Help! DW being buggy!

[vintagewitch]

 Ok so I'm trying to figure out how to get a cut to work and it's suuuuuuper annoying. 

I wrote a really long post and then when I was done writing out stuff I tried to put it under a cut but no matter what I do, it only puts a small part of the text under a cut. 

Is there a fix for this? 

I've tried going into the HTML on the post and messing with it that way and it won't work. I've tried cutting all the text I want to put under the cut, then starting a new cut, and it just pastes exactly how it used to be. Do I have to re-type everything under a cut? 




I've privated the entry for now because it's SO long that I don't wanna clutter up peoples reading pages and my own blog

Comments

[jenett]

It should work if you do (substitute < for [ bracket)

[cut text="cut below"]

And then your text goes here.

If you want later text outside the cut (after the cut), then you do

[/cut]

But it shouldn't put things outside the cut after the cut unless you do that.

[vintagewitch]

Hmmm this still didn't work ... can I do that in Rich Text or do I have to do it in the HTML?

[jenett]

I think the HTML. Checking the support FAQ for it, yes.

You should be able to just copy/paste the code from there, too.

There's also a note at the bottom about using the Rich Text editor.

(I am.... I have never learned how to use the Rich Text editor, because I got in the habit of typing the HTML back in 2001 on LJ, and...)

[vintagewitch]

Huzzah! I have finally done it! And the post is now public.

Thanks Jenett!

[vintagewitch]

This was so helpful thank you! I use rich text primarily because I don’t like writing with

<

instead of just hitting return for a new paragraph

[shanaqui]

I have that with comments if I have the formatting in Markdown mode (the "Casual HTML" setting is what works for me).

[vintagewitch]

Hmm I'm not sure I'm understanding. This is on a post, which I've tried to edit in both Rich Text and HTML. I'm not sure how to put a post in markdown mode?

[syntaxofthings]

I wonder if the Create Post page is different between shanaqui and yours, vintagewitch. I clearly see the toggle between Markdown/Casual HTML, but I also see my Create Post page says something about being a beta version. So that muddles it further.

[shanaqui]

It's Markdown mode that causes the problem for me, so you don't want to set it to that anyway. 😁 Sounds like you're not having the same problem I've had.