Horizontal scrolling (frameset prob.?) IE only
Here's the link.
http://www.meganjack.com/uwcourses/template/
Problem occurs on the "Course Information" page and others that fill the screen horizontally. A horizontal scrollbar appears in IE but not in other browsers I've tested. It seems to be a frameset problem since it doesn't occur when the page is loaded outside of the frameset. I'm not all that expereinced with frames so I can't seem to figure out what attributes are supposed to be there.
(and yes, there is a good reason to use frames in the first place so don't nag me about that.)
dk01 posted this at 17:22 — 29th April 2003.
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No scroll for me. Win98 - IE 5.0 - 1024x768
-dk
Megan posted this at 18:05 — 29th April 2003.
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Hmmm... Maybe it's just an IE 6 problem then...
Brooke posted this at 19:50 — 29th April 2003.
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I checked on iE 5.5 - no scrolling.
I checked 6.0 and I only get it if the window is too small (like usual).
Brooke
Busy posted this at 21:30 — 29th April 2003.
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fine with IE5 on 800x600, must just be IE6
Suzanne posted this at 21:40 — 29th April 2003.
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it looks damn fine, btw. nice work!!
The Webmistress posted this at 07:08 — 30th April 2003.
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I get a horizontal scrollbar in IE6 when browser reduced to 800*600 but I can't see why
Megan posted this at 13:20 — 30th April 2003.
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It's just on the Course Information page right now (click link on left side) - not the others (just to clarify...) The UW logo is being pushed off the edge of the screen. I'm even getting one at 1152x768 so it's independent of resolution.
Thanks for checking though
Megan
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The Webmistress posted this at 13:30 — 30th April 2003.
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Oh yeah, even at 1152*864 I get a horizontal scrollbar on that page! I really can't see why though
Suzanne posted this at 16:59 — 30th April 2003.
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I had a problem like this when using a where I needed a or something incredible daft like that. Had scrollbar (but no real scroll). Frustrating to find, I had to go through and turn off things in my CSS until I found it.
Megan posted this at 18:56 — 30th April 2003.
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Well, thanks for your help anyway.
Megan posted this at 13:27 — 2nd May 2003.
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Very odd problem. Turned out that this line: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> somehow got put below the title tag in the header area. When it's moved back to the top, the problem is solved!
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disaster-master posted this at 13:32 — 2nd May 2003.
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Good for you Meg. Glad you found the culprit. But since you brought up the subject of <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> exactly what is that? It automatically comes up in Dreamweaver when you open a new file but I have been deleting it because I wasn't sure what it was.
Suzanne posted this at 15:40 — 2nd May 2003.
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It is an identifier for xhtm (based on what version of xml)l, but it's optional, and sometimes throws php pages into a tizzy, and many people recommend not using it because of that.
Others choose to encode it so php doesn't screw up.
Technical explanation, eh?
dk01 posted this at 08:50 — 3rd May 2003.
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Yes simply echo'ing it in php will solve the problems it has in a php file. So:
<?phpecho('xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"iso-8859-1\"');
?>
I have seen this happen to people who do not use .php files also. If a host sets up the ability to use php inside html files (so .html & .htm files are parsed by the php engine) and people don't know about it, then their pages are all messed up. Something to look for if you are having a similar problem with html files.
-dk
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