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WhenShroomsRave
10-11-2007, 02:20 AM
Well, I'm a n00b when it comes to coding, and I started tweaking this template I found and got it to be almost perfect but there's a problem.

http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/30974/2000375087937484243_rs.jpg
Opera

http://aycu34.webshots.com/image/29353/2000328429989462766_rs.jpg
Internet Explorer

That box of solid color is really starting to piss me off, and I don't really know what i'm doing. I'm using Dreamweaver CS3 to code, but i'm a n00b.


This is the code that i'm using.
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Hidden Memory</title>
<style>
h1, h2, h3 {
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

h1 { font-size: 197%; }
h2 { font-size: 167%; }
h3 { font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; }

p, ul, ol {
font-size: 100%;
}

p {
}

ul {
}

ol {
}

blockquote {
}

a {
color: #000000;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}
</style>
<style>

body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background: #000000 url() no-repeat center top;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
color: #000000;
}
</style>

<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<link href="theisland/default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: bold;
}
-->
</style>
</head>




<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header">
<style>
#header {
width: 680px;
height: 110px;
margin: 0 auto;
}

#header h1, #header p {
margin: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}

#header h1 {
padding: 30px 0 0 20px;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 229%;
}

#header p {
margin: -5px 0 0 0;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 85%;
}

#header a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
</style>
<h1>&nbsp;</h1>
</div>
<!-- end header -->
<div id="menu">
<style>
#menu {
width: 680px;
height: 51px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: url(http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/31693/2002072873327035935_rs.jpg) no-repeat;
}
</style>

<h2>Main Menu</h2>
<style>
#menu h2 {
display: none;
}
</style>
<ul>
<style>
#menu ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 20px 0 0 20px;
list-style: none;
}
</style>

<li class="active">
<style>#menu li {
display: inline;
}</style>
<a href="#"><style>#menu a {
display: block;
float: left;
height: 22px;
padding: 8px 20px 0 20px;
border-right: 1px solid #2A2C2F;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
font-size: 11px;
color: #DFE8F2;
}</style>

<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">TEXT</a></li>
<li><a href=#">TEXT</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Pictures</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Games</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
<style>
#menu a:hover, #menu .active a {
background-color: #000000;
}
</style>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- end menu -->



<style>
#page {
width: 680px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: #0F1720 url(http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/30996/2000030649166574605_rs.jpg) repeat-y;
}
</style>
<div id="page">
<style>
#content {
float: left;
width: 375px;
padding: 20px 25px 0 40px;
background: url() no-repeat;
}
</style>
<div id="content">


<h1 class="title"><span>Welcome to Hidden Memory</span></h1>
<p><strong>Hidden Memory</strong> </p>
<p>An ordered list example:</p>
<ol>
<li>TEXT</li>
<li>TEXT</li>
<li>TEXT</li>
</ol>

<style>
.boxed {
background: #121B23;
border: 1px dotted #000000;
}
</style>
<div class="boxed">
<style>.boxed .title {
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 20px;
background: #000000;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
}</style>
<h2 class="title">TEXT</h2>
<style>.boxed .content {
padding: 20px;
}</style>
<div class="content">



<p>TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT</p>
<h3>TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT</h3>
<p>TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT</p>
<blockquote>
<p>TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT</p>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- end content -->

<div id="sidebar">
<style>
#sidebar {
float: left;
width: 220px;
padding: 20px 20px 0 0;
background: url(http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/29441/2000002352535411884_rs.jpg) repeat-y;
}
</style>

<ul></form>
</li>



<li id="submenu">
<h2>Other Links</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="news">
<h2>News and Updates</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<h3>DATE</h3>
<p><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>DATE</h3>
<p><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>DATE</h3>
<p><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></p>
</li>
<li><span class="style1">DATE</span>
<p><a href="#">LINK HERE</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- end sidebar -->
<div style="clear: both;">&nbsp;</div>
</div>
<!-- end page -->
<div id="footer">
<style>
#footer {
width: 680px;
height: 100px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 40px 0 0 0;
background: url(http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/29481/2000077142628290558_rs.jpg) no-repeat;
}
#footer p {
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 0 40px;
font-size: 77%;
color: #0F1720;
}

#footer a {
color: #0F1720;
}
</style>
<p id="legal">Copyright &copy; 2007 The Island. All Rights Reserved. Designed by <a href="http://www.freecsstemplates.org/">Free CSS Templates</a>.</p>
<p id="links"><a href="#">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="#">Terms of Use</a></p>
</div>
<!-- end footer -->
</div>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
This is the CSS code [I merged it with some HTML on the final-ish version]
* {
margin-top: 0;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

h1 { font-size: 197%; }
h2 { font-size: 167%; }
h3 { font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; }

p, ul, ol {
font-size: 100%;
}

p {
}

ul {
}

ol {
}

blockquote {
}

a {
color: #7EBCFF;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}

/* Header */

#header {
width: 680px;
height: 110px;
margin: 0 auto;
}

#header h1, #header p {
margin: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}

#header h1 {
padding: 30px 0 0 20px;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 229%;
}

#header p {
margin: -5px 0 0 0;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 85%;
}

#header a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Menu */

#menu {
width: 680px;
height: 51px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: url(images/img02.jpg) no-repeat;
}

