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    Default Layout / Sidebox issue .... Totally Stumped!

    Hello,
    I have just recently upgraded from 1.39 to 1.51 and changed templates also. Here is my site:
    http://earthscauldron.com/worknewzen/
    I can not figure out what in the world is messing up my column widths. I have them set as the template suggests but they change on every page.
    Look here:
    http://earthscauldron.com/worknewzen...in_page=page_3

    I have ran it through the validator but I'm not even sure what would make a site do this. My last Zen site didn't do it, but I have apparently done something wrong here, or added something really wrong somewhere.
    Does anyone know right off hand what may be doing this?

    The validator shows this:
    Validation Output: 3 Errors
    (1)
    Error end tag for X omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

    You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".
    Line 1309, column 7: end tag for "div" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

    </body></html>

    (2&3)

    Error end tag for X which is not finished

    Most likely, you nested tags and closed them in the wrong order. For example <p><em>...</p> is not acceptable, as <em> must be closed before <p>. Acceptable nesting is: <p><em>...</em></p>

    Another possibility is that you used an element which requires a child element that you did not include. Hence the parent element is "not finished", not complete. For instance, in HTML the <head> element must contain a <title> child element, lists require appropriate list items (<ul> and <ol> require <li>; <dl> requires <dt> and <dd>), and so on.
    Line 783, column 26: end tag for "ul" which is not finished

    </ul>

    Line 859, column 21: end tag for "ul" which is not finished

    </ul>

    I don't know if this is causing the problem or not, as I do not know where to find these codes to fix them. (yeah I'm an idiot about this stuff)
    AND if I do fix these, will it fix my problem or is that somewhere else?????????
    If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them and I thank you in advance~
    p.s. also note that the slide show on the main page is slightly off (idk if this has anything to do with it or not)

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    Default Re: Layout / Sidebox issue .... Totally Stumped!

    be sure to add "px" to the width values in the admin, so they look like 185px instead of 185

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    Default Re: Layout / Sidebox issue .... Totally Stumped!

    You have some really weird CSS issues. The centre column is re-sizing based on the content width in the centre column. If you go to your stylesheet and assign a fixed width to your centre column then it should cure this strange, re-sizing template of yours :)

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    Default Re: Layout / Sidebox issue .... Totally Stumped!

    Quote Originally Posted by limelites View Post
    You have some really weird CSS issues. The centre column is re-sizing based on the content width in the centre column. If you go to your stylesheet and assign a fixed width to your centre column then it should cure this strange, re-sizing template of yours :)
    the centre column resizes, because the side-box width isn't set properly, not the other way around :)

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    Default Re: Layout / Sidebox issue .... Totally Stumped!

    Quote Originally Posted by limelites View Post
    You have some really weird CSS issues. The centre column is re-sizing based on the content width in the centre column. If you go to your stylesheet and assign a fixed width to your centre column then it should cure this strange, re-sizing template of yours :)
    Thanks so much for your fast response! I have fixed it~ I will also do what you suggest here if I have any more problems with it, but I believe I have solved it with the help of the other post. I will post it below~
    Thanks so very much!

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    Default Re: Layout / Sidebox issue .... Totally Stumped!

    Quote Originally Posted by Design75 View Post
    be sure to add "px" to the width values in the admin, so they look like 185px instead of 185
    Wahooo! That fixed it~
    adding the px fixed the problem! Can't believe I was such a bone head about what was wrong and it was so simple :)
    Thank goodness it was so simple, now I can get on with things ~~~
    I can't thank you enough for your fast response and correct fix!
    Thanks again!!!

 

 

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