Web-based problem

Celsus · #1 03-20-2005, 08:30 PM

Hello all,

I recently started a Word Press blog at my site, but the side bar refuses to sit within the body of the post. For really short posts, it screws up the format altogether, like so. Any ideas how to fix this? It's php so I haven't got a clue.

Joel

ceptimus · #2 03-20-2005, 09:54 PM

I think you need to tweak the "menu" definition (that's what the sidebar uses) or "credit" (that does the footer thing that the sidebar covers, when the main content is shorter than the sidebar) in your .css file:

http://eblaforum.org/blog/wp-content...stom/style.css

An alternative would be alter the page to use a table to separate the main body of the blog and the sidebar and credit. Purists don't like tables for layout, but they work well for things like this, and tend to work the same in almost every browser.

viscousmemories · #3 03-21-2005, 03:01 AM

Unfortunately I can't help with your issue, but that looks like cool software. Thanks.

Celsus · #4 03-21-2005, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceptimus

I think you need to tweak the "menu" definition (that's what the sidebar uses) or "credit" (that does the footer thing that the sidebar covers, when the main content is shorter than the sidebar) in your .css file:

http://eblaforum.org/blog/wp-content...stom/style.css

An alternative would be alter the page to use a table to separate the main body of the blog and the sidebar and credit. Purists don't like tables for layout, but they work well for things like this, and tend to work the same in almost every browser.

Ok, I see, thanks. Apologies for my general stupidity, but what do I need to change? (I'm trying not to use tables on this one, I already cheated on my main page)

Joel

Corona688 · #5 03-22-2005, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celsus

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceptimus

I think you need to tweak the "menu" definition (that's what the sidebar uses) or "credit" (that does the footer thing that the sidebar covers, when the main content is shorter than the sidebar) in your .css file:

http://eblaforum.org/blog/wp-content...stom/style.css

An alternative would be alter the page to use a table to separate the main body of the blog and the sidebar and credit. Purists don't like tables for layout, but they work well for things like this, and tend to work the same in almost every browser.

Ok, I see, thanks. Apologies for my general stupidity, but what do I need to change? (I'm trying not to use tables on this one, I already cheated on my main page)

Joel

We had had a long discussion about this sort of thing in a previous thread. The upshot was, though the CSS purists state Thou Shalt Not Use Tables, CSS really doesn't have anything to replace them. If it takes an ugly CSS hack to make it work, tables are probably better.