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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: May 10, 2004 - 02:02 AM

  http://naobl.com/nobsl/index.php
  
  I created this problem myself, and don't know how I did it. I thought I was just goofing around with the color schemes, but apparently I have changed the way my news is submitted. Anyone know where I can find the coding to change this ?
  
  How I want the site (it used to be this way)
  Menus on the top/left, stories in the top/center, award boxes on the top/right.
  
  How it is now ..
  Menus on the top/left (Good),
  new stories in the top/center & right. The old stories still stay in the center, but when I put in new stories that expand all the way to the right of the page, pushing the award boxes underneath.
  
  Any help would be appreciated

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• markwest
  
  

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  Posted: May 10, 2004 - 02:08 AM

  Looks like you've got a missing end table tag or similar. Run your site through the w3c's html validator and fix any problems here.
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: May 22, 2004 - 01:30 AM

  Mark, I ran it through the validator, and my index.php file is said to have over 60 errors. Wow. I worked with each of them, and don't think that was the problem. Any idea specifically where this problem may be located ?
  
  Thanks :)

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  Posted: May 22, 2004 - 03:24 AM

  Doug,
  
  Is that an AutoTheme, Xanthia or regular theme? Post some code and we can help you find the broken tag (I think Mark is right).

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• markwest
  
  

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  Posted: May 22, 2004 - 04:02 AM

  The only way to fix these issues is to work systemically through the problems. Firstly address the simple ones; missing ALT attributes on your images, & rather than & in your links. This will reduce the number of errors down to a more manageable level.
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: May 22, 2004 - 07:18 AM

  http://themes.postnuke.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=6
  
  Is the thread I downloaded the theme. It is the Indonesian Culture Series one (about 5 dl's down). I'm not sure what kind of theme it is, although it could be AutoTheme as I do have that module.
  
  Mark,
  OK, I will fix all the errors and save .... Don't have a ton of time right now (just bought a new house, much work to be done :)) but I will pick at it as I can and get back with you.
  
  Thanks again
  
  I just looked over to make a few corrections, (I've got to run right now, so tonight wasn't going to be a long fixer upper night) .... The errors in the validation do not point to code in the index.php file ... I forgot where I found them last time I was looking. You know where it points too ?

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• Lobos
  
  

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  Posted: May 25, 2004 - 06:28 PM

  Maybe install the theme again form scratch and be more careful this time? Even if it will take you a long time to make the changes again, from experience I can tell you that it can be hell frustrating trying to fix something like this...
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 01, 2004 - 01:18 AM

  OK .. haven't really had a chance to look it over,( ... packing, packing, painting, painting, carpeting, landscape, moving, unpacking .. I'm sure you all know ! lol) ... Anyway, I thought I'd experiment with Lobos suggestion ... so I just changed the settings to the PostNukeBlue theme (an original that came with the program) and same problem ... so I am thinking this tells me that I shouldn't bother looking through theme files; and concentrate on the postnuke files ? am I right ?

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• Lobos
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 02, 2004 - 01:22 AM

  Looking at it again I would say you should check the HTML in your news summary items, maybe you have made a mistake there, cause all your problems start after the "Bonds ropes 700th of his HOF career " article - go through each news item on the front page and edit "do not display on front page" and see if it is one of them causing the problem.
  
  It is not "the postnuke files" and I would not advise you to go digging around in there jsut yet (you might burn your fingers LOL)
  
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  Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 11:43 PM

  Yes ... Thank you Lobos, that was it. Once I found the article(s)- there were 2; causing the problem .. I read them carefully, and noticed the other administrator hadn't closed his tables ! Thanks again everyone

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  Posted: Jun 04, 2004 - 01:30 AM

  Nice catch L. I'm not sure I'd have caught that.

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• markwest
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 04, 2004 - 03:09 AM

  Indeed - a good catch... It also highlights one of biggest chellanges in site administration when attempting an standards compliant site - that of the content....
  
  We try at postnuke.com to ensure that we maintain full compliance to the relevant doctype (currently HTML 4.01 transitional). Part of this is ensuring that those who approve articles ensure a basic level of compliance - I then also periodically validate each subsite to ensure that there's nothing been missed in the approval process.
  
  This will become harder as soon (when we upgrade to .750) we'll be moving to an XHTML doctype on all subsites with the exception of forums.postnuke.com (since pnphpbb is currently not even HTML 4.01 transitional).
  
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  Posted: Jun 04, 2004 - 04:18 AM

  Argh. Thanks for the warning Mark.

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• Lobos
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 04, 2004 - 12:03 PM

  Glad it worked out for you :)
  
  The thing to remember is that every piece of data that you add to your site essentially becomes part of the HTML, this includes articles, blocks, modules, whatever. If any of these contain mistakes, it will be reflected in the overall display as demonstarted by the HTML error in the article.
  
  When the site is loaded the CMS renders all of this information into a HTML page, just like a normal, non CMS one. In fact if you use mozilla you can visit your site and save a snapshot of the current page you happen to be on and upload it. This page will display perfectly (it won't actually be a CMS, but it will work).
  
  This will be the case 99% of the time - I have never encountered any major display problems with the postnuke core, so it is likely you will never have to modify the core, unless you want to of course, but beware: here there be dragons... and treasures beyond your wildest dreams :)
  
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