CSS and/or HTML in my "template" tab? WTF does that mean?

[displacedtexan]

This was the email response when I asked how parts of my blog text appear italicized for no good reason... and the template code shows no <i></i> code or <em></em> code whatsoever!

Any ideas on how to solve the <i> problem?

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. where's your blog... I'll have a look

FWIW, CSS = Cascading Style Sheets (Standardized, formatted templates)
HTML = hypertext markup language (the lingo web pages are written in)

Sometimes a rogue tag gets left in... do a view source on your blog page and see if there are any around.

[displacedtexan]

2. Thanks so much!

http://ascrivenerslament.blogspot.com/

I've searched and searched, but I can't find the <i> or <em> code anywhere!

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. the style sheet for the blog automatically formats things in italics

here's a little info I gleaned from the page

-----------------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style Sheet
Name: Scribe
Designer: Todd Dominey
URL: domineydesign.com / whatdoiknow.org
Date: 27 Feb 2004

I am assuming that the placement of the text corresponds to one of the many style sheet areas that are preformatted as "formal" I looked through all the CSS info and found many of the places where the page will automatically take text format and change it specifically. I believe the italicized text is actually formal style.

If you author the entire page yourself you can change the CSS but it might be easier to change templates.

more information -

here is where Con is highlighted incorrectly...

<div class="post-body">

<p><p><br>Okay, I was wrong to give Ms. O'<strong>Con</strong>nor the benefit of the doubt!<br /><br />In typical 5-4 style, The Supreme W. Court ruled today that a 17 year old should know that police don't have to read him his Miranda rights while "interviewing" him for over 2 hours in a small, closed room at HQ, separated from his parents. <br /><br /><strong>Justice Breyer, writing on behalf of the Fab Four, begs to dissent:</strong></p><br /><a href="http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01june20041200/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03pdf/02-1684.pdf"><b>Link</b></a></p>


Note the tag <strong> </strong>

[displacedtexan]

6. I should always use <b>, but I forget. I'm a newbie!

Thanks!

Is it possible to override the 'formal' command?

[BigMcLargehuge]

10. if you can find the instance where the CSS corresponds to where...

the rogue text is... sure. Just change "formal" to "normal".

However, it sort of defeats the purpose of using a CSS. The idea is that you should be able to change content without having to monkey around much with formatting.

Which editor are you using to create this page? If it's "Dreamweaver" then there is a CSS tab that shows your the page with the CSS areas highlighted. I think it also lets you change values there too.

[displacedtexan]

11. I have no idea which editor blogspot uses.

When I started this blog last week, the entries weren't italicized. A few entries later, all of them changed to italics for no apparent reason.

The blogspot people have been no help.

[KC]

3. Well

I found this in your page...maybe that's why it's italic?
I am a beginner at this so I am probably wrong..but :)


}
.deleted-comment {
font-style:italic;
color:gray;
}

[displacedtexan]

5. Wow!

I missed that! Was there an end tag?

Thanks!

It's still italicized!

I changed 'italics' to 'normal,' but it didn't help!

[KC]

7. This is how it's on there

I'm not great at this, but I think this is where the problem is..
there doesn't seem to be an end tag

<h8><I>Other great sites<I></h8><font size=smaller>
<ul>

[displacedtexan]

8. Changing 'italic' to 'normal' doesn't help.

I did, however, while viewing the source, find where the underlines were, and I was able to change them.

I still can't get rid of the italics, though. Frustrating!

[displacedtexan]

14. THAT WAS IT! THANK YOU!

:yourock:

[displacedtexan]

12. AHA! I'll try to fix that!

Thanks!

[displacedtexan]

9. Would that make the entire blog italicized?

I'll delete the code and see what happens.

Thanks!

[KC]

13. See above

:)