Lukster — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 05:05:32 +0000

You need to put more of a border on the top navigation, it looks like it is falling out the sides.
Also i think you need to frame the whole page in a black line as you have on the left, this should help to 'hold it together'.

Lukster

Busy — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 21:17:57 +0000

the best way is to add the class="..." to your tag, can be done other ways (like anything) but doesnt always work on all browsers, you only have to do it once, and if you ever want to change the color, you change 6 digits (the rgb code) in your style sheet

opera6 (as opera6) is the same as IE5, both aligned the same, i cant get the cheats page now thou, both 404

the extra head, body tags are there (and extra half way down) i think because you've made the page then copy and pasted something into it, missing the extras, open your html file in a text editor (dont use fp or dreamweaver or any other WYSIWYG editor), notepad is good, then manually remove these extra tags, save and upload, or reopen in your WYSIWYG to upload (ftp), I am guessing your editor is hiding your html tags as some do.
these extra tags will be your reason if anything isnt lining up or displaying properly

jag5311 — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 16:36:57 +0000

Ok, about that 2nd body tag. Guys and women, i have NO idea why its doing that. Its not in my original file I upload. Something is being added, and i found out it was the cheats file, because it was listing all the games for the gamecube. I deleted that file off the web, and tried re uploading but still no change.

With the css style sheets. SO i have to add this line

link (with whatever my file path is) to every single link? I can't just add it to a section and have it say, All these links are applied with this particular style?

Thanks for the reviews. I will look into changing it.

If anyone can help out why the code is doing whats its doing and why opera decides to show my menu left aligned instead of center, i would really appreciate it.

Busy — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 09:52:58 +0000

the grey background in ns4.7 is from the second body tag

netscape and opera are bad for holding onto cache images and files, i have all my browsers set to empty temp internet folder on close but now and then still have to do it manualy, I find when working in NS or Opera, every now and then close them down and reopen them, this clears the cache and displays the new look, i remembering trying for hour hour once trying to figure out why my new images wouldnt show up - cache hogs

I have a real slow connection right now, and am heading to bed, but checked your layout, left section being wider looks great
still has the extra head and body tag in there thou, but you've fixed the ns4.7 problem, you may want to bring your top navigation table down a bit, its to far up causes it to cut of the line web thingy

the css thingy:

a:link {color: #003366; text-decoration: none}
a:active {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none}
a:visited {color: #003366; text-decoration: none}
a:hover {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none}

is what you already have, now you just add another set for your white background links, something like:

a:link.cheats {color: #303030; text-decoration: none}
a:active.cheats {color: #606060; text-decoration: none}
a:visited.cheats {color: #909090; text-decoration: none}
a:hover.cheats {color: #000000; text-decoration: underline}

then in your link tags add link and this link will be the added class/colors, not the main link class/color, of course change the link colors to suit, i just used those for samples (i think they are greys)

Abhishek Reddy — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 09:16:54 +0000

Quote:
Ok, I have edited this message right here. I am running into something really odd. I updated my site, went on my friends computer and updated the pictures, and the site. CHecked it on his site, looks great, used all the right files. Then i went to MY computer and check it on the internet there, and it shows all the old files. Does it sometimes depend on the network you are on to see if any changes are made in websites?

Clear your browser's cache and see what happens.

jag5311 — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 21:40:57 +0000

Ok. I think I may have things now. I finally figured something out. Since i use dreamweaver, i have always disregarded the blank spots that dreamweaver uses as the "grey spots" you see with netscape. I have redone my page, using only about 6-7 cells instead of the 25 i probably had earlier. The page is shorter, shorter in size, and there are only like 2-3 empty td tags. I have an updated version up and running. I think it looks good. I already had uploaded it before i got your message about changing the links so they don't GO OVER the line. K, now it looks great in IE 5.5 and Netscape 6, but in opera, my main menu section is off centered, more to the left. My code is better, i don't understand why

Could you be more descriptive about adding a new Css style sheet to a particular section of my page, while i already have another one running. Like, maybe print an example of how it would look html wise in here.

About the grey part, i don't know how to make the left side blueish purple and the right side grey. Keep in mind, everything you see is in a 760 x 800 (i think) table, that is centered. SO that color is just a bgcolor option added. The only way i think i could make the left side teh color of the menu and the right side grey is to create a 760 pixel wide image, half with blueish purple, and half with grey. Then add it.

If you know another way, i would appreciate it.

ALso, tell me if my code looks cleaner and less "crappy":)

Ok, I have edited this message right here. I am running into something really odd. I updated my site, went on my friends computer and updated the pictures, and the site. CHecked it on his site, looks great, used all the right files. Then i went to MY computer and check it on the internet there, and it shows all the old files. Does it sometimes depend on the network you are on to see if any changes are made in websites?

Let me know

bryan

Busy — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 20:38:49 +0000

the roll overs in the cheat section can be done with an extra style sheet, use a:link.cheats or something and use the rest of the code from normal but change the colors, then just add class="cheats" into the links in the cheats section.

I am still seeing that extra head and body tag in your source code, its affecting NS4.7 as its using the second body tag for the body tag instead of the top one wihich you want.

I see you also put the grey strip back, how bout keeping the left blue but use grey for the right section? idealy youd be better off making the table with 100% and using a section of the banner (between mario and the icon at right) as a background that tiles in that cell or you dont get stretch lines which would fit any sie browser.

that link over lapping bugs me , and the video game palace one as its right on the edge, and the gamework network, you've done well on the rest why not fix this small thing, could be the difference of having an ok or good layout

jag5311 — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 09:30:11 +0000

Thats really bothering you isn't it webmistress :)Well, to tell you the truth, i think i am going to leave it because nothing will ever be perfect. Some user will come to the site with some messed up resolution or some feature like having their fonts extra big and when they get to my site, it will look like crap to them, even though 99% of the people who look at it may think it looks good. When using Opera, i notice the L of central is on teh dark part of the shadow, and that is about what i see

Did you get my comment about the background color of teh cheats section, about the white rollovers. Does that kinda rationalize why I did it, to you?

The Webmistress — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 09:27:01 +0000

Yeah that's better but the link 'Gamecheats Central' is still overlapping the edge on the right.

jag5311 — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 09:22:01 +0000

I think you guys were looking at it just as i was uploading or something. I have made the changes and previewed them for myself, that little piece of purple you see coming out is fixed. Its stupid, because those are background cell images, and its like if you don't have teh cell PERFECTLY set to a certain width or height (and i mean a few pixels) it goes nuts. I am getting ready to go ahead and fix that font thing. Its at a 3 i believe, i will change it to 2.

Webmistress

Those extra bits i think are what busy was seeing. Samething, but should be fixed now. please let me know if it isn't

YESS, you are changing, i am changing you to MY SIDE (MOOHAHAHA *evil laugh*) actually, i am glad you say it has a gamey look to it, because i kinda felt with the black one that it had the look of being slapped together, and i want the visitor to feel like they are at a nice site that has rich content and some professionalism to it. I think i am on my way. With the help of all of you of course.

ON that opera issue though, why is it that i have to clear the cache before rechecking my site, it just wants to load the old info, that is part of the reason i didn't have specific sections fixed earlier tonight because i was getting (false advertising:))

re-check it out if you get the chance
quick link
http://www.gamecubecheats.net/newgamecube/newgamecubecheats.shtml