Updating Profile.

[+daleswalker]

I am trying to update my profile on GC.com by listing some key caches that I've done, but although I am typing a list i.e:

 

1. blah blah blah.

2. blah blah blah.

3. blah blah blah.

 

it's coming out as:

 

1. blah blah blah. 2. blah blah blah. 3. blah blah blah.

 

I'm sure I'm doing something very basic wrong but does anyone know what it is?

If someone out there can help an IT buffoon I would be very grateful.

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

Try adding this code wherever you wish the next line to start

 

<BR><BR>

 

Oh and make sure you have enabled HTML

Edited September 27, 2005 by Dorsetgal & GeoDog

[+daleswalker]

That worked a treat...thanks very much Dorsetgal.

[+Moote]

Try adding this code wherever you wish the next line to start

 

<BR><BR>

 

Oh and make sure you have enabled HTML

I think Dorset gal missed a / out in there it should be

 

<br></br>

 

<br>1. blah blah blah.</br>

<br>2. blah blah blah.</br>

<br>3. blah blah blah.</br>

 

Or maybe it was the GeoDog which made this error

 

Milton (aka moote)

[+walkergeoff and wife]

<P> at the beginning of the paragraph and </P> at the end also works.

[Deego]

<br> inserts a single carriage return. Whereas <P> indicates the start of a new paragraph

 

</br> is not needed

Edited September 27, 2005 by Deego

[+Munkeh]

try :

 

<OL>

<li>blah,blah,blah</li>

<li>blah,blah,blah</li>

<li>blah,blah,blah</li>

<li>blah,blah,blah</li>

</OL>

 

should come out

1. blah,blah,blah

2. blah,blah,blah

3. blah,blah,blah

Edited September 27, 2005 by lost it

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

Quite, so on a gc.com profile, two carriage returns is all that's needed to make a simple list, and the <BR> tag never needs closing!

[markandlynn]

OK then why is my signature line not a hyperlink anymore ?? <br>

a=href etcetera etcetera is this HTML tidy at work ?? or just me typing skills

Post no 999

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

Try adding this code wherever you wish the next line to start

 

<BR><BR>

 

Oh and make sure you have enabled HTML 

I think Dorset gal missed a / out in there it should be

 

<br></br>

 

<br>1. blah blah blah.</br>

<br>2. blah blah blah.</br>

<br>3. blah blah blah.</br>

 

Or maybe it was the GeoDog which made this error

 

Milton (aka moote)

Moote, I think you may have been addled by someones wallet moths!

GeoDog knows that a <BR> tag doesn't need closing, he has his own website and studies HTML carefully! Where he does come unstuck is with CSS!

[Deego]

OK then why is my signature line not a hyperlink anymore ?? <br>

a=href etcetera etcetera is this HTML tidy at work ?? or just me typing skills

Post no 999 

 

Try this.......

 

[URL=http://www.markandlynn.co.uk]Visit our webpage for geocaching brochures, guides and the dust off competition at www.markandlynn.co.uk[/URL]

<br> I know exactly where i am its where here is thats a problem at the moment...

 

it because this forum uses BB codes. which differ from HTML.

Edited September 27, 2005 by Deego

[+Moote]

</br> is not needed

This is not needed on GC.com because they have some tool which corrects malformed html.

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

</br> is not needed

This is not needed on GC.com because they have some tool which corrects malformed html.

I don't think </BR> is needed anywhere...tool or no tool!

[Dave from Glanton]

</br> is not needed

This is not needed on GC.com because they have some tool which corrects malformed html.

I don't think </BR> is needed anywhere...tool or no tool!

Agreed

<p>some text</p> gives you some text in a basic paragraph

<br>inserts a line break within that paragraph.

 

so...

<p>Blah de blah<br> de blah</p>

<p>Dem de dum de dum</p>

 

...should render as...

 

Blah de blah

de blah

 

Dum de dum de dum

[+Moote]

I don't think </BR> is needed anywhere...tool or no tool!

Maybe true to say that it would work but when coding in html (Or any other language) every opening should have a closing, This all comes from the early days of computer programming keeping your code neat.

 

It's not my fault I stick to the rules

 

Milton (aka moote)

[Dave from Glanton]

I don't think </BR> is needed anywhere...tool or no tool!

Maybe true to say that it would work but when coding in html (Or any other language) every opening should have a closing, This all comes from the early days of computer programming keeping your code neat.

 

It's not my fault I stick to the rules

 

Milton (aka moote)

Not wanting to turn this into Geek-war or anything, but...

 

See the W3 spec which says (in 9.3.2) that for <br>. the end tag is forbidden.

 

(as you might have guessed, I do this for a living and need to get out more)

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

Ya know Moote, you even had me double checking, but according to this there is no need at all to close this particular tag

 

Definition and Usage

The <br> tag inserts a single line break.

 

The <br> tag is an empty tag (means that it has no end tag - the following is wrong: <br></br>).

[+Moote]

I think the reality is that html accepts lazy programming unlike C++ and others which have strict syntax, it is all from the early days at CERN where the boffs in white coats could only get to grips with particle physics.

 

Anyway it renders that way and JAWS reader prefer a </br> tag

[+rutson]

<pedant mode ON>

HTML is not a programming language, it's a mark up langauge.

<pedant mode OFF>

 

A line break is not and cannot be modal. The line breaks, that's it, finito, job done.

[+Bill D (wwh)]

Container tags require closing, empty elements don't. <p></p>, <i></i>, <b></b>, for example, are container tags. They all contain something, the text of a paragraph, something in italics, something in bold text. <br> is an empty element, and doesn't require closing. Indeed, as someone said above, in strict html closing that tag is forbidden.

[+sTeamTraen]

At the risk of turning this thread into a big HTML tutorial:

 

If you want columns to line up nicely (see "Landmarks" here), you need to build a table, with TH, TR, and TD. It's not too hard - select "View Source" on the above page to see "the code what I wrote".

 

Come to think of it, Perhaps it's a good job this site is based on Crimosoft's web platform, or I'd be programming it in PHP as well. (OK, geek mode off...)

[+Sensei TSKC]

Moote,

 

Guess what?

 

NO </BR> is ever needed!!!!!

 

 

[+we3girlsnaguy]

</br> is not needed

This is not needed on GC.com because they have some tool which corrects malformed html.

</br> IS malformed HTML! A good rule of thumb is to keep your ears open and mouth shut when you don't know what you're talking about... (two ears and only one mouth).

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

</br> IS malformed HTML! A good rule of thumb is to keep your ears open and mouth shut when you don't know what you're talking about... (two ears and only one mouth).

Thats a bit strong

This is meant to be friendly forum so please keep it nice

[+Thrak]

I agree that was a bit "strong" but it is correct in that </br> is a "non-code" and never needs to be used and actually should never be used.

[Lactodorum]

Too strong Please keep it civil here. Thanks