diff --git a/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php b/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php
index 10968935b..15fb333d1 100644
--- a/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php
+++ b/newmemberwidget/newmemberwidget.php
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ function newmemberwidget_network_mod_init (App $a, $b)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$t = '<div id="newmember_widget" class="widget">'.EOL;
-	$t .= '<h3>'.DI::l10n()->t('New Member').'</h3>'.EOL;
-	$t .= '<a href="newmember" id="newmemberwidget-tips">' . DI::l10n()->t('Tips for New Members') . '</a><br />'.EOL;
+	$t = '<div id="newmember_widget" class="widget">';
+	$t .= '<h3>'.DI::l10n()->t('New Member').'</h3>';
+	$t .= '<a href="newmember" id="newmemberwidget-tips">' . DI::l10n()->t('Tips for New Members') . '</a><br />';
 
 	if (DI::config()->get('newmemberwidget','linkglobalsupport', false)) {
-		$t .= '<a href="https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers" target="_new">'.DI::l10n()->t('Global Support Forum').'</a><br />'.EOL;
+		$t .= '<a href="https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers" target="_new">'.DI::l10n()->t('Global Support Forum').'</a><br />';
 	}
 
 	if (DI::config()->get('newmemberwidget','linklocalsupport', false)) {
-		$t .= '<a href="'.DI::baseUrl()->get().'/profile/'.DI::config()->get('newmemberwidget','localsupport').'" target="_new">'.DI::l10n()->t('Local Support Forum').'</a><br />'.EOL;
+		$t .= '<a href="'.DI::baseUrl()->get().'/profile/'.DI::config()->get('newmemberwidget','localsupport').'" target="_new">'.DI::l10n()->t('Local Support Forum').'</a><br />';
 	}
 
 	$ft = DI::config()->get('newmemberwidget','freetext', '');
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index f82c1aa7f..9c6fb7f08 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post(App $a, $post)
 						DI::pConfig()->set(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'baseapi', $asn['apiurl']);
 						//DI::pConfig()->set(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'application_name', $asn['applicationname'] );
 					} else {
-						DI::sysmsg()->addNotice(DI::l10n()->t('Please contact your site administrator.<br />The provided API URL is not valid.') . EOL . $asn['apiurl']);
+						DI::sysmsg()->addNotice(DI::l10n()->t('Please contact your site administrator.<br />The provided API URL is not valid.') . '<br />' . $asn['apiurl']);
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/wppost/wppost.php b/wppost/wppost.php
index 4cd5acc6b..ab172016c 100644
--- a/wppost/wppost.php
+++ b/wppost/wppost.php
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ function wppost_send(App $a, array &$b)
 
 		$wp_backlink = intval(DI::pConfig()->get($b['uid'],'wppost','backlink'));
 		if($wp_backlink && $b['plink']) {
-			$post .= EOL . EOL . '<a href="' . $b['plink'] . '">'
-				. $wp_backlink_text . '</a>' . EOL . EOL;
+			$post .= '<p><a href="' . $b['plink'] . '">' . $wp_backlink_text . '</a><p/>';
 		}
 
 		$post = XML::escape($post);