Layout display problems with expand/contract on main page

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 04:21 PM

Chuck,

I am not sure how to explain what I see on my screen, but I am curious on why it does it.

When I pull up my site, if you watch the screen, you will see the front page expand/contract a few times to beyond 100% width, instead of pulling the site into the 80% layout that I have set via the header.

With this, I see the site expand/contract 2-3 times before I get the final display. It looks like it is expanding each table every time until the last one.

It does it both in IE and FF, and has been going on since I bought the software. If the site is at 100% width, it still does it, so I am not really sure what could be causing it.

What do you think is causing this problem?

Chuck S · March 14th, 2009, 05:10 PM

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Your site displays at 80% for me!

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 05:11 PM

I know it does, but when it first loads, do you not see the site expanding/contracting to the right in the browser?

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 05:15 PM

Maybe it's my graphics card?

Chuck S · March 14th, 2009, 05:34 PM

Yes I do but thats probally a result of all your little tweaks and ads your showing which have to render.

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 05:35 PM

hmm - even with the sidebar off, it still does it.

all I have running then are the banner ads..

I didn't tweak too much on the front page.. other than announcement

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 05:37 PM

I suppose I can do a base install and test it to see if it does it. then apply some of the changes to the front page to see what could be causing it.

Chuck S · March 14th, 2009, 06:26 PM

That would be best as it is something you added to the code.

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I can view many sites and our base code does not freak like that its gonna be your ads etc as remember your pulling several things from external sites.

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 11:13 PM

what do you suggest? What file do I upload to fix the front page layout? I took off the ads, disabled the announcement - turn sidebar off and still the same issue.

NO tweaks at this point for the front page.

and I reuploaded the base template directory

Chuck S · March 14th, 2009, 11:32 PM

How about your header and footer

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 11:41 PM

I have the header as this: Disabled right now:

Quote:

and footer as this:

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

If I disable - the page goes to 100% and seems to load fine.

I just noticed it was still trying to load the header, which is now disabled.

So.. how do I get the page 80% without doing all that stuff then?

BTW - looking at the source code, it is loading the default.css template even though I am taking the style integration from SMF - is that overwritten somewhere down the line?

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 11:47 PM

taking the headers out, with the base index, it doesn't do it.

adding the sidebar back in it does a bit - all I have is calendar running right now.

can you test it for me?

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 11:50 PM

wow - hit the 'more' on the Most popular images and the page goes way out of whack

skidpics · March 14th, 2009, 11:56 PM

sorry - I meant random photos at the bottom of the page

skidpics · March 15th, 2009, 12:15 AM

okay - I think the random pal is throwing it off when enabled on the index. When I turn it off, it goes good, when on, the page expands closer when the bottom part is pulled up. If I click the 'more' - the screen goes crazy.. the filenames of the photos are shown and not wrapping when the -more- is clicked?

In the sidebar pal random - same issue - when -more- is clicked, long filenames are expanding the table..

1. Random pal file names expanding the tables - if turned off on index, it stops - sidebar only when -more- is selected.
2. if Header % is resizing the page if the tables are bigger than 80% - changed to 90% and fixing part of that resizing expansion.

Chuck S · March 15th, 2009, 04:33 AM

Line 511 of showframe.php try changing it to this

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

skidpics · March 15th, 2009, 10:03 AM

That doesn't seem to fix it. Even removing it still blows that frame out really quick

Chuck S · March 15th, 2009, 10:08 AM

I have never seen that on any site to tell you the truth.

I have seen sites expand because they can not fit in a constrained space but then they stay expanded.

The line I posted simply cuts a title to 20 characters on the more link script like the title already is in the features that initially appear.

I think your going to find if you install a clean unmodified copy no header footer etc your not going to see an issue.

skidpics · March 15th, 2009, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

I have never seen that on any site to tell you the truth.

I have seen sites expand because they can not fit in a constrained space but then they stay expanded.

The line I posted simply cuts a title to 20 characters on the more link script like the title already is in the features that initially appear.

I think your going to find if you install a clean unmodified copy no header footer etc your not going to see an issue.

I suppose this might be right.. then I will just apply the changes I need one at a time and test it before continuing to the other..

skidpics · March 15th, 2009, 10:16 AM

problem is, I never modified the front page. just basically the announcement box to accept longer html, added google banner code in the feature.tmpl , and modified the showphoto.tmpl to allow for my social posting widget and a banner, not to mention, the language file.. that's about it, so no idea why the index would be so out of whack.

So you best option is to just copy the entire download package back over and overwrite everything, then reapply the changes as needed, correct?