I just bought a wordpress theme and I am trying to customize it a bit. I know html and css fairly well but have not done much Wordpress.

When I post to the blog, the list button not not make the text into a list on the main blog page. It instead puts it in one line. Like so...

item 1 item 2 item 3

When i look at the html editor it says that it is indeed using html to specify a list.

When I go to the "single" page it displays it correctly like so...

item 1
item 2
item 3

So I am trying to figure out what makes it display differently on those two pages. Here is the code.

BLOG TEMPLATE

<div id="main" style="padding-top:<?php echo wip_check_logo_height(); ?>;">
	<div class="wrap">
	
	<div id="main-bg">

		<div id="main-area">
		
			<h1 id="page-title"><span><?php single_post_title(); ?></span></h1>
			
			<div class="normal-content with-sidebar">
				
						<div id="the-content">
						
						<?php
							$an_blog_perpage = intval( get_wip_option_by('xe_blog_ppp', '5') );
								
							$args=array(
									'post_type' 		=> 'post',
									'post_status'		=> 'publish',
									'posts_per_page'	=> $an_blog_perpage,
									'ignore_sticky_posts'	=>1,
									'paged'				=>$paged,
							);
							query_posts($args);
																		
							while (have_posts()): the_post();
						?>
						
						<div class="blog-lists">
							
							<?php if( has_post_thumbnail()) { ?>
							
							<div class="blog-thumb">
							
								<a class="featured-image" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" >
									<img src="<?php echo get_thumbOri( $post->ID, 'bloglists' ); ?>" alt="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" />
								</a>
							
							</div>
							
							<?php } ?>
							
							<h2 class="blog-lists-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
							<span class="post-by">
								<?php print __('By', 'wip'); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> 
								<?php print __('on', 'wip'); ?> <?php the_time('F d, Y'); ?> 
								/ <?php comments_popup_link( __('Leave a comment', 'wip'), __('1 Comment', 'wip'), __('% Comments', 'wip') ); ?> 
							</span>
							
							<?php wip_blog_printcontent(); ?>
							
							<div class="blog-lists-more">
								<span class="posted-in">
								<?php print __('Posted in:', 'wip') ?> <?php the_category(', '); ?>
								</span>
								
								<span class="posted-more">
									<a class="read-more-blog" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="" >
									<?php echo get_wip_option_by('xe_blog_rm', 'read more'); ?>
									</a>
								</span>
							</div>
						
						</div>
						
						<?php 
							
							endwhile; 
								
							wip_pagenavi();
								
							wp_reset_query(); 
							
						?>
						
						</div>
						
						<!-- start sidebar -->
						<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
						<!-- end sidebar -->

			</div>
			
		</div><!-- end #main-area -->
		
	</div><!-- end #main-bg -->
	
	</div><!-- end .wrap -->
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

SINGLE POST PAGE

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="main" style="padding-top:<?php echo wip_check_logo_height(); ?>;">
	<div class="wrap">
	
	<div id="main-bg">
	
		<div id="main-area" <?php post_class(); ?>>
			
			<div class="normal-content with-sidebar single">

						<div id="the-content">
						
						<?php
							if(have_posts()):
																		
							while (have_posts()): the_post();
						?>
						
						<div class="blog-lists single">
							
							<h2 class="blog-single-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
							<span class="post-by">
								<?php print __('By', 'wip'); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> 
								<?php print __('on', 'wip'); ?> <?php the_time('F d, Y'); ?> 
								&#8212; <?php comments_popup_link( __('Leave a comment', 'wip'), __('1 Comment', 'wip'), __('% Comments', 'wip') ); ?> 
							</span>
							
							<?php if( has_post_thumbnail() && get_post_meta($post->ID, '_disable_thumbnail', true) !== "1" ) { ?>
							
							<div class="blog-thumb">
							
								<a class="featured-image" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" >
									<img src="<?php echo get_thumbOri( $post->ID, 'bloglists' ); ?>" alt="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" />
								</a>
							
							</div>
							
							<?php } ?>
							
							<?php the_content(); ?>
							
							<div class="blog-lists-more">
								<span class="posted-in">
								<?php print __('Posted in:', 'wip') ?> <?php the_category(', '); ?>
								</span>
								
							<?php
								$tags_list = get_the_tag_list( '', ', ' );
								if ( $tags_list ):
							?>
								<span class="single-tag">
									<?php printf( __( 'Tagged : %1$s', 'wip' ), $tags_list ); ?>
								</span>
							<?php endif; ?>
							</div>

						</div>
						
							<?php 
								comments_template( '', true ); 
							?>
						
						<?php 
							
							endwhile; 
								
							endif;
								
							wp_reset_query(); 
							
						?>
						
						</div>
						
						<!-- start sidebar -->
						<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
						<!-- end sidebar -->
						
			</div>
			
		</div><!-- end #main-area -->
		
	</div><!-- end #main-bg -->
	
	</div><!-- end .wrap -->
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I would be grateful for any info to point me in the right direction.