Title: Comment Code Inserting Blank Lines?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Comment Code Inserting Blank Lines?

 *  [mpustka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpustka/)
 * (@mpustka)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-code-inserting-blank-lines/)
 * OK, so I’m new at trying to change code and it makes sense to me to add comments
   to my code so that I remember what the heck I’m doing, or what I did.
 * However, if I use code such as the following:
    `<!--Page Element Separation--
   >`
 * On the page that I add this code to, it inserts a blank line, and if I look at
   the output code in Firebug, it shows <p></p> coding?
 * What am I doing wrong here?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-code-inserting-blank-lines/#post-1583693)
 * 1. Are you adding this code via the HTML tab or the Visual Editor? HTML markup
   should only be used in the HTML tab.
 * 2. The correct syntax is `<!-- Page Element Separation -->`
 *  Thread Starter [mpustka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpustka/)
 * (@mpustka)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-code-inserting-blank-lines/#post-1583757)
 * html tab
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-code-inserting-blank-lines/#post-1583889)
 * Did using the correct syntax help? Those 2 additional spaces are important.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-code-inserting-blank-lines/#post-1583889)
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