So, what gives? How can I edit the page without changing the format?

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  • It is related to the use of html tags within the editor.

    I can see 2 problems immediately:

    1. You have a [style] tag in the editor which styles the page into 3 columns – when you open the editor – these tags are stripped making it impossible to make any changes.
    2. You are using [span] tags – these are also stripped by the editor.

    All styles should be kept outside the editor in style.css

    Unfortunately, the only way you can make changes with this is to take a copy of the Full HTML, edit it outside wordpress and then paste it into the Text editor and save immediately.

    C S Sultan

    (@sultan00rextheme)

    What you can do is, you can write the inline style under a class and upload them via Custom CSS. That way, it won’t be changed whether you update the theme or change editor.

    Maybe you should consider creating a child theme and pull your style.css and index.php into it. You could then make all the changes you wanted to them.

    You might want to consider finding a new theme. This type of layout would be nice using CSS Grid and flex boxes.

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