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dodgeramsst2003 · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 9

I am having major trouble getting my page to load right. specifically the featured items part of my mainpage. The link is below if anyone has a minute can you please look at the code and see if you can help me with my problem? I'm clueless when it comes to anything more than very basic html and my editor isn't helping me any. thanks.

Chris

link is

www.flatrockliquidation.com

LurkeyLou · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:30 am Post subject:

Hi, Chris

At a glance, you're missing the closing tags for the Featruedproducts.gif cell, and then it looks like the following nested table is missing opening tags as well.

Also, when you're defining table widths, it is correct form to choose either percentage or pixel width instead of a combination...and if I remember correctly, I don't think table height is a valid attribute. You might want to go by w3 and double check that. It's late & I'm getting ready to visit my pillow, so I'll leave that up to you.

At any rate, if you'll correct the table tags, your images should display in cranky ol' IE. FireFox is more forgiving than IE when we make these common errors.

G'luck! - oh! I don't know if you're planning to use keyword/description meta's or not, but don't forget to pack your title with key words, search engines thrive on lots of little morsels!

dodgeramsst2003 · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 9

Thanks for your input. I'm using dreamweaver, so I look at the wysiwyg portion of it. Anything in the code is what dreamweaver created. I tried putting the closing tags on it and previewing it. I'm assuming you meant a closing tag right after featuredproducts.gif? when I put that in I get nothing except a snippet of the code on the IE page. The part that says alt text. I'm still learning this thing so maybe I need to just play around with it some more. I use mozilla, and everything loads right in there, and thats what I was using to preview. It wasn't unitl I loaded it on someone elses computer that I noticed the problem.

Chris

LurkeyLou · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

Y/W, Chris.

'kay, I'm a little more awake now, but can't stick around to follow up with you on this. Sorry I don't know dreamweaver (yet) I'm a notepad / hand coder.

At any rate, I'm looking at more than your graphics today, and am having a hard time figuring out what you're trying to do with the page.

The first table, the one with your menu buttons is closed. Following that first table, there are table attribute tags with no table specificaitons. Every tag answeres itself, opens and closes. The closed table, followed by table attribute formating is confusing IE.

One would think that Dreamweaver, being a MS product, would produce the most IE compliant code on the planet. Jeesh!

At any rate, maybe a fresh start is your best bet.

Because of the code DW has spit out, it's difficult to tell if you're attempting to nest tables, format 2 tables side by side, or 3 side by side. I can't give you competent assistance unless the goal is clear. And I'm afraid that I'm about to leave for most of the day, so I won't be able to help further until much later tonight or tomorrow.

Sometimes a fresh start takes a lot less time than trying to sort through code that isn't working properly...and of course, someone may bop in here today and be able to fix you right up at a glance!

Either way, g'luck...and this is really, really making me rethink learning DW!! Cross browser compatibility can cause enough irritations without DW mucking up the code.

Later!

Val77 · Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 723 Location: The Sunshine State

Hey there. We just redesigned our whole site using dreamweaver. We modified a dreamweaver template to suit our needs. When I first loaded it onto the site I got some feedback and thought the problems were due to foxfire as that's what they were using, because it looked fine on our end, and we have IE also. There were broken graphics etc etc...

Well, we found out that the dreamweaver (either by lack of knowledge, aka user error or just because..who knows..) that the alignments were all out of whack...we had to restore our computer last week to its original factory settings which really stunk, because before I knew where everything was, and I just click all over the place with my mouse...and now I have to go into the backup and search for each file I am looking for...what a hassle...but it was unavoidable...but anyway...when I restored it, and then took a look at my site...it was a mess!!! (Thus the reason I had to lock it again and work on it!) I still have maintenance to do as although the graphics aren't broken anymore, the pages are out of alignment on the actual shopping cart pages, so I am going through my hundreds of pages and fixing them one by one...but if you go to the HOME PAGE of our site (I do have to move the Live CS graphic up a little so don't look at it! haha) but what I want you to see is the corners...look at the framing of the page...then go to GIFTS and Click on Fragrances, and Click on Page 6 (a page I know I haven't adjusted yet) and you will see the alignment problem I am talking about. It seems to be the same problem you are having! Go from there to page 5 of the fragrances (one I have fixed) and see the difference.

I ended up having to edit the dreamweaver in PSPAD and then take it to a totally other WYSIWYG editor and Fix it, then add it to the site. I am now having to do that with every page.

I am sure it is something I am doing wrong...for several hundred dollar program, I cannot imagine that you would need anything else to edit it with...hahaha!

I didn't buy it yet, I am currently using the trial version. But it is supposed to be fully operational as far as all of this goes....so again, I am sure it is user error, but anyway, that's how I am solving my problem at the moment...if anyone has any "inside info on dreamweaver" I am all ears!! There has got to be an easier way! lol

dodgeramsst2003 · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 9

Thank you for your help. after looking into this situation and realizing that I didn't have that many pages made already, I've decided to start over and check my work in all the browsers as I make the template page I think this will be easier than trying to go through the code thats there and figure out whats happening. Lurky, thanks for lookin at the code for me. I'm using DW because my tech friend said that it would write the best code for me. Anyways, yes there are a bunch of nested tables in this page, and I think I'm gonna try for a much more simple layout to start. V.P. Thanks for your suggestions and I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one having alignment problems. If everyone could just use Firefox then we'd be much better off.

Chris

Val77 · Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 723 Location: The Sunshine State

You're welcome! I was going to have you PM me, as I fixed the pages now, that I gave you, and was going to give you a different one to look at, but I didn't want to keep sending anyone to the messed up pages! hahaha We got a few visitors from this post...I hope one of them was you! hahaha

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Thank you for your help. after looking into this situation and realizing that I didn't have that many pages made already, I've decided to start over and check my work in all the browsers as I make the template page I think this will be easier than trying to go through the code thats there and figure out whats happening. Lurky, thanks for lookin at the code for me. I'm using DW because my tech friend said that it would write the best code for me. Anyways, yes there are a bunch of nested tables in this page, and I think I'm gonna try for a much more simple layout to start. V.P. Thanks for your suggestions and I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one having alignment problems. If everyone could just use Firefox then we'd be much better off.

Chris