Unequal space between sideboxes

[PGlad]

I'm developing a new site at http://www.diva############s.co.uk/shop/ and have a strange problem where the sideboxes on the right have larger gaps between them than the sideboxes on the left when viewed in Internet Explorer, but everything looks fine in Firefox.

I've scoured the stylesheet and other files for clues and have tried allsorts but have finally run out of ideas.

Please can anyone suggest a remedy?

[PGlad]

I don't know what's causing the problem but could I cure it by having a seperate CSS entry for IE and Firefox?

[Kim]

Which boxes are you using on the right?

[PGlad]

I've swapped the boxes around a bit, but currently I have on the right 'Important Links - Sponsors - Search - Bestsellers - Specials - Currencies'

[PGlad]

Well I'm about to give up on this and dump Zen Cart in favour of trying another application unless anyone out there can please provide a bit of inspiriation? Been scratching my head over this for days now!

[misty]

Problem is only when viewing in IE6.. IE7 and Firefox
are both fine

[jettrue]

Well I'm about to give up on this and dump Zen Cart in favour of trying another application unless anyone out there can please provide a bit of inspiriation? Been scratching my head over this for days now!

One big thing I notice, is that your *RIGHT* column has the wrong css selectors in its <td>:


<td id="navColumnOne" class="columnLeft" style="width: 150px;">
<div id="navColumnTwoWrapper" style="width: 150px;">

It should be

<td id="navColumnTwo" class="columnRight" style="width: 150px;">

Open up includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_main_page.php and fix the line with the issue, it should look like this:

<td id="navColumnTwo" class="columnRight" style="width: <?php echo COLUMN_WIDTH_RIGHT; ?>">

This is not a default zen issue, so let me know if the above code helps or not, and if not, I'd be happy to help figure out what was changed that is causing it.

[PGlad]

Thanks for that, I can only use IE 6 on my PC as I'm using Win 2000 and this doesn't support IE 7. My default browser is Maxthon which shows the same problem as IE 6.

The code in 'tpl_main_page.php' had been deliberately changed in my desperate attempt to try and make column 2 the same as column 1. I've changed it back to how it should be but the problem remains.

[jettrue]

Thanks for that, I can only use IE 6 on my PC as I'm using Win 2000 and this doesn't support IE 7. My default browser is Maxthon which shows the same problem as IE 6.

The code in 'tpl_main_page.php' had been deliberately changed in my desperate attempt to try and make column 2 the same as column 1. I've changed it back to how it should be but the problem remains.

In comparing the output of the left and right sideboxes, I noticed that the left sideboxes have an extra <div></div> in the <div class="leftBoxBottom"> section:

  <div class="leftBoxBottom">
    <div></div>
  </div>

Again, not sure that will fix either, but the more we make em identical, the more we can rule out possibilities.

Also, your site has a few errors when I tried to validate it. Sections with the price specials are all causing an error, because of an extra span that perhaps you added? that isn't closed:

<span class="body">Was:&nbsp;<span class="normalprice">&pound;100.00 </span>&nbsp;<span class="productSpecialPrice"><s>&pound;95.00</s></span><span class="productPriceDiscount"><br />Save:&nbsp;5% off</span>

The <span class="body"> isn't closed in any where it is seen, i don't remember ever seeing that before in a default install, so I'm guessing you added it?

Here's a link to a validator for your site; fixing any errors couldn't hurt, and it could very well be something not closed before the right sideboxes that is throwing things off:

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbos...o.uk%2Fshop%2F

[PGlad]

Thanks for your comments, I've closed the tag (yes it was something I added) and will look into the other validation errors when I get the chance.

I can't find the

<div class="leftBoxBottom">
<div></div>
</div>

which you spotted though - a bit puzzled by that!