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#1 2006-01-09 21:59:55

squaredeye
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margin or padding?

Could someone take a look at the white space occuring to the right of the sidebar and below the content column ( in our favorite IE6 Browser :)

minismith.com

Thanks,

Matthew


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#2 2006-01-09 23:14:32

alexandra
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Re: margin or padding?

I bet padding but i can not check it as you have taken the site offline i guess.. all white right now :)

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#3 2006-01-09 23:30:38

squaredeye
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Re: margin or padding?

Alexandra,
Thanks, actually its the servers. Its doing it on another site too :(
I’ll let you know when its back up.

and I’ll send you a link to my css if you’d like.

Matthew


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#4 2006-01-09 23:38:04

alexandra
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Re: margin or padding?

Matthew, i have a look tomorrow if still needed. it is pretty late here in germany and i have to rest :) in my pillow now.
Usually i have the same problems as you in IE6 when mixing margin and padding on a site / div. I noticed padding causes those problems.

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#5 2006-01-09 23:59:48

squaredeye
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Re: margin or padding?

Sleep well


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#6 2006-01-10 01:54:23

thebombsite
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Re: margin or padding?

I don’t know that this is the problem but you seem to have given #sidebar a width that can’t be read by IE.


Stuart

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Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.

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#7 2006-01-10 02:06:55

squaredeye
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Re: margin or padding?

Stuart,
Good to see you around. I had placed that !important bit behind the width, and had forgotten to place another width after it.
Does that clear it up?

Thanks.


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#8 2006-01-10 02:19:41

thebombsite
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Re: margin or padding?

Still there. This is one of those things where I just go in and start changing things then putting them back until I find the critter. :)


Stuart

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Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.

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#9 2006-01-10 02:22:59

squaredeye
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Re: margin or padding?

yeah, I know the feeling.
I tried that earlier today.
I guess tomorrow, when I am in front of a pc for work, I’ll take some time at lunch to go through again.
padding and margin are zeroed for everything in there, (I think), so what else could it be?
I don’t usually like to set negative margins, seems akward.

Hmm. Thanks for your thoughts Stuart.


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#10 2006-01-10 12:22:42

alexandra
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Re: margin or padding?

Hi Matthew, i solved your right sidebar problem. It is the input form which causes the problem.
I did uncomment the following in your css stylesheet:

/*
form#feedblitz { margin: 0; padding: 10px; }
form#feedblitz p{ margin: 0; padding: 5px 0; font-size: .9em; }
form#feedblitz a { margin: 0; padding: 1px; }
input#submit-to-feed { margin: 8px 0 0 0; font-size: .8em; width: 60px; }
input#email-to-feed { width: 160px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 1.1em; color: #56B600; }*/

and everything looks fine then. So it is this bit of CSS which you should go through and change.

change the padding here:

form#feedblitz { margin: 0; padding: 10px; -> set to 5 or so. }

btw. you can use CSS Vista to check and change and debug the css in IE and FF.

Last edited by alexandra (2006-01-10 12:27:25)

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#11 2006-01-10 20:42:48

thebombsite
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Re: margin or padding?

I think Matthew is on a Mac Alex which would rule CSS Vista out.


Stuart

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#12 2006-01-10 20:46:36

alexandra
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Re: margin or padding?

> thebombsite wrote:

> I think Matthew is on a Mac Alex which would rule CSS Vista out.

He should buy a pc! probably too poor.. poor guy ;)

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