Is your blog looking a little wacky? Have two paragraphs stuck together even though you've hit the return key 20 times? Picture just too big or not staying in the center where you want it?
Time to learn a few bits of Html code. Don't panic. It's easy, I swear. There's really only two bits of code you need to fix typical minor formatting problems in your blog posts.
First, remember to switch to the "Edit Html" tab when you want to employ these bits of code. Reading Html is a little like reading Latin. It kind of makes sense, and you can usually interpret the jist of it even if you weren't taught how to read it. Scroll down through the text, looking for the words nearest your problem area. If it's a long post or you're having trouble, use the <"ctrl"> F function to search for a specific word.
For Spacing
To add a line break (or space) between paragraphs or pictures, all you need to do is use the code <"br"> (include the carrots by not the quotes - needed these to make the computer show the code) at the place where you want to have a space (i.e., last word of a paragraph or behind the code for a picture).
For Pictures
To change the size of a picture in Html code, look around your post's code for the reference to your image (it includes the codes "img" and usually "jpg"). Within the overall code for your image, there should be reference to a couple of numbers that typically have "px" behind them. These numbers can be made smaller to decrease the size of your photo or larger to increase it. Bear in mind that you need to change both in equal quantities to make sure your photo stays in proper proportions. For example, if the image is currently listed as 500px by 330px, you would want to change it to something like 400 by 230 (subtract 100 from each).
These two simple tricks should help eliminate a few formatting frogs.
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