Multi-line Biography?

[somegirl]

Forgive me if this is posted somewhere else, but I could not find it when I searched.

Is there a way to have line breaks in the Biography section of the site? I tried just typing it the way I would like it formatted, but it places everything on one line. I also tried adding HTML line breaks, but it gives me an error saying I cannot have html in that field. (Which I think is definitely a good idea, despite being limited by it.)

If it can't be done, then it can't be done and I won't worry about it. I just want to make sure I haven't missed something.

Any help is much appreciated!

[dslr595148]

I do not know for sure, but I took what you wrote and put it into my Biography.

This a sample screen shot of My Settings..

http://i31.tinypic.com/30lj8go.jpg

And this a sample screen shot of my profile.

http://i31.tinypic.com/2qut8v8.jpg

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PS. After I took the screen shot(s) I removed all of that info from my Settings Biography, because what I put in my settings for a Biography, is not Biography about me..

[somegirl]

That is an example of what I am referring to. While the section will word wrap, it is still all only one line.

For instance, if I type:

This is a line.

This is a second line.

Then it will format like this:

This is a line. This is a second line.

Endless blocks of text are difficult to read for a lot of people, so I'm just looking to break it up a little.

[KaLin]

The ability to use simple HTML is a permission granted as you rank up on the community, even though it's not specifically listed in the Community Ranking Structure.  Hope that answers your question.

[dslr595148]

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@KaLin wrote:

The ability to use simple HTML is a permission granted as you rank up on the community, even though it's not specifically listed in the Community Ranking Structure.  Hope that answers your question.

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Ok, interesting.

Please tell us. At what level?

Thanks.

[KaLin · Accepted solution]

I've been digging around in the user permissions and it looks like that permission is granted at the Copper Contributor level.  However, the setting is for posts and signatures only -- not for the member profile, which would include the About Me section.

[somegirl]

So HTML will never be allowed in that particular section.  Is there some other way to add line breaks?

[dslr595148]

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@somegirl wrote:

So HTML will never be allowed in that particular section.  Is there some other way to add line breaks?

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While I do not know the answer to your question, I can you what you could do in the meantime as you wait for them to fix it.

#1 Make a web page, and put it on a web site.

#2 In the Biography line/space, put the URL of the web page at your web site.