Description code changes by itself ???

[LilleyPadGifts]

I have spent 2 days trying to figure this out. I can get my desctription area for a comic just perfect, it has to space down some so that all of the info shows below the image.

I enter this code

 
<p>
<p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Condition: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">VG</div></b>
<br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Title: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">SLEEPWALKER</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Volume: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Vol. 1</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Series #: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">#1</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Date: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Jun. 91</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Publisher: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Marvel</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Cover Price: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">$1.00</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">NOTES: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Very slight spine curl.</div></b>

If I have to edit the item to correct price or make any change what so ever, it changes itself to this

 
<p /><p /><p><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"></font></p><div align="left">Condition: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">VG</font></b><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Title: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">SLEEPWALKER</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Volume: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Vol. 1</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Series #: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">#1</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Date: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Jun. 91</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Publisher: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Marvel</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Cover Price: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">$1.00</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">NOTES: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Very slight spine curl.</font></b></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div>

not near as bad as what it WAS doing...it would move text around and mix up the info and text....but still, I would like for them to all look the same. I would like for the Condition to be right below the pic, but a space between that and the info below it (starting with Title).
I THOUGHT I had the perfect "template" for a comic made up, it spaced everything correctly and all info was in the right place and in the right color....so I "copied" it and saved with the title Template (making it out of stock so that no one would see these). I copied that one to each Comic catagory, then once I was ready to put a comic in, I would go to the correct Publisher's Cat, copy the Template again, and then edit to the book I had in front of me. I add the description to each part by deleting what is there, and copying it from my TagBot program which I had to use to get it to work this far. Anyway, it pulls the Condition next to the rest of the info again.
What is causing this?!?!?!?! I have tried the < .b. > and the < .p. > (minus the .'s), am I using the wrong code to make the breakline or paragraph stick? If I find that I've made any sort of mistake per item, I can't just edit it, I have to delete it and create from scratch...this is insane! HELP!!!!!

[kobra]

Start with editing/changing the non-closed open statements from:

<p>
<p>
<p><font face="Arial"...

to

<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><font face="Arial"...

Actually, create this as a html page and validate it - then fix the issues and when it validates paste the result into this area

[LilleyPadGifts]

Ok, you lost me... sorry.... what does the P mean? It doesn't mean paragraph? I'm more used to HTML then PHP, so if I wanted to add a page break, I 'd just put a BR and not close it.

Actually, create this as a html page and validate it - then fix the issues and when it validates paste the result into this area

I'm not sure what you mean.

[LilleyPadGifts]

<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Condition: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">VG</div></b>
<br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Title: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">SUPER POWERS</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Volume: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Vol. 1</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Series #: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"># 4 of 5</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Date: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Oct. 84</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Publisher: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">DC</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Cover Price: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">$0.75</div></b>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">NOTES: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Slight top edge wear.</div></b>

[LilleyPadGifts]

I copied that and pasted it in and when I clicked to edit it it became this....

<p /><p /><p><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"></font></p><div align="left">Condition: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">VG</font></b><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Title: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">SUPER POWERS</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Volume: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Vol. 1</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Series #: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"># 4 of 5</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Date: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Oct. 84</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Publisher: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">DC</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">Cover Price: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">$0.75</font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div align="left">NOTES: <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Slight top edge wear.</font></b></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div></font></div>

[gjh42]

Are you using an HTML editor program? Some of those are reported to generate badly written code, and even change what you enter.
If you are comfortable writing HTML, you may be better off working in plaintext mode.
<br> still is understood by browsers, but the correct standard is <br />.

Instead of putting all the styling inline in the HTML, it would be easier to give each type of div or span a class, and style the classes in the stylesheet. That way you only have to type each once instead of half a dozen times per product, and it will take up a lot less space in the description.
And if you want to modify the appearance globally it won't be a nightmare.