diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
index d731987..51c13cd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class PagesController < ApplicationController
         pps = doc.css("*[data-pp]")
         pps.each do |pp|
           number = pp.attributes["data-pp"].value
-          if pp.inner_html == ""
+          if pp.inner_html.strip == ""
               pp.inner_html = "<a href='/page_parts/new?part=#{number}&page_id=#{page.id.to_s}#{(!$mobile.blank? ? '&mobile_view=1' : '')}'> </a>"
           else
             inner_html = pp.inner_html
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class PagesController < ApplicationController
       dates.each do |d|
         format = d.attributes["date-format"].value
         date = DateTime.parse(d.inner_text)
-        d.inner_html = d.inner_html.gsub(d.inner_text, " " + date.strftime(format))
+        d.inner_html = d.inner_html.gsub(d.inner_text.strip, " " + date.strftime(format))
       end
       return doc.to_html
     end