My story gets ruined by italics!

[ltserge36]

I need help please! So I googled and found out how to add italics, <i> </i> around words and sentences! So I used it in my story, but when I went to preview and publish after the first third of the story the rest is all italics! Even things not in italics tags!

How do I fix this please? Do I just not use italics, or is it a preview error?

 

[RejectReality]

I need help please! So I googled and found out how to add italics, <i> </i> around words and sentences! So I used it in my story, but when I went to preview and publish after the first third of the story the rest is all italics! Even things not in italics tags!

How do I fix this please? Do I just not use italics, or is it a preview error?

You must have missed a closing tag. Double check all your tags. It's easy enough to miss the slash on that closing tag, and that will cause the italics to run on until the page changes. ( In preview, that will be for the rest of the story )

I do it all the time, and I've been adding italics to my stories this way for years, plus coding in HTML for way longer than that. It's hardly an uncommon mistake

Just check those tags, and I'm sure you'll find one where you slipped up.

 

[ltserge36]

Oh okay, thank you! I'll fine tooth it then and see if I can spot a missing slash!

 

[ltserge36]

OMG I found one!!! It was just ONE missing "i" inside a closing tag, not the slash actually! It was just this random one that was all, </> in the middle of my paragraph! I'd been writing for a good hour or two now, and I guess my brain just totally didn't catch the slip up! Sometimes it pays to take a break and re-look at everything! And reread stuff a few times over too! I usually do, for spelling errors and stuff, but I've never had to for italics before. Thank you!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Also, if tags are split by a page break, you might wind up with some crazy things happening. A page is approx. 3,750 characters. So, if you have a paragraph in Italic tag it could wind up not.

 

[Drkman]

Thanks but was wondering does that "i" refer to the text one wants to be in italics. And the ending slash should be at the end of quotes right?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Thanks but was wondering does that "i" refer to the text one wants to be in italics. And the ending slash should be at the end of quotes right?

<i>do italics like this</i>

 

[nice90sguy]

Important: Enclose every paragraph with the italic tags, otherwise lit formatting may fuck up if it inserts a page break between paragraphs.

i.e. don't do this:

<i>A paragraph

Another paragraph</i>

Do this:

<i>A paragraph</i>

<i>Another paragraph</i>

 

[gunhilltrain]

Important: Enclose every paragraph with the italic tags, otherwise lit formatting may fuck up if it inserts a page break between paragraphs.

i.e. don't do this:

<i>A paragraph

Another paragraph</i>

Do this:

<i>A paragraph</i>

<i>Another paragraph</i>

The preview mode in the submissions box should show you what the final product will look like. (You must have removed the story already since I don't see anything later than 2021.) The place where the endless italics starts should show you were the mistake in coding (probably the lack of a slash) is located. You might have more than one error, so keep looking for more.

You have to fix the coding in "editing" mode to get access to the HTML codes. If you have patience and make sure everything looks good in the preview mode, then you should be okay. But take the time to examine the whole document before you submit it. It may seem a bit tricky to move between the modes, but it's really not that difficult.

P.S.: Don't rush things. Look through the document several times before submitting.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Oh okay, thank you! I'll fine tooth it then and see if I can spot a missing slash!

I've never seen "fine tooth" used as a verb before!