iBlog2 Text Widget blank space

[daneel 0]

Hi all, whenever I use a Text Widget in my iBlog2 theme, there is an additional blank line at the bottom before the widget ends. How can I avoid this blank line? Here is a screenshot, the problem can be seen in the first and the last widgets (those are the Text Widgets): Screenshot Can anyone please help me? :-( Many thanks, Michael

[cmunns 16]

Can you inspect them with firebug and check for tags or empty <p> tags? I can do it if you provide a live link to the site.

[daneel 0]

Dear Adam, here is the URL of my site: http://michael.unfolded.com Many thanks for your help! All the best, Michael

[daneel 0]

Hi all, I fixed it by replacing

<div class="textwidget"><?php echo $instance['filter'] ? wpautop($text) : $text; ?></div>

with

<!--<div class="textwidget">--><?php echo $instance['filter'] ? wpautop($text) : $text; ?><!--</div>-->

in wp-includes/default-widgets.php Basically, I simply removed the div layer - that did it for me. All the best, Michael

[daneel 0]

Another interesting find: It appears that for the text widget the $after_widget variable is initialized to "&.n.b.s.p;</div></div>". (nbsp without the dots) This results in another line break, in case that <table> or similar elements are used in the text widget. I fixed this by adding a: $after_widget = "</div></div>"; before the echo $after_widget line. All the best, Michael ps: I realize, that this might not be the fault of the iBlog2 theme. Just wanted to share. However, I had to fix this for several widgets...