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So I’m working on a project that requires an image to be embedded in random parts of the article. (aka, can’t use a field and embed that field in a fixed spot). So we can’t have the field formatting to be “XHTML” (auto generating P tags after every return). 

So my template looks like:

{body}

And the formatting to

But now there is a large space between paragraphs, and in the body field there is only one return.  How do you guys format you’re paragraphs and setup the templates for large body of text?

I set the {body} to xHTML (well I usually use Markdown personally) and leave the paragraph tags out of the template.

Okay, thanks.  I just wanted to see other peoples processes so I know whether the way I’m doing it is the best way or not.

But now there is a large space between paragraphs, and in the body field there is only one return.  How do you guys format you’re paragraphs and setup the templates for large body of text?

Use HTML markup inside of the body itself? That’s what I did.

I often use the FCKeditor plugin V 1.19 for EE that permits use of FCKeditor as well - when you then double-click on a publish field, FCKEditor opens up. Just do that AFTER pasting text into it, or it will strip all the formatting out of it if there is some already. (Alternatively I cut the text out, double-click to bring in FCKEditor, then paste it back in.) Anyway, this is a WYSIWIG editor that does a good job of inserting the correct markup once you are finished. It can work in several modes, so it might be right for your application. It allows inserting pictures, too. And has a “large-window” view that I like.

Terry

I normally wrap content areas in a parent DIV, similar to how the default templates are done, this allows any tags to be styled independantly, such as…

<div class="entry-full">
Paragraph content here…
</div>

Then specify styles like

.entry-full p {
line-height: 1.5em;
margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}

Thanks, for the feedback.