[SOLVED] Tables, Home Page, IE6

anthonyh · Post by **anthonyh** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:46 pm

Hey,

I'm not sure who/where to ask this...

I'm working on developing a new web site for the Berkeley Unified School District in Berkeley, CA around CMS Made Simple. So far it's turning out really well! However, I have a problem with the front page...

If you browse to http://www.berkeley.net in Firefox, Opera, or Safari, it should look normal. However, when browsing to it in Internet Explorer 6, the content seems to get pushed past the navigation (it may display OK until you mouse over the menu or any links). This only happens on the front page (as far as I am aware). I'm not quite sure what's going on, but I believe it's related to the two tables on the right. I removed all the code except the code for those two tables, and the problem still occurred. I created a simple table, and the problem did not exist then.

All the CSS is pretty much standard, except for color changes here and there.

I attached a text file containing the content code for the front page.

Any help would be much appreciated! ;D

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RonnyK · Post by **RonnyK** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:32 pm

Try changing your tablewidth to 99%

Ronny

marcelvdlans · Post by **marcelvdlans** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:06 am

Hi,

I have same problem as the topicstarter...

Changing width to 99% works, but the width is in the beginning not 99% of the screen, but is linked to the size of the text in the table. When hovering any link solves the problem, but I want the table correctly displaying...

heatherfeuer · Post by **heatherfeuer** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:58 am

My question is why use a table and not a ? Create two divs inside the div#main section the primary content lives in. Float one div left with a percentage width (maybe 75%) and float the second div right with a width of whatever is remaining to make it 100%. valid xhtml is to not use tables for layout.

marcelvdlans · Post by **marcelvdlans** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:58 pm

If you say why use a table, why is the option available in CMS? Not me, but users of the site want to make tables with FCKEditor, it is easy for them.

That's why...

Vin · Post by **Vin** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:20 pm

heatherfeuer wrote: valid xhtml is to not use tables for layout.

Nonsense. XHTML doesn't take care of the layout - it takes care of content. Looks like a common myth, though. The only thing which affects the layout is the !DOCTYPE declaration, used by browsers to switch to the corresponding box model (odd behaviour).

Show the link of the site, please. I don't get the table part - why do they need tables to position the content? That should be done in template.

Nullig · Post by **Nullig** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:06 am

In your div#main add

height: 1%;

I think this fixes the IE bug.

Nullig

marcelvdlans · Post by **marcelvdlans** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:37 am

Dude, that's the solution!!!

It works correct now!

Thank you!

anthonyh · Post by **anthonyh** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:48 pm

"height: 1%;" did the trick.

You guys are a HUGE help. Thank you SO MUCH!

~ Anthony

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