Frustrated by my stupidity...

Brandee

Joined: 2002-09-21
Posts: 2

Posted: Sat, 2002-09-21 08:53

Hiya... I'm currently working on customizing the gallery one my page, but I've run into a problem I can't quite solve.

I want the gallery to be exactly 726 pixels wide. I've edited the html_wrap header and footer, but for some reason the gallery wants to be just a *tiny* bit wider than 726 pixels.

I am horribly code-impaired, so if anyone could help me fix this I would GREATLY appreciate it! Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I somehow got it working now... it must have been through the magic of posting the question. (:

spook

Joined: 2002-09-20
Posts: 10

Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 00:06

dunno, havn't looked to the head/foot wrapper, I got around it by putting it all within a set sized table

mhjb

Joined: 2002-09-02
Posts: 4

Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 23:13

In the past i've had similar troubles with other site layouts, and found that multiples of 10 seem to work better in some browsers (particularly NN4).

Brandee

Joined: 2002-09-21
Posts: 2

Posted: Mon, 2002-09-23 19:10

Well, what happened was I accidentally edited the bottom table of the footer with the "Powered by" link in it... by default, it's 100%. In my haste to change all the table sizes, I accidentally changed that one to 726.

The problem is that table NESTS inside the main table, so by setting it to that size I was causing everything else to stretch. Whoops! Live and learn. (:

Here's my result: http://paragoneffect.com/

Yes, I am aware NN4 eats it up. I used to be more concerned about older browsers, but they *are* on NN7 now, and both that and Mozilla display the page properly. Heh.

Gaile

Joined: 2002-07-20
Posts: 1301

Posted: Thu, 2002-09-26 15:40

I still get a lot of hits from older browsers unfortunately, so I got around it by using this:

NS4 won't pick up on the @import stylesheet, but it does load for newer browsers, so everything looks good for them. Older Netscape users get a page that looks "so-so" but not really ugly and a message (included in an iframe that only they can see) that explains they are not seeing everything as it was intended.

I ran into that same nesting problem when I first started playing around with Gallery, I think that happens to lots of people...but like you said "live and learn"! :lol:

Btw - you said you were "code impaired"?? Your site is beautiful! Bravo! (and I snagged a set of PS brushes while visiting...thanks!)

Regards,

Silkie

Joined: 2002-11-14
Posts: 26

Posted: Thu, 2002-11-21 21:24

I think it's fantastic. could you explain to me how you did that? I can't get my gallery colors set to even remotely close to the way I want them. mine keeps showing a white background with the gallery in a black background. how did you get rid of the white background? take a look at mine and you'll see what I mean. http://www.vampirecommunity.com

also how did you get your descriptions at the bottom and your albums to show up in columns? I would like my layout to be like yours (with different colors and graphics of course)

Brandee Joined: 2002-09-21 Posts: 2	Posted: Sat, 2002-09-21 08:53
	Hiya... I'm currently working on customizing the gallery one my page, but I've run into a problem I can't quite solve. I want the gallery to be exactly 726 pixels wide. I've edited the html_wrap header and footer, but for some reason the gallery wants to be just a tiny bit wider than 726 pixels. I am horribly code-impaired, so if anyone could help me fix this I would GREATLY appreciate it! Thanks in advance! EDIT: I somehow got it working now... it must have been through the magic of posting the question. (:
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spook Joined: 2002-09-20 Posts: 10	Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 00:06
	dunno, havn't looked to the head/foot wrapper, I got around it by putting it all within a set sized table

mhjb Joined: 2002-09-02 Posts: 4	Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 23:13
	In the past i've had similar troubles with other site layouts, and found that multiples of 10 seem to work better in some browsers (particularly NN4).

Brandee Joined: 2002-09-21 Posts: 2	Posted: Mon, 2002-09-23 19:10
	Well, what happened was I accidentally edited the bottom table of the footer with the "Powered by" link in it... by default, it's 100%. In my haste to change all the table sizes, I accidentally changed that one to 726. The problem is that table NESTS inside the main table, so by setting it to that size I was causing everything else to stretch. Whoops! Live and learn. (: Here's my result: http://paragoneffect.com/ Yes, I am aware NN4 eats it up. I used to be more concerned about older browsers, but they are on NN7 now, and both that and Mozilla display the page properly. Heh.

Gaile Joined: 2002-07-20 Posts: 1301	Posted: Thu, 2002-09-26 15:40
	I still get a lot of hits from older browsers unfortunately, so I got around it by using this: <link rel="stylesheet" href="oldbrowser.css" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css">@import "standalone_style.css";</style> NS4 won't pick up on the @import stylesheet, but it does load for newer browsers, so everything looks good for them. Older Netscape users get a page that looks "so-so" but not really ugly and a message (included in an iframe that only they can see) that explains they are not seeing everything as it was intended. I ran into that same nesting problem when I first started playing around with Gallery, I think that happens to lots of people...but like you said "live and learn"! :lol: Btw - you said you were "code impaired"?? Your site is beautiful! Bravo! (and I snagged a set of PS brushes while visiting...thanks!) Regards,

Silkie Joined: 2002-11-14 Posts: 26	Posted: Thu, 2002-11-21 21:24
	I think it's fantastic. could you explain to me how you did that? I can't get my gallery colors set to even remotely close to the way I want them. mine keeps showing a white background with the gallery in a black background. how did you get rid of the white background? take a look at mine and you'll see what I mean. http://www.vampirecommunity.com also how did you get your descriptions at the bottom and your albums to show up in columns? I would like my layout to be like yours (with different colors and graphics of course)

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