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Hi — only in the style sheet, a few colors.

I found this, which seems to identify the problem:

https://dylan.tweney.com/2005/06/14/tables-in-movable-type-entries/

So basically, WordPress now behaves like Movable Type. By editing the table code in the page I cited above — putting all the code on one line — I was able to get rid of the white space.

But I still need a way to fix this programmatically, since some sites I work with have years of posts with tables in them that look just great in pre-WordPress 2.5, but will be disasters once we upgrade.

Did anyone ever sort this out? It’s not a problem with the table being too wide; I’ve been using tables in posts for a long time, and after upgrading to WordPress 2.5 or 2.6, all the posts with tables are now screwed up with a huge space above the table. This is true with several themes.

I’m just using basic code. This is an example:
https://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/07/19/160-years-after-seneca-falls-how-are-we-doing/

I have several clients that I’m just not upgrading to 2.5 or beyond until all this mess gets sorted out. WordPress 2.5 and higher do horrible things to images, tables, etc.

Yes, I meant traffic rather than readership.

<i>I’m confused as to how you can have anything other than a single point of reference for the uploaded files? It is a recipe for inconsistency to have multiple file shares serving the same app (ostensibly via the same “location” from the local point of view).</i>

I agree. It seems like a basic thing to me. But the network dude has his cluster set up for load balancing with syncing every minute. He doesn’t like NFS and thinks it creates a single point of stress (the blog we’re supporting has a huge readership). I’m kind of flummoxed because obviously there are many WordPress blog with huge readerships, and they must be using something like NFS so that the WordPress admin panel will function correctly.

What I would really like to be able to do is sketch out for this guy an ideal configuration for hosting a WordPress blog across multiple servers.

Thanks for your reply.

lastly, and Im just curious, but unless these are your own collocated servers, why are you concerning yourself with NFS mounts being secure? Most people that handle this sort of things are worlds above the standard godaddy *technician*.

I’m not concerned; it’s the network guy who thinks NFS creates a single point of failure.

Does anybody know where this theme can be downloaded? The original URL seems to have been taken over by a mortgage site.

Thanks, Jennie, but I’m using WordPress 1.5.2. Do you know what the similar option is in this version?

Thanks, David, I’ll check it out!

Thanks, XoLoX, but I’d already tried that — nothing shows up that way.

I’ll e-mail jalenack.

XoLoX, this is what I’m entering in my post (with PHP Exec and Democracy both activated):

<phpcode>
<?php jal_democracy(); ?>
</phpcode>

With that, all that happens is that the page, when published, gets screwed up and the text content of the poll prints out along with all the tags and stuff, like raw code. Any ideas?

Yes, that’s why I’ve been trying RunPHP, PHPExec, and WP-Exec — those plug-ins are designed to allow php to be run from inside a post.

In the documentation for Democracy, the developer suggests using one of those plug-ins to enable a Democracy poll to be placed in a post. But nothing works…

For example: some people say DreamHost is great. But there’s another thread that says stay away! Lots of people say Blue Host is great. But on one thread, I saw some stuff about Blue Host that curled my toes.

I want a reliable host who understands WordPress, has a large and friendly staff, good tech support, and policies in place for weird stuff like what happened to me. The ideal would be one who already hosts political and news blogs and so is accustomed to people occasionally not being happy with how a story is reported.

Kassad, you’re misunderstanding me. I posted my question here because I’m specifically looking for a WordPress-friendly host. I’ve been looking at hosting solutions for a week, but without consulting the blogger community, it’s hard to know if a given host is really a WordPress-friendly place and a blog-friendly place.

The reason I briefly outlined the controversy was so that people here would understand that I’m not a sex site, a hate speech site, or anything like that. I mean, if I were reading this forum and someone posted that their host had insisted they remove material, I would automatically think, “geez, what was the guy posting?” I would assume it was something illegal or nasty or libelous. Hence, I wanted to explain clearly that my posts were not of that nature. The problem was that my little host company was intimidated by a nutty guy.

I’m certainly not asking anyone to weigh in on the controversy. I just want some recommendations for good solid hosts, preferably large ones, who are friendly to WordPress and blogging.

Thanks for the support!

Hmmm….I have a WordPress blog with my own domain name and theme, design, etc. I looked at Blogger and don’t see any information about hosting something like that. I’m not interested in a “Blogger” style blog. I just want to transfer my existing website to a new host — but still WordPress, everything the same.