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Khan Singh posted 02-16-99 08:34 PM ET
Anybody know how come I can't get my forced break tags( ) to work in the forums? They all come out with spaces before the next line.
For example:
Example example example 
This is an example.
Comes out:
Example example example
This is an example.

Thanks
Spoe posted 02-17-99 01:35 AM ET
It appears that the UBB system appends it's own tag every time you hit 'Enter'.
If, in your example, you wrote it as,
Example example example This is an example.
you would get the expected result:
Example example example
This is an example.
Khan Singh posted 02-17-99 10:56 AM ET
Okay, I think I follow you. The UBB takes the document and trys to convert it FROM html TO html. The result is... comedy! Gee, I thought the whole point about html was that carriage returns and stuff didn't do anything. But I seem to have forgotten almost everything I once knew about html.
Thanks a lot, Spoe.
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Author	Topic: Need html advice---can't catch a break
Khan Singh	posted 02-16-99 08:34 PM ET Anybody know how come I can't get my forced break tags(<BR> ) to work in the forums? They all come out with spaces before the next line. For example: <P>Example example example <BR> This is an example. Comes out: Example example example This is an example. Thanks
Spoe	posted 02-17-99 01:35 AM ET It appears that the UBB system appends it's own <BR> tag every time you hit 'Enter'. If, in your example, you wrote it as, <P>Example example example<BR>This is an example. you would get the expected result: Example example example This is an example.
Khan Singh	posted 02-17-99 10:56 AM ET Okay, I think I follow you. The UBB takes the document and trys to convert it FROM html TO html. The result is... comedy! Gee, I thought the whole point about html was that carriage returns and stuff didn't do anything. But I seem to have forgotten almost everything I once knew about html. Thanks a lot, Spoe.