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CArmstrong
08-09-2008, 12:57 AM
This is kind of a strange issue, but I know it will be a very easy fix for you web developer folks. On my site, http://www.chrisarmstrong.org I use a free WordPress theme. I think it was written by a guy in China so there may be some character set issues. The main issue I'm having is every time I type an apostrophe in one of my posts it adds several spaces after it. You can see an example on the site. I have no problem editing PHP, but honestly I'm not sure where to look to fix this issue.

I think it's probably an issue stemming from the fact that it was written using a non-English character set. Does anyone have any advice on where in the PHP to look to fix this? Thanks!

CArmstrong
08-09-2008, 03:27 AM
Ok I found the issue. In the CSS file the author used a font that appears to be a local Chinese font. I removed that and it defaulted to a different one. Now I'm fighting with the placement of my "Add a comment" link so it's always in the same place.

coax
08-09-2008, 03:33 AM
Can I see the php file for 'main index'?

Jay August
08-13-2008, 06:58 PM
I see this is not resolved, so therefore:

Add this to your CSS:

span.postmeta_comments {
display: block;
width: auto;
clear: both;
}
It should always clear the Add a comment link below the date block.