Jocah Le Fey

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  • Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Retaining Bold and Italics when Pasting Text
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    @threadi I appreciate you taking the time to reply. However, I have been pasting formatted text into the Classic Block for 4 years, and it has worked perfectly. I am only posting here because it is no longer working.

    “If you insert the texts normally in the Block Editor, this should work more smoothly.”
    What do you mean by “normally”?
    If you mean just pasting directly into the first bar that appears, or by first choosing a Paragraph Block, neither option works – both erase all bold and italics. Hence me posting here in the first place.

    I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but if you do not know this about the Paragraph Block, and if you don’t know that the Classic Block has been working perfectly for at least 4 years, why did you reply here in the first place?
    Cheers

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Aligning Image and Heading Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    In this image you can see how I cannot get the Test Image to align with the Heading, only the Paragraph. And also the huge white gap due to how the individual Paragraph Blocks no longer allow for neat text wrapping.

    The Classic Block is broken, and needs fixing or a workable replacement offered. Please.

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Aligning Image and Heading Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    @gappiah Thanks for the link explaining how to upload a screenshot. I really appreciate that.

    Reminds me of the saying: when everybody expects somebody to do the work, nobody ends up doing the work.

    If I was tech savvy enough to solve this problem, or worked at WordPress, I wouldn’t need to be writing here seeking help. LOL
    It was WP that broke the Classic Block, so I do hope whoever is responsible will fix what they did, or offer something that works as well, as a replacement option.
    But if my recent experience holds true, nothing will be done about it… sadly.

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Retaining Bold and Italics when Pasting Text
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    @threadi I would normally select the Classic Block then paste the text which I copied from my Word Doc.
    I use the Ctrl+V. But the same problem happens when I use the button “paste as text.”
    In either case, all the bold and italics are removed.
    The same problem happens if I just click within the new block, where it says “Type/ to choose a block.”

    Before the previous update, as I mentioned, the Classic Block would keep all the text in one block, including the bold and italics, and I could add media (images) within the block so I got nice text wrapping. But now WordPress Block Editor changes the pasted text to mulitple paragraph blocks and removes my bold and italics.

    Does this tell you what you need to know?
    Thanks so much.

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Retaining Bold and Italics when Pasting Text
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    @threadi I use the visual block editor. If that is what you mean?
    I don’t do HTML in the classic editor.

    And I am sorry if that is not the right answer, I am not fully tech savvy.

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Classic Block Automatically Changes Content to Multiple Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    @donnamiller Thank you for your reply. I am glad you have found a solution that you are happy with.
    It sounds like a lot of work to paste each paragraph one at a time! Sheesh.

    Did you follow my partial solution, or find a way you are happy with, to insert images and have the text wrap?

    I thank you for replying with your workaround, but sadly this does not solve my two biggest problems…
    1. All the bold and italics being removed.
    2. Not being able to align images with headings and still have the following text wrap around them – without big ugly gaps, as you mentioned.

    I might start another two threads with each problem listed separately.
    Like you, I cannot believe WordPress would do this, when there is no viable alternative!!

    I now wish I had used a 3rd party site builder, as apparently they are unaffected byt these latest changes.

    PS: Sorry for the very slow reply. I can only think about this problem infrequently due to the frustration it is causing me.
    And also because it plays into my unfortunate relationship with tech – we always I seem to be very estranged. My friends often tell me I should be a Beta Tester, because if it can break, it will for me. LOL

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Classic Block Automatically Changes Content to Multiple Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 4 months ago

    Actually, @donnamiller, I did find a partial solution a while ago, which may work for your needs.

    If you paste your text in as a “Paragraph,” (which seems to happen automatically now) it will make the text into many blocks, you can then add a block above the first paragraph block (“Add Before”), and in that block add an image. When you select align left or right, the text in that block and the following Paragraph blocks will wrap around the image. (You can adjust the image size in the right side panel now.)
    If your post starts with a Heading Block, you can also achieve this by adding another block below the Heading block, using the “Add After” choice.

    In either method, I can no longer align my images with the Headings, they must sit above or below them! :/

    I am not sure if this will help you, but hopefully…
    Cheers Jocah

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Classic Block Automatically Changes Content to Multiple Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 4 months ago

    Hello @donnamiller, Sadly no. I have neither found support elsewhere nor figured out a solution – despite trying many times now. I even wrote to my Theme team, and they have not been able to help either.

    I also use the left and right image justification inside the Classic Block, and also, I have found no way to do text wrapping. No arrangement of blocks or containers of blocks works. I have searched and tried so many types now. But none work. All I want to do, is be able to load posts to my blog, it shouldn’t be this hard.
    And I am also deeply frustrated about all my italics and bolding being removed. It is a lot of work to find and replace them all, especially in my longer essays!

    All in all, this latest WordPress Update, has been a serious downgrade!!
    What I don’t understand is why this problem is not being mentioned more on here… as there must be millions of people who add images to words. How are they not all struggling and writing here, seeking answers??!!

    Thanks so much for adding your comment here, and sorry I don’t have better news yet.

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Classic Block Automatically Changes Content to Multiple Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 6 months ago

    @dilip2615 I have now published a new post with the best I can do with the new WordPress.

    If you want to compare the old version (in the last message), you can see it here: https://authenticblaze.org/principles-are-not-weapons/

    Comparing the two will show you what I am trying to achieve, better than my written words.
    Cheers

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Classic Block Automatically Changes Content to Multiple Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 6 months ago

    @dilip2615 Thanks 😀

    When I Choose Block, and click Classic Block, and then I paste text, instead of staying as one single block where I can also add media, it is automatically changing every “enter” in the text into a new block.

    The problem I have with this is that I can no longer add photos within the block and have them line up with a Heading. They now have to be in a separate block either above or below the heading.

    I tried using a Container with 2 blocks inside it, one text and one image, but there are extremely limited or no options to align the contents. And so, I cannot achieve the simple neat positioning I used to. :/

    If you look at the two images within this post on my website, you can see the alignments I need. But I just cannot find a way to recreate this since the last update.
    https://authenticblaze.org/spiritual-beliefs-do-not-make-you-spiritual/

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Classic Block Automatically Changes Content to Multiple Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 6 months ago

    @linaasenova Thanks for your reply and suggestion.
    However, I use multiple different blocks in my posts, so I cannot use Classic Editor, as I would lose access to them.
    Cheers Jocah

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: Classic Block Automatically Changes Content to Multiple Blocks
    Thread Starter Jocah Le Fey

    (@bluephyre)

    1 year, 6 months ago

    @dilip2615 Thanks for your suggestion, but sadly, it does not work.

    As soon as I paste the text from Notepad into a new post, it still converts it to multiple new blocks.
    And now I also lose all of my italics and bolds, which I then have to go back in and redo.

    I also use multiple different blocks in my posts, so I cannot use Classic Editor.
    Cheers Jocah

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