August 24, 2004

Coding Questions

Hi everybody!

Just two quick questions:

1. what code do you use to list the trackbacks under the post in the main body--ie a line showing each trackback, title etc?

2. is there an easy way to create a condensed format in a two column sheet? in html it would be done by making the whole thing in a table, and setting the table width at 75% or whatever, but I'm not sure how to do it in CSS. Any thoughts? (what we're trying to do is create a format/look that will produce relatively equivalently among different browser resolutions---in our current format the right hand column is getting kicked down to the bottom for many readers.)

Thanks in advance!

Posted by Steve at August 24, 2004 11:53 PM
Comments
#1

Mr LlamaMan:

Here is a link to the trackback code.

I'll take a look at your code tomorrow and work out why your column is dropping under... it's a fairly common problem after modifying a default template. One question: does it happen only in IE or in all browsers.

Posted by Madfish Willie at August 25, 2004 02:45 AM
#2

Look OK in Mozilla at 1024x768

Posted by Madfish Willie at August 25, 2004 02:46 AM
#3

Look OK in IE 6.0 at 1024x768

Posted by Madfish Willie at August 25, 2004 02:47 AM
#4

Yeah, the default MT templates suffer from the "bottombar" problem. Make one false move and your sidebar winds up at the bottom of the screen.

Posted by Pixy Misa at August 25, 2004 04:31 AM
#5

La la la...

Posted by Pixy Misa at August 25, 2004 07:54 AM
#6

okay---how do i fix "bottombar"? sounds like i'm going to need penicillin or something nasty....

thanks guys!

Posted by Steve t.l.b. at August 26, 2004 04:06 AM
#7

'Bottom bar' ususally happens when you have a 'float' and the content in the column in wider than the float.

You can try using overflow: hidden; in that div. Then the too wide cpontent will just be cut off at the margin. Check out the Radio.blog in my sidebar - it is cut off because it is wider than the column.

You can use this code for positioning if you are using a graphic banner and no re-sizing text:
position: absolute;
top: XXXpx;
right: XXXpx; or
left: XXXpx;

I'm sure there are other coding issues that cause 'Bottom bar', but off the top of my head, I can't detail them.

Posted by Madfish Willie at August 27, 2004 12:27 AM
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