Girl with little CSS knowledge needs help, please.

[alamode]

I'm looking for someone to help me with a css template problem.

I have applied a new template to my blog <snip>
and I love the way it looks, except that only the newest post shows up correctly. Any older posts appear at the bottom of the page without any of the fonts or other style elements that they should have.

I'm really new to all of this, so I would be really greatful if someone could look at the coding and/or make suggestions as to what the problem could be.

Thanks!
Frances

[edited by: SuzyUK at 7:08 am (utc) on Aug. 31, 2004]
[edit reason] ooops sorry no URLS per TOS #13 [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]

[D_Blackwell]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld. You will want to remove the personal URL before the mods do. Terms of Service.

The problem may be conflicting styles. In addition to the embedded styles, there are several imports. Can you extract the relevant working code and use that as a model to see where the differences come into play?

<div class="Post">
<h3 class="subject"><a name="109390362167227356 </a>
<span class="PostTitle>
hmm...
</a></span>
</h3>

This anchor is odd, and it appears multiple times. I'm guessing that it should be:
<a name="109390362167227356">
<span class="PostTitle>
hmm...
</a>
?

Also no closing " on the <span>

[alamode]

I'm trying to edit that post to get rid of the address (sorry about that) but the edit post button isn't showing up, even though I'm logged in.

[D_Blackwell]

Not to worry. Your sincere effort scores points. The mods will snip it for you. The author edit feature is time sensitive, and only available for a limited amount of time. Does anybody know how long we get? I've wondered about that. Does it relate to member category at all?

[SuzyUK]

Hi alamode and Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

you may like to run the HTML through the W3C validator [validator.w3.org] ~ perfectly valid code aside, the validator is a useful first step for finding any improperly closed/nested elements, like D_B has spotted, which can sometimes affect layout.

There's also a CSS Text Validator [jigsaw.w3.org] which you might find useful sometime too..

If you can narrow down a specific area of code that is causing the problem please add it with it's relevant CSS as an example. See our forum charter [webmasterworld.com] for some guidelines on posting code

>>Edit Time frame
not sure, I think it varies. It's not member status related though it's the same for everyone.

Suzy

[vkaryl]

alamode: sometimes scripts like boards and blogs won't change previously posted info to a new style no matter what you do. Check the documentation that came with your script; if it's not addressed there, email the script provider to ask. That would eliminate one potential glitch and save you chasing non-existent css/html problems.

Then if it's not that, you know it's residing somewhere in your code....