Having trouble with HTML Need Help.
Hi,
I designed this site in Front Page. Would anyone be able to take a look at the HTML. I am not able to get everything the way I want it. I don't no why I can't change or specify the length of the side bar and the bottom of the site there is a space that shows up in IE.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank,
Gavin
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AndyB posted this at 20:33 — 1st August 2001.
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Get rid of all those references to height="xxx" in the TABLE tags. Tables take their height from the content.
Get rid of the at the end of the code - all it does is create balnk space .... unless that's what you want.
Debugging table code is much easier if you (temporarily) set every table border="1" - then you can see the page/table structure much more easily. Often that points towards the problem/solution.
Suzanne posted this at 20:41 — 1st August 2001.
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Otherwise, you're missing the closing tag, you have a few nesting errors, a tag without an opening one, and no alt attribute in your images.
The space at the bottom is the empty paragraph. Looks like this:
<p><br><br>
</p>
The length of the sidebar is tied to the table, so the length of the table determines the length of the sidebar.
As you have a very complex table layout (for no good reason), this becomes more complex than need be.
gavin681 posted this at 14:36 — 2nd August 2001.
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Thanks Suzanne and AndyB,
I got rid of:
Seems to have removed the space at the bottom.
>>The length of the sidebar is tied to the table, so the length of the table determines the length of the sidebar.<<
How can I untie the sidebar from the table? Can this be done?
>> Get rid of all those references to height="xxx" in the TABLE tags. Tables take their height from the content.<<
Should I just delete the height measures in the HTML?
>> Buy the pro version. It will significantly help you with troubleshooting.<<
Thanks. I didn't know there was a pro version.
Gavin
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AndyB posted this at 14:56 — 2nd August 2001.
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I can't remember the URL for Docky's site (your version) ....
You can 'untie' the sidebar from the table by making a background image that is your sidebar plus enough white space to fill even the biggest screens. 1600px wide should do it, then use that as the BODY background.
You can safely delete the height="xxx" from the html table tags.
gavin681 posted this at 15:47 — 2nd August 2001.
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>>I can't remember the URL for Docky's site (your version) .... <<
http://www.advancedwebsitepromotion.com/bonafide.htm
>>You can 'untie' the sidebar from the table by making a background image that is your sidebar plus enough white space to fill even the biggest screens. 1600px wide should do it, then use that as the BODY background.<<
I like to stay away from background images as they slow download time. In fact I try to use cell and table colors as much as possible. Isn't there anything I could do with the tables?
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