#menu h2 {
display: none;
}

#menu ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 20px 0 0 20px;
list-style: none;
}

#menu li {
display: inline;
}

#menu a {
display: block;
float: left;
height: 22px;
padding: 8px 20px 0 20px;
border-right: 1px solid #2A2C2F;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
font-size: 11px;
color: #DFE8F2;
}

#menu a:hover, #menu .active a {
background-color: #000000;
}

/* Page */

#page {
width: 680px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: #0F1720 url(images/img03.gif) repeat-y;
}

/* Content */

#content {
float: left;
width: 375px;
padding: 20px 25px 0 40px;
background: url(images/img04.jpg) no-repeat;
}

.boxed {
background: #121B23;
border: 1px dotted #000000;
}

.boxed .title {
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 20px;
background: #000000;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
}

.boxed .content {
padding: 20px;
}

/* Sidebar */

#sidebar {
float: right;
width: 220px;
padding: 20px 20px 0 0;
background: url(images/img05.jpg) no-repeat;
}

#sidebar ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}

#sidebar li {
}

#sidebar li ul {
padding: 20px;
}

#sidebar li li {
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 0;
background: url(images/img06.gif) repeat-x left bottom;
}

#sidebar h2 {
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
background: #000000;
border-top: 1px solid #23282E;
border-bottom: 1px solid #23282E;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
color: #DFE8F2;
}

#sidebar h3 {
margin: 0;
}

#sidebar p {
margin: 0;
}

#sidebar a {
text-decoration: none;
}

#sidebar a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Search */

#search {
}

#search fieldset {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: none;
}

#search legend {
display: none;
}

#search input {
float: right;
margin-bottom: 5px;
background: #5A83AE;
border: 1px solid #000000;
text-transform: lowercase;
font: bold 100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #000000;
}

#searchform {
margin: 0;
padding: 10px 20px 20px 20px;
}

#searchfield {
width: 165px;
padding: 2px 5px;
}

#searchsubmit {
}

/* Submenu */

#submenu a {
padding-left: 15px;
background: url(images/img07.gif) no-repeat left center;
}

/* Footer */

#footer {
width: 680px;
height: 100px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 30px 0 0 0;
background: url(images/img08.jpg) no-repeat;
}

#footer p {
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 0 40px;
font-size: 77%;
color: #0F1720;
}

#footer a {
color: #0F1720;
}
This it the HTML code

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>The Island by Free Css Templates</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<link href="default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header">
<h1><a href="#">The Island</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.freecsstemplates.org/">By Free CSS Templates</a></p>
</div>
<!-- end header -->
<div id="menu">
<h2>Main Menu</h2>
<ul>
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Products</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Support</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- end menu -->
<div id="page">
<div id="content">
<h1 class="title"><span></span></h1>
<p><strong></strong><em></em></p>
<p></p>
<ol>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ol>
<div class="boxed">
<h2 class="title"></h2>
<div class="content">
<p></p>
<h3></h3>
<p></p>
<blockquote>
<p></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- end content -->
<div id="sidebar">
<ul>
<li id="search">
<form id="searchform" method="get" action="">
<fieldset>
<legend>Search</legend>
<input id="searchfield" type="text" name="q" value="" />
<input id="searchsubmit" type="submit" value="Search" />
</fieldset>
</form>
</li>
<li id="submenu">
<h2>Other Links</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Semper vestibulum</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Vestibulum luctus</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Integer rutrum</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Etiam malesuada</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Elementum facilisis</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Ut tincidunt</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Odio sagittis</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="news">
<h2>News &amp; Updates</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<h3>25th May</h3>
<p><a href="#">Pellentesque quis elit non lectus gravida blandit&hellip;</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>23rd May</h3>
<p><a href="#">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing&hellip;</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>21st May</h3>
<p><a href="#">Phasellus nec erat sit amet nibh pellentesque congue&hellip;</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>17th May</h3>
<p><a href="#">Maecenas vitae orci vitae tellus feugiat eleifend&hellip;</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- end sidebar -->
<div style="clear: both;">&nbsp;</div>
</div>
<!-- end page -->
<div id="footer">
<p id="legal">Copyright &copy; 2007 The Island. All Rights Reserved. Designed by <a href="http://www.freecsstemplates.org/">Free CSS Templates</a>.</p>
<p id="links"><a href="#">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="#">Terms of Use</a></p>
</div>
<!-- end footer -->
</div>
<!-- end wrapper -->
</body>
</html>


Does anyone know what is causing that box to stick out like that?

and on internet explorer there is a 3 pxl jog on the menu bar. Anyone know about that?

if you can solve it then i'd really appreciate it.
WhenShroomsRave
10-11-2007, 03:26 AM
Bump.

C'mon, I really need to solve this problem.
rmedek
10-11-2007, 06:42 AM
No, you really need to read the Rules (http://codingforums.com/rules.htm) and Posting Guidelines (http://codingforums.com/postguide.htm) before posting a thread.

At first glance it looks like you need to clear your floats. See the FAQ thread in this forum.
_peter_
10-11-2007, 08:12 AM
and you need to validate your code it looks big mess (those styles should be in the head) http://validator.w3.org/ loves to answer such questions

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