I said IE8 was better than IE7 for blogs, but not for the signature line thing. IE8 still shows only two lines.

At first I thoguht it occured when I chn aged my screen resolution ... but now I don't see a correlation with that.

My belief is that, when anything gets complicated enough, it develops quirky behavior, like people.

Operating systems, browsers, the Internet, beaurocracies ... you name it!

Using FireFox from home or from work does cure many issues, like the # of lines visible in the sig block, controlling font size, and everything to do with Lists.

It also cured my inability to enter or see line-feed carriage-returns in my Blog.

However, Blog text entry acts like the line-spacing when I hit "Enter" is 1-and-a-half-lines. I guess the intent is to assure lots of white space between paragraphs.

The only way I've found to get single-spaced lines other than let them wrap-around as part of a paragraph, is to make the text into a list.

That is a built in function of that third party tool I'm using for publishing your blog.

I have had on my TODO list for a very long time to convert the blog to function exactly like the forums do, with bb codes and tags instead of the WYSIWYG editor.

Thanks! My first assumption was that I, or my browser, was doing something wrong.

It does push me towards a style my English teachers would approve, and away from a geeky series of lists.

I'm looking forward to trying out that "insert table" feature. I wish I had that, or tabs, or columns in the forums!

Hmmm ... BUT ...

I put two numbered lists into my "screening bark" blog entry. They are visible only as single-spaced lines, not NUMBERED single-spaced lines. No big deal. I used the "Default" list style.

Now I'm using FireFox 17.0.1.

Maybe that is the problem. Most software with a "0" in the first decimal place is suspect!

I see the following as a reader:

Pine bark chips' largest dimension should be long: 1/8 inch to 3/8". Say 3 mm to 10 mm.
The middle dimension could be anything from 1/16 inch to 1/5 inch. Say 1.5 mm to 5 mm.
The small dimension ideally would be thin - 1/32" or less up to 1/10 inch. Say less than 1 mm up to 2 mm.
In order to have sufficient water retention, you must have some fine bark particles or peat. I add 5% to 20% commercial peat-based seed-starting mix or fine potting mix.

As a rule of thumb:

Discard what will not pass through ½" hardware cloth - those chunks are too big for small pots.
Use most of what is held back by ¼" screen. The bigger bits are fine for large pots, but too big for seed-starting in cells.
Discard some of what passes too easily through ¼" hardware cloth: it's too fine to improve drainage.
Discard most of what WILL pass too easily through ⅛" mesh. That's dusty. If you want fibers that fine, add a little peat or commercial potting mix instead.


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I see this when editing:

1. Pine bark chips' largest dimension should be long: 1/8 inch to 3/8". Say 3 mm to 10 mm.
2. The middle dimension could be anything from 1/16 inch to 1/5 inch. Say 1.5 mm to 5 mm.
3. The small dimension ideally would be thin - 1/32" or less up to 1/10 inch. Say less than 1 mm up to 2 mm.
4. In order to have sufficient water retention, you must have some fine bark particles or peat. I add 5% to 20% commercial peat-based seed-starting mix or fine potting mix.
As a rule of thumb:
1. Discard what will not pass through ½" hardware cloth - those chunks are too big for small pots.
2. Use most of what is held back by ¼" screen. The bigger bits are fine for large pots, but too big for seed-starting in cells.
3. Discard some of what passes too easily through ¼" hardware cloth: it's too fine to improve drainage.
4. Discard most of what WILL pass too easily through ⅛" mesh. That's dusty. If you want fibers that fine, add a little peat or commercial potting mix instead.

Hmmm ... BUT ...

I put two numbered lists into my "screening bark" blog entry. They are visible only as single-spaced lines, not NUMBERED single-spaced lines. No big deal. I used the "Default" list style.

I tried "Upper Alpha" and "Lower Alpha" style but those were not visible in Preview either. It does let me single-space, however!

Now I'm using FireFox 17.0.1.

Maybe that is the problem. Most software with a "0" in the first decimal place is suspect!

I see the following as a reader:

Pine bark chips' largest dimension should be long: 1/8 inch to 3/8". Say 3 mm to 10 mm.
The middle dimension could be anything from 1/16 inch to 1/5 inch. Say 1.5 mm to 5 mm.
The small dimension ideally would be thin - 1/32" or less up to 1/10 inch. Say less than 1 mm up to 2 mm.
In order to have sufficient water retention, you must have some fine bark particles or peat. I add 5% to 20% commercial peat-based seed-starting mix or fine potting mix.

As a rule of thumb:

Discard what will not pass through ½" hardware cloth - those chunks are too big for small pots.
Use most of what is held back by ¼" screen. The bigger bits are fine for large pots, but too big for seed-starting in cells.
Discard some of what passes too easily through ¼" hardware cloth: it's too fine to improve drainage.
Discard most of what WILL pass too easily through ⅛" mesh. That's dusty. If you want fibers that fine, add a little peat or commercial potting mix instead.


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I see this when Editing or Previewing:

1. Pine bark chips' largest dimension should be long: 1/8 inch to 3/8". Say 3 mm to 10 mm.
2. The middle dimension could be anything from 1/16 inch to 1/5 inch. Say 1.5 mm to 5 mm.
3. The small dimension ideally would be thin - 1/32" or less up to 1/10 inch. Say less than 1 mm up to 2 mm.
4. In order to have sufficient water retention, you must have some fine bark particles or peat. I add 5% to 20% commercial peat-based seed-starting mix or fine potting mix.
As a rule of thumb:
1. Discard what will not pass through ½" hardware cloth - those chunks are too big for small pots.
2. Use most of what is held back by ¼" screen. The bigger bits are fine for large pots, but too big for seed-starting in cells.
3. Discard some of what passes too easily through ¼" hardware cloth: it's too fine to improve drainage.
4. Discard most of what WILL pass too easily through ⅛" mesh. That's dusty. If you want fibers that fine, add a little peat or commercial potting mix instead.