Little note about paragraphs.

[conuly]

See here for why.

There are two forms of making paragraphs. One is the style I use informally, especially here in my blog. You type for a while, then hit enter twice to start a new paragraph. Simple.

The other form goes: type a while, hit enter ONCE, and hit space five times. This form is prefered in essays and whatnot, but it doesn't work too well on LiveJournal because extra spaces disappear. So, if you're going to use this form (and I assume that's what she was trying to do), please do the code for a space instead. What is it, &nb sp; (without a space)? Otherwise, you come up with a mess.

Comments

[malantha.livejournal.com]

wow, that's a mess.

you're right, it is  

[conuly]

Took me a while to realize why that was giving me a huge run-on sentence vibe, until I realized that the paragraphs didn't indent OR skip lines.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it looks normal to me. Nothing seems broken up or anything. It looks just like your paragraphs, but with one hard return, rather than two. I often write my paragraphs the same way.

Was that the problem with the post? Or, is there something that isn't showing on my browser for some reason? While I sometimes make paragraphs with one hard return, if I was making a post that long, I would have used two. It makes it easier on the eyes, among other things.
Normally, I just make a new paragraph like this though and stay consistent through much of the post, unless I moved to an unrelated topic.

[conuly]

There's no indentation in her paragraphs. Very annoying, as otherwise it's well written, spelled, capitalized....

[thaumaturge.livejournal.com]

One could also use the <p></p> for what they were actually intended: denoting paragraphs.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

I don't have much patience, and a somewhat short attention span. If I saw a post like that, sadly, I wouldn't even read it. Maybe I'd skim, but I couldn't sit and try to make heads or tails of it.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I agree with you, I'd pretty much just ignore it. I'm not going to hurt my brain just to read someone's ramblings. ;)

Paragraphs should have either two returns, or an indent; I never like seeing them with just one hard return. It seems accidental, or even lazy (what, couldn't hit the button twice?).

[conuly]

Probably accidental. As I said, extra spaces in LJ default to no spaces, so it's hard to indent properly.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

Not that it matters, because not everyone has it, but Semagic has an option that automatically inserts " " after the first time you hit the spacebar. It comes in handy, but I'm too lazy to hit the spacebar five times. Enter twice is faster. :p

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

Dammit, sorry...& n b s p ;....I think you probably got what I meant, though.

[conuly]

You could try hitting tab, or would that send you to another clicky button?

[malantha.livejournal.com]

wow, that's a mess.

you're right, it is &nbsp;

[conuly]

Took me a while to realize why that was giving me a huge run-on sentence vibe, until I realized that the paragraphs didn't indent OR skip lines.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it looks normal to me. Nothing seems broken up or anything. It looks just like your paragraphs, but with one hard return, rather than two. I often write my paragraphs the same way.

Was that the problem with the post? Or, is there something that isn't showing on my browser for some reason? While I sometimes make paragraphs with one hard return, if I was making a post that long, I would have used two. It makes it easier on the eyes, among other things.
Normally, I just make a new paragraph like this though and stay consistent through much of the post, unless I moved to an unrelated topic.

[conuly]

There's no indentation in her paragraphs. Very annoying, as otherwise it's well written, spelled, capitalized....

[thaumaturge.livejournal.com]

One could also use the <p></p> for what they were actually intended: denoting paragraphs.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

I don't have much patience, and a somewhat short attention span. If I saw a post like that, sadly, I wouldn't even read it. Maybe I'd skim, but I couldn't sit and try to make heads or tails of it.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I agree with you, I'd pretty much just ignore it. I'm not going to hurt my brain just to read someone's ramblings. ;)

Paragraphs should have either two returns, or an indent; I never like seeing them with just one hard return. It seems accidental, or even lazy (what, couldn't hit the button twice?).

[conuly]

Probably accidental. As I said, extra spaces in LJ default to no spaces, so it's hard to indent properly.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

Not that it matters, because not everyone has it, but Semagic has an option that automatically inserts " " after the first time you hit the spacebar. It comes in handy, but I'm too lazy to hit the spacebar five times. Enter twice is faster. :p

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

Dammit, sorry...& n b s p ;....I think you probably got what I meant, though.

[conuly]

You could try hitting tab, or would that send you to another clicky button?