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Very VERY odd error

Please... what the heck is up?

         

Echo_Tyme

4:26 am on Aug 12, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I'm trying to construct a code for my new layout, i basically stripped it from the layout b4... but something very wrong is going on...

The left table is independent... but the center and right tables "stick" to eachother and i dunno why!

When I move or change sizes the center and right.. .move together... can u spot the error?

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<html>
<head>
<title>MM ¦ Version 5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Version 4 ¦ "Forever"</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/mmcss.css" type="text/css">

</head>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
TEXT="#000066"
LINK="#000066"
VLINK="#000066"
ALINK="#000066">

<div align="center">
<table width="780" border=0>
<tr>
<td width="100%">

<center><div style="text-align:center;width:750px; background-color:#000066;"><img src="/images/v4_main.gif"></div></center>

</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>

<div align="center">
<small><small>Currently this site is for Windows (Specifically Windows 98/ME/XP).</small></small>
</div>

<br>

</td>
</tr>

<!-- Side Banner -->

<div align="center">
<table width="780" border=0>
<tr>
<td>

<table width="150" border=1>
<tr>
<td width="100%">

<b>Version:</b> <?php require("http://example.com/include/version.txt");?>

<p></p>

<b>Navigation:</b>
<br>
<a href="/staff.php">Staff</a>
<br>
<a href="/about.php">About</a>
<br>
<a href="/thanks.php">Affiliates</a>
<br>
<a href="/version.php">Site Version?</a>
<br>
<a href="/versions.php">Previous Layouts</a>
<br>
<a href="/v5/">Version 5?</a>

<p></p>

<b>Project Guardian:</b>
<br>
<a href="/guardian/main.php">Home</a>
<br>
<a href="/guardian/virus.php">Anti-Virus</a>
<br>
<a href="/guardian/protection.php">Online Protection</a>
<br>
<a href="/guardian/dialer.php">Dialers</a>
<br>
<a href="/guardian/spam.php">Spam E-mail</a>
<br>
<a href="/guardian/wireless.php">Wireless Connection</a>
<br>
<a href="/guardian/tips.php">Various Tips</a>

<p></p>

<b>Contact:</b>
<br>
<a href="mailto:name@email.com?SUbject=Monthly Maintenance 101011">E-Mail</a>
<br>
<a href="aim:x?screenname=y&message=Hey+I+saw+your+site.">AOL Messenger</a>
<br>
<a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=echo_tyme">Yahoo! Messenger</a>

<p></p>

<b>Misc:</b>
<br>
<a href="mailto:name@yahoo.com?subject=About the Job">Help Wanted</a>
<br>
<a href="/problem.php">Site look wrong?</a>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>

<!-- Main Table -->

<td valign=top width="450">
<div align="center">
<table width="450" border=1>
<tr>
<td width="100%">

August 4, 2004

<p></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Version 5 is not being worked on currently. Right now it is in the "brainstorm" stage. I have a few ideas
of the changes that will be made. I have the major ones listed in the table below. These will change every now and again, depending
on if anything new is thought of.

<p></p>

<b>What will be different in Version 5?</b>

<br>
<UL type="circle">
<LI> Php Template coding.
<LI> Old navigation system will be brought back.
<LI> Drop-down menu will be eliminated.
<LI> Demo (or full version) of product.
<LI> More to come!
</UL>

<p></p>

(Note: I have not begun work on Version 5. I am focussing on Version 4 right now, i'm jsut brainstorming for Version 5).

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>

<!-- Side Bar Begin -->

<td valign=top width="150">
<div align="center">
<table width="150" border=1>
<tr>
<td width="100%">

<center><a href="http://www.example.com/" target=_blank><img src="/images/anti_tcpa.gif" border=0></a></center>

<p></p>

<center>
<a href="http://mozilla.com/" title="Get Firefox - The Browser, Reloaded.">
<img src="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/buttons/getfirefox_small.png"
width="110" height="32" border="0" alt="Get Firefox"></a>
</center>

<p></p>

<b>Affiliates:</b>
<br>

<SNIP>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<tr>
<td>

<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

<center>
<small>
<small>

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-0542779060331684";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
google_ad_channel ="";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

<p></p>

<!-- Start "Layout" Copyright Code -->

<a href="http://www.example.com/dm.php">Menu provided by Someone</a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Monthly Maintenance

<!-- End "Layout" Copyright Code -->

</small>
</small>
</center>

</td>
</tr>

</td>
</TR>
</table>
</div>

</body>
</html>
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There is no doc type or encoding so that's not the problem... I don't know what i did but it's so odd.. and i can't figure it out.

[edited by: BlobFisk at 11:44 am (utc) on Aug. 12, 2004]
[edit reason] Examplified Post [/edit]

Echo_Tyme

10:33 pm on Aug 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



lol it was worth a shot lol. I'm gonna have a new layout in a few months and i'd have to make so many changes on so many pages it's not even funny. I'll keep the indent in mind (though that does take up more room oddly like it'll take another 1kb).

I know how to fix alotta them now and i will on the new one. But with the amount of errors found it's impossible to change them on all pages... but what about the javascript error?

I thank you for your help, i am not Transitional Valid on my index :)

I will be sure to come back if i have any questions on my other layout, thank you :)

[edited by: Echo_Tyme at 10:39 pm (utc) on Aug. 17, 2004]

g1smd

10:38 pm on Aug 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



If you were to move odd <br> codes onto the end of the previous line and so on, then doing the indent would use no extra size at all.

You currently indent everything at 3. I suggest indent at 0 for the first level, then indent at 2 for the second level, and so on. It will only take a few minutes for that page. Give it a shot.

Do the paragraph thing too.

Get all the tags in lower case. You need a find and replace on <META and <TABLE> </TABLE> <TR> </TR> <TD> and </TD> to finish.

Get all the attribute values inside quotes. It will take only a few minutes and make the page robust in ALL browsers.

Echo_Tyme

11:20 pm on Aug 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Oh u mean just space them out, i thought u meant to do this

1
2
3

etc and taht does take space (i've tested) to have teh TABS in there.

but i dunno, i actually rebuilt the code from the very beginning, musta missed something when ending. All of that should be fixed in v5, someone gave me a very simple code that includes colspan=3 etc.

g1smd

11:44 pm on Aug 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



Right although you got a "valid" code message, you actaully had a </td></tr> missing above your adsense code and a </td></tr></table> missing right at the end.

That is why I said to do the indent thing, and count by eye.

.

Anyway I fixed your code. It took 20 minutes and I PM'd you the location. Study it closely.

I indented the code. I put the content in paragraphs instead of using paragraphs as spacers between content. I quoted most of the attribute values, and lower-cased all the tags and a whole load of other stuff.

There are still a few attributes not in quotes that I missed.

You could use headings to great advantage in your page, but you don't use them at all. Headings are naturally <bold> so you won't need any <b> ... </b> tags either.

You could also get rid of all the font tags and use CSS instead.

Lots still to do.

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