Learned Something New

[AsylumSeeker]

Hi all, thought I'd share.

Of course this could turn ugly. Sometimes at work I think I've learned something new and my co-workers shirk and laugh, saying, "You didn't know that?"

And so I run the risk of being ridiculed. That's okay. There's also a chance I may help someone else, and so I'll run that risk.

Getting to the point, when I submitted a story and then previewed it I noticed my italics were ending too early. When I went back to the "Make Changes" mode I verified my HTML coding was correct. I did this several times, scratching my head with confusion.

Lesson learned: If you start italicizing, or doing other HTML coding (I assume), and the Lit page changes, the coding doesn't carry over. I had to end/continue the coding to have it carry over to the next page.

I'm sure the vets here know this, but this is my first experience, and it may help the newer editors to be familiar with this fact.

Just saying is all.

 

[sr71plt]

No, I didn't know that.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

No, I didn't know that.

So I'm not the dumbass after all. Well, at least not as far as this goes. Good to know. Thanks SR.

 

[PacoFear]

No, I didn't know that.

Ditto. Thanks for the heads up, AS.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Ditto. Thanks for the heads up, AS.

Glad to help when I can (rare instances at best).

 

[Darkniciad]

So long as your italic section doesn't cross over into another paragraph, you'll be okay. The way the Lit text processor works, it doesn't break up paragraphs.

At least, I've never seen it happen.

The same words of warning should also apply to bold ( naturally ) center, and blockquote.

If a blockquoted or centered section is showing up at a page transition, it may be best to open and close each of these tags on every paragraph for several paragraphs around where you expect the page change. The reason for this is that the preview may not perfectly represent the page change in the final story. If you depend upon it, you may end up unpleasantly surprised.

It probably depends upon which word processing program you use, but if you submit copy-pasted text or upload document files, you're probably well-served to click the on and off formatting controls at the beginning and end of each paragraph in a multi-paragraph formatted sections.

The output from some programs ( notably Word, which seems to be the base standard of Lit's processing ) will probably come out without worry, but others may not automatically close the italic/bold/etc unless it's been done by the author in the document.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

So long as your italic section doesn't cross over into another paragraph, you'll be okay. The way the Lit text processor works, it doesn't break up paragraphs.

At least, I've never seen it happen.

The same words of warning should also apply to bold ( naturally ) center, and blockquote.

If a blockquoted or centered section is showing up at a page transition, it may be best to open and close each of these tags on every paragraph for several paragraphs around where you expect the page change. The reason for this is that the preview may not perfectly represent the page change in the final story. If you depend upon it, you may end up unpleasantly surprised.

It probably depends upon which word processing program you use, but if you submit copy-pasted text or upload document files, you're probably well-served to click the on and off formatting controls at the beginning and end of each paragraph in a multi-paragraph formatted sections.

The output from some programs ( notably Word, which seems to be the base standard of Lit's processing ) will probably come out without worry, but others may not automatically close the italic/bold/etc unless it's been done by the author in the document.

Thanks, DK. And while we're on the subject, for the benefit of others, could we spell out the cryptic code?

Personally I use <center> and then </center>, or <i> and the </i>. Are there other useful HTML tags to be used here? Just asking is all.

 

[Great_Brit]

... And while we're on the subject, for the benefit of others, could we spell out the cryptic code?

Personally I use <center> and then </center>, or <i> and the </i>. Are there other useful HTML tags to be used here? ...

Yes there are dozens, but only a few work on Lit.

Bold, italic, underline, center and blockquote definitely do. Font and size definitely don't.

For a complete list see the formatting section of Purpose and Placement of HTML Commands but be aware that over 90% of those don't work on Lit.

First read, mark, learn and inwardly digest Basic Text Formatting 101 by michchick98.

Then use Testing Story Formatting by Weird Harold.

 

[MicKay]

Thanks for that

You lost me at HTML so the commands and references are helpful.