hello,<br />
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i have two columns, one for menu, one for content, when content varies so does the size of the menu column even though the td's have the width defined.<br />
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visit - <br />
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ssfans.com/star_news.php">http://www.ssfans.com/star_news.php</a><!-- m --> <br />
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if you switch between 'biography' and 'news' you'll get the idea, <br />
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site is nowhere near finished btw <br />
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i asked someone on usenet and they told me to validate the page, the template's only about 75 lines and the bloody thing came out with 115 errors!<br />
<br />
the guy also told me how to use usenet
<br />
<br />
hope you can help,<br />
cheers,<br />
matt<!--content-->Take this out:<br />
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><br />
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><br />
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Your code looks like HTML, but those lines are telling the browser that the page is XHTML: [ouch! (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssfans.com%2Fstar_news.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1&sp=1&outline=1&verbose=1">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... &verbose=1</a><!-- m -->)]<br />
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Put this as the first lines instead:<br />
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><br />
<html><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Re-[validate (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssfans.com%2Fstar_news.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+4.01+Transitional&ss=1&outline=1&sp=1&verbose=1">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... &verbose=1</a><!-- m -->)] the code and you have only 49 (mostly easy) errors to fix.<br />
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Correct the entity errors by changing every & in the URLs to be & instead.<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember to "Quote" all attributes, especially all "#FFFFFF" colors, all URLs, all "50%" sizes, and any other attribute value that contains anything other than a simple "A" to "Z" or "0" to "9" value. In HTML 4.01 it is recommended to quote all attribute values.<br />
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<br />
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That should fix most of them. Post again with any that you get stuck on. Answers already in many of my previous postings.<!--content-->
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i have two columns, one for menu, one for content, when content varies so does the size of the menu column even though the td's have the width defined.<br />
<br />
visit - <br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ssfans.com/star_news.php">http://www.ssfans.com/star_news.php</a><!-- m --> <br />
<br />
if you switch between 'biography' and 'news' you'll get the idea, <br />
<br />
site is nowhere near finished btw <br />
<br />
i asked someone on usenet and they told me to validate the page, the template's only about 75 lines and the bloody thing came out with 115 errors!<br />
<br />
the guy also told me how to use usenet
<br /><br />
hope you can help,<br />
cheers,<br />
matt<!--content-->Take this out:<br />
<br />
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><br />
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><br />
<br />
Your code looks like HTML, but those lines are telling the browser that the page is XHTML: [ouch! (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssfans.com%2Fstar_news.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1&sp=1&outline=1&verbose=1">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... &verbose=1</a><!-- m -->)]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Put this as the first lines instead:<br />
<br />
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><br />
<html><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Re-[validate (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssfans.com%2Fstar_news.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+4.01+Transitional&ss=1&outline=1&sp=1&verbose=1">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... &verbose=1</a><!-- m -->)] the code and you have only 49 (mostly easy) errors to fix.<br />
<br />
<br />
Correct the entity errors by changing every & in the URLs to be & instead.<br />
<br />
<br />
Remember to "Quote" all attributes, especially all "#FFFFFF" colors, all URLs, all "50%" sizes, and any other attribute value that contains anything other than a simple "A" to "Z" or "0" to "9" value. In HTML 4.01 it is recommended to quote all attribute values.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
That should fix most of them. Post again with any that you get stuck on. Answers already in many of my previous postings.<!--content-->