# A request sent to WF host regarding the Write.Freely instance post display CSS

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/a-request-sent-to-wf-host-regarding-the-write-freely-instance-post-display-css/1524>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [June 15, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/a-request-sent-to-wf-host-regarding-the-write-freely-instance-post-display-css/1524 "2020-06-15T17:53:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![rgx](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/rgx/32/612_2.png) [@rgx](https://discuss.write.as/u/rgx)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/a-request-sent-to-wf-host-regarding-the-write-freely-instance-post-display-css/1524/1 "2020-06-15T17:53:54Z")

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A letter to Ange and TeDomum regarding the screen width on the Reader view of TeDomum WriteFreely :

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Hello Ange, TeDomum!

Bon jour, and thank you for the excellent service I enjoy with the Write.Freely instance at TeDomum.

I wanted to write to you and ask a question – regarding the displaying of pages in the instance.

From the very beginning of my usage of WF, I tried to understand how it displayed pages and images, and realized that it defaults to a 640 pixels wide column on my desktop or laptop displays.

Since then, I have always resized any images I use to fit that exactly - avoiding on-the-fly scaling, which degrades the image and causes delay. So far it has worked well for me.

When I open the URL of one of my pages directly, for example :

> **[Firefox Add-ons for the Active User ?](https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/firefox-add-ons-for-the-active-user)**
>
> \----- A collection of useful Firefox extensions. Modern browsers have a lot of power and display content pretty well. But even for t...

…it will display as created, optimally. Happy author!

However, when looking at my Blog view, the stream of all recent posts : [Musings by @rg — TeDomum Write](https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/)

…then I am dismayed to notice that my careful layout is mangled, since it seems to use a slightly narrower display width.

Sadly, that damages the presentation.

Could I ask you to consider reviewing the CSS for this function? I just took a screenshot (attached) and I do see the image size in a post is preserved at 640p, so no scaling is involved.

However – the spacing on HR dividers is greatly compressed, and in general it seems to use a smaller size font, than the same page viewed directly by its URL.

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## Here are Two screenshots for comparison.

View 1 : a snippet of a post as viewed in the users Blog posts stream.

> **[Musings by @rg](https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/)**
>
> A place to jot down ideas, notes, pointers.

![TeDomum-RGX-View-collapsed-Spacing-673x478p](https://discuss.write.as/uploads/default/original/1X/bc2dca4f62b76b71088f58ca5cb41f5402f38770.png)

Noticeably compressed spacing around Horizontal Rulers.

View 2 : the same paragraphs, as [displayed directly on the page](https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/mastodon-collapsed-text-exposed-image).

 ![TeDomum-RGX-View-collapsed-Spacing-676x819p](https://discuss.write.as/uploads/default/original/1X/f664973bd981aefccd2a2e6cc1205d873983e4b5.png)

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**Author:** ![rgx](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/rgx/32/612_2.png) [@rgx](https://discuss.write.as/u/rgx)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/a-request-sent-to-wf-host-regarding-the-write-freely-instance-post-display-css/1524/2 "2020-06-15T17:56:13Z")

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## Response received :

I received [a reply from Ange](https://mastodon.tedomum.net/@angedestenebres/104349103277712850), who’s an admin at [TeDomum.net](http://TeDomum.net), my WF host.

![image](https://discuss.write.as/uploads/default/original/1X/81ea0e463059bbfa2a22c72e8947dac925aca183.png)

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## Request – Help !

Since it seems this might be hard coded into Write.Freely I decided to copy my Forum post here, and ask for your assistance.

Being very detail oriented and careful about Layout and presentation (I am a Designer), I find the displaying of collapsed vertical spaces in the blog stream sub-optimal, quite sadenning when I spend time honing the posts the best I could.

### Please – could you suggest a solution ?

Thank you!

@design\_RG@qoto.org is my main account, for Fediverse contact.

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**Author:** ![rgx](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/rgx/32/612_2.png) [@rgx](https://discuss.write.as/u/rgx)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/a-request-sent-to-wf-host-regarding-the-write-freely-instance-post-display-css/1524/6 "2020-06-18T23:32:20Z")

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## SOLUTION – thanks to [kaiyou at TeDomum.net](https://mastodon.tedomum.net/@kaiyou/104352677185016202) :

![image](https://discuss.write.as/uploads/default/original/1X/33673f0ef95636f96349d63083d801c2321a0df3.png)

CSS snippet from kaiyou’s message :

```
body#collection article hr {
  margin-top: 2em;
  margin-bottom: 3em;
}
```

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[My reply](https://qoto.org/@design_RG/104367589837288257) :

Merci, kaiyou!!!

That solved the problem. Wonderful, thank you.

@globcoco – you might want to look at this topic, a problem in the default display on Write.Freely!

Copy kaiyou’s code snippet into your personal account, Customization box. Save and voilá!