The thing was twisted into working by manually inserting a space between paragraphs. This was kind of a pain, but was made a bit easier by using a reusable block. If you have noticed that the spacing was varying a bit between paragraphs, it’s because I’ve been tweaking the block.
Installing Real Media Library on this system and giving it a go results in the same problem. So, something is definitely amiss. Why would my shadow system work with virtually the same set up and this system which doesn’t work?
What I’m getting to is I’m going to have to do a major rethink of the site. I’m probably going to have to pony up and actually buy a supported theme so that when these things happen I can get help
The cynic in me tells me that WordPress was factored in a way to support “third-party” coders who sell add-ins and themes as there are some major holes in capability of the system by and large. Could be, who knows? At this point it doesn’t matter as it’s time to sort it all out in a less cumbersome way than I’ve been operating.
In all likelihood it will be a while (months?) before you see anymore posts. And when you do, the site will bear no resemblance to what it does now.