Why are my break tags being deleted?

  • Anyone have any idea why wordpress keeps on deleting my page breaks?

    I’m using <br clear=”all”> tags to keep descriptions lined up with the associated pictures. (Go to https://rebuildingalliance.org/store to see what I’m trying to do).

    Anyway, I’ll input the tags in HTML, update the page, and everything will be cool and lined up. Then I’ll go tot he visual editor, and all the break tags will dissapear.

    -Bryce

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  • WYSIWYG editors sometimes alter your code based on rules they have. Tiny is no exception. I would guess that it simply knocks out your BR tags and sticks in P (paragraph) tags. I don’t mean to be mean, but the clear BR method has been out of fashion for about 10 years now, so I think the Tiny editor coders are working with that in mind.

    And evidently you want photos to be on the left, and product characteristics next to them. When I stick an image in a post, to get this to work, I float the image left, and make sure it’s inside the ONE paragraph. So with all these paragraph tags you now have, there’s no way this can work, because the paragraphs and floats fight each other.

    So you’ll need CSS skills to solve this, or hire a developer who does. One thing that might work: float your images left, as I said above. Then use list items for the product characteristics, and style them so that there are no bullets.

    Good luck, D

    WordPress deletes what it thinks are extra line breaks and white space. You need to turn off that auto formatting. See different plugins: Search for “formatting” ? WordPress Plugins

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