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#1 2006-03-31 12:11:04

whintersby

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 10

Clicking Permalinks Affecting Layout - Maybe CSS?

Hi,

To start – I’m a complete newbie at this whole CMS thing, this is my first ever attempt at a textpattern install and implementation with a website, so if I ask extremely basic or obvious questions please be gentle.

Basically, I’ve got it installed and implemented to a decent state, but am now having problems with areas that I have no idea how to control. The URL I’m using for testing is:

[edit]*Url Removed[/edit]

If you go into one of the articles from the homepage and click onto one of the permalinks in the comments (the date in this instance), this suddenly affects the layout and display of the page. Everything moves upwards and underneath the header, creating blank space at the bottom. This screams to me as being a CSS problem, but seeing as I don’t understand what the page is doing from clicking this link, I don’t know what to be looking for or change to fix.

If anyone is able to shine any light on this issue it would be most appreciated.

Many Thanks,

Chris

Last edited by whintersby (2006-04-01 11:56:01)

#2 2006-03-31 19:50:04

whatbrick

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From: Texas

Registered: 2006-03-13

Posts: 100

Re: Clicking Permalinks Affecting Layout - Maybe CSS?

This would be a CSS issue, since the comment permalink link is a normal anchor tag. The link is pointed to that particular comment, so when you click the link the page will scroll so that comment is at the top of the viewable screen. What’s causing your problem is that you have this in your CSS:

#content {
overflow: hidden;
}

So when the page scrolls, it seems to be scrolling inside that element, so everything above that comment is being pushed above the top of that container, which is being hidden from view. Comment out the overflow property and you’ll see what I mean. Just noodle with the CSS some more and it shouldn’t be a problem.

Oh, and forum etiquette dictates that I let you know this should be in the “Layout & CSS” forum. :)

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#3 2006-04-01 11:55:09

whintersby

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 10

Re: Clicking Permalinks Affecting Layout - Maybe CSS?

Hi, Thanks WhatBrick.

I think this was a situation of that many new things going on that I couldn’t see the wood for all the trees if you know what i mean?

Seeing as the solution was indeed CSS related, I now admit this should have been in the CSS section – but in my defence I didn’t know at the time that it was definitely to do with that so posted here.

Many thanks again,

Chris

#4 2006-04-01 17:02:59

whatbrick

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From: Texas

Registered: 2006-03-13

Posts: 100

Re: Clicking Permalinks Affecting Layout - Maybe CSS?

I’ve been there myself, so I know what you mean. It’s hard enough getting used to a new CMS, much less one that takes as unique of an approach to it as TXP. I just try and remember this rule when troubleshooting problems: No matter what happens on the backend, TXP will still only send HTML/XHTML (as an example) to the browser. Once there, TXP has done it’s job so any problems that crop up are going to be regular structure/presentation issues. I know that there are exceptions to every rule, but I haven’t run across one that breaks this one, yet (let me stress the yet part).

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