Blogger vs Wordpress vs others

[pardes]

I'm going nuts fighting with formatting blog entries in Blogger. It's sneaky. It makes you think you are changing formatting but many times it doesn't.

Is Wordpress easier? More reliable. Doesn't require a PhD in html code?

What other programs are easier for formatting text?

I've gone down using MS Word with a direct upload, to using Live Writer, to just dumping it directly into Blogger editor and none of them give predictable results.

Grrrrrr. I'm spending three times as much time formatting the blog as I am in creating it!

[Aquila]

What are you trying to do so far as formatting?

Nothing seems to make adding spaces in front of lines (say, of poetry) easy in html except knowing the stupid code.

I use blogger/blogspot, but I do minimal formatting, a few photos on occasion, poetry, and like it pretty well. I haven't tried other platforms.

[Grog]

What are you trying to do so far as formatting?

Nothing seems to make adding spaces in front of lines (say, of poetry) easy in html except knowing the stupid code.

I know it's "code," but typing "<br>" is not that difficult...

[pardes]

I know it's "code," but typing "<br>" is not that difficult...

Yeah, it's not that hard until you have three screen pages of text with different formatting throughout in the text and photos.

I'm biting the bullet. I downloaded "kompoze." At least I have a fighting chance now. You type in your text, format it, and then by switching to another screen you can clearly see where the code is and what it is. It highlights the coding with colors and tags so you CAN'T miss it and eventually learn the coding for the typical things you do.

With two blogs, a personal one, and a magazine style one, the learning curve is steep but fast.

[SouthernBelle]

I use Wordpress and the only issue I've had is having text go around pictures the way I want it to. You can swap back and forth between HTML and visual easily while you are posting.

[Aquila]

<br> creates a line break, not spaces in front of text.

I can't remember offhand the way to add extra spaces between characters. One space is easy, but not two, and tabbing is a pain, also. Hitting extra spaces, the way you do on a typewriter or a wordprocessing program doesn't work.

That's why there's a move among those who love html to change formatting so you don't start a paragraph with an indent and don't have two spaces after a period.