# Indent paragraphs in blog list

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Tags:** blog\
**Created:** [June 16, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512 "2024-06-16T11:13:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gallifrey55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gallifrey55](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/gallifrey55)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512/1 "2024-06-16T11:13:14Z")

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Is there any way to indent a paragraph in a blog post? I’m using WeaverThemes Solitude.

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512/2 "2024-06-17T13:03:43Z")

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Hi @gallifrey55,

Sure, follow the below steps:

**Highlight each paragraph and select “Paragraph” from the HTML selector**

 ![how-to-indent-blog-paragraph-1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/d/b/db3f33518fa7493f684ce11893ddd527279c3d4d.jpeg)

**Add the below custom CSS to the page inspector \>\> HTML Code tab \>\> CSS tab**

 ![how-to-indent-blog-paragraph-2](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/1/8/18524737aa74893b69e168ba815ff869792d7ab7.jpeg)

```auto
p {
text-indent: 5%;
}

```

You can substitute the 5% with other values, such as:

```auto
text-indent: 25px;

text-indent: 2em;

text-indent: 30%;

etc.

```

Percentage is probably preferred for responsive design.

Hope that helps.

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**Author:** ![gallifrey55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gallifrey55](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/gallifrey55)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512/3 "2024-06-18T04:14:41Z")

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Thanks. That’s helpful to know, but the code only indents the first line whereas I want to indent the whole paragraph. Also (I realise I didn’t mention this before) I want to retain the paragraph formatting, in this case italic text.

> ![](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dang/45/25412_2.png "dang") | [dang](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dang) Dan G. Customer Support, Realmac Software  
> 17 June |
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Hi [@gallifrey55](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/gallifrey55),

Sure, follow the below steps:

**Highlight each paragraph and select “Paragraph” from the HTML selector**

**Add the below custom CSS to the page inspector \>\> HTML Code tab \>\> CSS tab**

```auto
p {
text-indent: 5%;
}

```

You can substitute the 5% with other values, such as:

```auto
text-indent: 25px;

text-indent: 2em;

text-indent: 30%;

etc.

```

Percentage is probably preferred for responsive design.

Hope that helps.

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512/4 "2024-06-18T14:25:04Z")

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> [@gallifrey55](#):
>
> but the code only indents the first line whereas I want to indent the whole paragraph.

It seems like “blockquote” would do what you are wanting then? It indents a whole paragraph.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding though, are you wanting all paragraphs on the page to be indented (every line), or are you just wanting a few paragraphs to be indented?

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**Author:** ![gallifrey55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gallifrey55](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/gallifrey55)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512/5 "2024-06-18T15:09:30Z")

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I think ‘blockquote’ is the nearest to what I want. Thanks for looking into this for me.

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/indent-paragraphs-in-blog-list/43512/6 "2024-06-18T15:36:29Z")

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No problem. 🙂