ExpressionEngine Community Forums

IE7 Bottom Margin Bug

2008-07-08T21:31:31-06:00

The IE7 (and I think IE8) bottom margin bug bit me yesterday, and I was wondering how best to deal with it. Adding an empty spacing div is sort of inelegant, and some have used a conditional to sub body padding in the CSS.

Is there a consensus on how best to deal with this?

HTML formatting in Discussion Forum: Questions

2008-07-06T22:23:15-06:00

Is there a guide to understanding the ‘Text and HTML Formatting’ section of the Discussion Forum Module?

My Discussion Forum does not display URL hyperlinks - link. <a href="http://www.domain.com">domain</a> comes out <a >domain</a> on both the display and the entry field, as you can see. It does <b> just fine, and the hyperlinks work in Preview. I’ve tried every possible combination in the Text and HTML Formatting preferences.

I hope it doesn’t have anything to do with this Extension, which I’ve since deleted, but can’t seem to turn off.

ie6 alignment issue

2008-07-05T20:38:07-06:00

Hi,

I have a problem with IE6, who doesn’t? Anyway I have just spent 12 hrs trying everything I know to get it to behave… actually ie7 displays the same problem. Firefox is of course fine as expected.

I have 4 divs (amongst others);

header (top left)
logo (top right)
main_pic (bottom left)
side_menu (bottom right)

It appears that the logo div is pushing out the alignment (down to the left) because when I remove it there is no problem… but there appears to be room for it

here is the CSS:
#header {
float: left;
height: 125px;
bottom: 0px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
top: 0px;
width: 584px;
overflow: hidden;
}

#main_pic {
border: 3px solid #43c8f5;
float: left;
height: 294px;
background-image: url(images/g1.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
width: 584px;
overflow: hidden;
}
#logo {
width: 105px;
height: 120px;
margin-right: 20px;
text-align: right;
float: right;
padding: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}
#side_menu {
width: 105px;
float: right;
margin-right: 20px;
text-align: right;
padding: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}

All 4 divs contain flash , not loading on the VMWare server but it is OK.
The site address is http://www.g1productions.com(dot)au/

Any ideas? I am going batty!

Discussion Forum & Youtube

2008-07-08T04:37:05-06:00

Hello,

Is it possible to embed Youtube (or Dailymotion etc)movies on the discussion forum? If so, is it module to install?

Multiple style sheets

2008-07-07T15:46:51-06:00

Can I create a template that is supported by multiple style sheets? I am running a website that uses a style sheet for each element on the page - one for navigation, one for the sidebar, one for the main text area, etc.

Looking for a good DHTML menu package to work with EE?

2008-07-07T13:00:39-06:00

The CSS-driven navigation menu provided from my designer has some cross-browser issues and I gave up to debug it, I’ll just drop a DHTML/Javascript menu instead (need to support 3-level nested menu).

Just wonder if you come across a good package. Any feedback on Milonic menu? Any decent free package out there?

next/prev element not picking up css styles—why?

2008-07-07T10:05:31-06:00

in none of the pages is the next/prev element picking up the css styles (you’ll notice, for one thing, that the titles are in a serif font, and everything else on the page is in verdana).

i’ve been playing around with this for a while, but cannot determine why this is happening or how to fix it…

representative page

<!--begin next section-->
{exp:weblog:next_entry weblog="screeningroomcurrent" status="Main Featured|Currently|open"}
<div class="magNext">
<p>Next entry:<br /><a href="{path=">{title}</a></p>
</div>
{/exp:weblog:next_entry}
<!--end next section-->

<!--begin prev section-->
{exp:weblog:prev_entry weblog="screeningroomcurrent" status="Main Featured|Currently|open"}
<div class="magPrev">
<p>Previous entry:<br /> <a href="{path=">{title}</a></p>
</div>
{/exp:weblog:prev_entry}
<!--end prev section-->

...it is picking up some portion of the styles...you can see that the “next” element is right-justified...but it won’t pick up other things…

.magNext {
font-family: verdana; trebuchet; arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 500;
text-align: right;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: px;
padding-left: 0px;
padding-right: 10px;
}

.magPrev {
font-family: verdana; trebuchet; arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 500;
text-align: left;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: px;
padding-left: 0px;
padding-right: 0px;
}

any assistance would be appreciated.

thanks and cheers

Themes

2008-07-06T16:55:15-06:00

Hello all,

Just started with EE. Before this we were using a framework called Code Igniter for our projects.

I have a few questions.

Are themes the same as creating a template? If not, then where/how do we create our own themes? I tried looking at the documentation. Is it just me or is the documentation not organised properly, as it is upsetting to find the right information.

Second, I created a template group and have the following in index:

http://localhost/paradisecalling/images/common/logo.gif

Where do you all store your images (not the ones that are uploaded), the ones that are content-specific such as the logo for the website? And is there a better path i can use to place into the img element for the src attribute instead of http://localhost/paradisecalling/images/common/logo.gif? Perhaps with the usage of some template variables?

Ive already looked at the “getting started” vedeo which goes to explaining templates quite well. Is there an IRC channel for EE developers? Or other useful online resources for EE documentation?

We are giving EE a test run. If all goes well, we will be purchasing a few licenses.

Best regards

sIFR 3~Only Displaying on One Page

2008-07-05T18:32:10-06:00

I was messing with the JQuery sIFR plugin but switched to a plain sIFR 3 setup for several reasons. I am getting image replacement to work on my main homepage but that is it.

I have the following setup on my site:

The homepage is an index.php in a template group called home.
The about section index.php is from an about template group.
The blog section index.php is from a blog template group.
The portfolio section index.php is from a portfolio template group.
Finally, I have a contact section with its index.php from a contact template group.

Seems relatively simple, I guess. Each of the 5 “sections” referenced above (home, about, portfolio, blog and contact) also has its own weblog, as I have a need for a pretty complex custom fields schema.

Finally, I am using the Pages module for the About and Contact ”sections.”

With the aforementioned set of circumstances provided, can anyone guess why I am getting the sIFR headings to show up only on the homepage? I can provide more info, if necessary and aplogize if this is confusing.

Thanks

Editing templates page in Dreamweaver

2008-07-06T07:51:58-06:00

Hi,

I am trying to edit site index page in Dreamweaver.

I have copied the default template and renamed it.

I cut and pasted the code into Dreamweaver, and used FILE - Preview in Browser.

Dreamweaver asks for CONFIGURE RDS SERVER.

I guess it need to be able to use the Expression Engine Tags when displaying the page.

What is best way to redo the templates in Dreamweaver and be able to view in browser to check what I am doing as I make the changes?

Or am I approaching this wrong?

Thanks

Lionel