It’s funny how the day you mention the big gap, it disappears.

Heh, that narrows down which entry was causing it, at least…

I use Firefox, so no gap, but your banner is missing.

But now there’s a big gap at the start of the second page….

I guess you don’t really care about that…

(Nice blog)

“…could go in to technical details but basically it’s IE6 and below’s inability to process certain PHP (Pre-Hypertext Processor) code…”

That’s rubbish, because PHP is processed by the web server, and has nothing to do with the browser.

The CSS quirks in IE are a more likely explanation.

Well OK, but that’s a bug with PHP, not IE…

Mick, it’s all gobbledegook to me too, and I didn’t want to go recommending people changed browsers, but it’s the only way I know of that they can get rid of the gap. If anyone can help me with fixing the gap my end, I would be really grateful!

Curiouser and curiouser. I use Firefox (1.5) and Linux (Fedora Core 3) and have no problems viewing this site. There was never any gap, but the banner has recently disappeared. I didn’t even notice that until somebody mentioned it. (Too busy reading the fascinating content and comments!)

I’ve come to your blog from Random Acts of Reality and I remember he’d been asking about the suitability of Wordpress for blogs. At that time I’d a tiny blog (well, actually it’s still tiny!) so figured perhaps it wouldn’t be a bad time to have a go-see for myself what WP was like given all the hype. Sure enough - apart from the fact I can only find about 12 templates (no doubt tons more off on other sites or for those with better HTML experience than I have) I’ve found it a TON better for me at least, but then I was previously on the plain boring old Blogger and never could figure out how to improve on the basic boring interface. My main reason for shifting sideways tho was to be finally easily able to obtain stats for visitors - mind you, now I can see just how neglected the blog really is, I’m not sure I want to know anymore - but anyway. Might be something for you to look into at some point?? Or have I missed something here, and this actually is a WP site in disguise perhaps? :))

I agree with Mick and TJ… Anyway, a suggestion to fix it. As all good things should be, its a slight bodge, but if you change the html code where it says:

to

You’ll sort it. The problem is that IE thinks the sidebar is slightly too big, and so pops it down the page, after it finishes.

Cheers,

Martin

mac and safari…. and all is right with the blog :>)

I never noticed it, but then again, I use trusty old Firefox….even if I have completley blown my laptop hard-drive. Losing a lot of data isn’t fun!!

Um, don’t notice it on IE either, but I am using v7…

Tom…..

P.S. Never put two SJA members, who understand IT together, otherwise you get an arguement…. hehe (illustrated perfectly above by tjwood and StuartM….)

I’m being torn in half over Mick’s comment RE the reccomendation of different browsers.
For a start, I’m a webdesigner and I know that for me Firefox is better for all intents and purposes. If everyone was to run Firefox then things would be fine, unfortunatley that’s not the case and will probably never will be. The reason I say this is down to the fact that IE falls short in so many areas but, in particular, it doesn’t not render what is know as the ‘box model’ correctly.

This causes all sorts of problems for me and it’s annoying, steressful and - most importantly - a waste of my time to try and fix this. It is the browser that is flawed, not my code. I don’t see why I should have to put in the extra work because the developers of IE don’t want to. A perfect example of what I mean can be found here, on a website I’m currently working on. In IE you’ll notice a huge gap above the header which reads ‘The Square Wheel’ but in Firefox or other standards complient browsers, this gap is nowhere to be seen.

One day, this sort of problem will be solved but, untill then, we’re all going to have to lear to live with it. Which I think, is very sad.
Get back to me if you want to discuss this further.

Mike

Loler - thanks buddy. I’ve had a horrible cold for the last week and nothing’s going my way because of it. Your help’s much appreciated.

Aargh! I have changed it as you said and it has totally mangled the whole site in ANY browser and now I can’t get it back how it was!!! Help!

Sorry Mark, can’t send you a screenshot of the banner cos it’s missing! I’m viewing the blog at home for the first time, and did notice The Gap was missing - I just assumed it was my superior home PC v cheap Yorkshire Ambulance Service PC (I too am an EMD). Will check it again at work when I’m next on nights. The banner I remember had a funny little cartoon EMD person, sort of round and green with a headset on and funny hair? :shrugs:

lol