Header probs

[AndyD]

All looking great, thanks Dave. Was it a CSS problem out of interest?
Opera

Firefox

[Dave A]

Was it a CSS problem out of interest?

The layout problem on the Google custom search box was.

What obviously hasn't been solved is the position of the magnifying glass image you're getting in Firefox (and the advanced search text disappears too) - and I can't reproduce it my side

It should be like in the Opera screenshot.

Could you try a CTRL F5 refresh in Firefox and see if it corrects.
Otherwise I'm a bit low on thoughts right now as to what might be causing it.

If you view the page source and search for this line

<div id="globalsearch" class="globalsearch">

The contents of that DIV should be:

	<div id="globalsearch" class="globalsearch">
		<form action="http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/search.php?do=process" method="post" id="navbar_search" class="navbar_search">
			
			<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="guest" />
			<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
			<span class="textboxcontainer"><span><input type="text" value="" name="query" class="textbox" tabindex="99"/></span></span>
			<span class="buttoncontainer"><span><input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/images/tfsa/buttons/search.png" name="submit" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" tabindex="100"/></span></span>

		</form>
		<ul class="navbar_advanced_search">
			<li><a href="http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/search.php" accesskey="4">Advanced Search</a></li>
		</ul>
	</div>

Or if you could copy and paste that DIV for me to check over...

[tec0]

I thought I add a print screen for comparison. I am using Firefox 3.6.13, Resolution set at 1600 x900 and I don’t see anything wrong in particular. Oh and I didn’t remove the advertisement via MS-paint I use add block.

[AndyD]

Yeah, the page source doesn't match, I'm not sure what's going on. I tried ctrl/f5 and also manually cleared the entire firefox cache but to no avail. I pdf'd the complete page source code but it's 118kb and won't attach. Even RAR'ed it's still 101kb. As a printscreen jpg it's 356kb which is also a no-no for the attachment system.

If you can pm me a gmail addy Ill email them to you, I'm guessing admin@theforumsa.co.za .

[Dave A]

Oh and I didn’t remove the advertisement via MS-paint I use add block.

At the moment only guests (readers not logged in) get adverts anyway

I'm guessing admin@theforumsa.co.za .

That will get to me - only on Monday morning, but that's fine. Maybe if we stick to the TFSA homepage as it has the simplest header zone.

I pdf'd the complete page source code but it's 118kb

That's a truckload for a single page.

Oh yes - and what version of Firefox and OS are you using? (In case this is a version related issue).

[tec0]

AndyD > Check and reset you’re “Zoom” back to default. The only time I got anything like your print screen is when I messed around with the zoom in Firefox?

[Dave A]

Looking around after the upgrade on the weekend, I reckon this software is still very much on the bleeding edge of beta grade. Even some of the bugs originally claimed as fixed in the latest version are still there (including guests not being able to view image attachments which ticks me off ). I see they've since deleted that claim from the version's bug-fix list.

For the guests out there - it's not me trying to be a bastard, I promise.

Oh well - at least we're not losing posts. I guess vB will get there eventually.

[AndyD]

AndyD > Check and reset you’re “Zoom” back to default. The only time I got anything like your print screen is when I messed around with the zoom in Firefox?

I like the way you're thinking tec0. There is no zoom set on my browser but if I zoom in it does put the magnifying glass search icon on the correct line. Problem is it causes a few other alignment issues with other objects so I've left it 'as is'. It doesn't bother me as much as it bothers poor-hard-put-upon-Dave me thinks :-)

[AndyD]

Just for a laugh I tried the forum using Opera Bork edition which I still have installed on one of my XP machines. It didn't go to well. Shame really I always had a soft spot for that browser

[Dave A]

LOL! Big time!

Mind you - that's roughly how I feel when I have to work on the code of the site nowadays. So your Bork edition has my sympathy. Progress seems to have come with incredible complexity.



vBulletin is working on a mobile skin and I expect I'll be loading it here one day. It will be interesting to see how that goes in Opera Bork.