No Background Right Sideboxes

New Member Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 13

I am sorry for starting a new topic on this. I got a lot of helpful advice in my other post, and I had posted this question there, but since it is unrelated to my initial question it may be overlooked, so I am trying again.

For some reason, my left sideboxes are all styled the way that i want them (I started with the Fisubice Theme from Raven and then modified it to get the look I want. But like I say, my Left Side boxes all have a background and are looking correct, on the right side the top and bottom graphic is showing but the content of the sideboxes doesn't have the background.

Now, I do not see that there is a file any place that defines left box vs. right box. I assume it all reads from themes/MYTHEME/blocks.html

Is this wrong ? Is there something else I am missing ?

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Thanks so much for any advice you can give - I have been trying to figure this out for 3 days now Sad

Tina S.

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hi,

i didnt forget about you but was caught up in other stuff...
but jaded is here the theme lady ....lol
so you can also pm her if realy needed...

the design of your blocks background is done inside blocks.html

play with this piece..

<td bgcolor="#F4F6FB"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tr>
<td>$content</td>
</tr>

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:04 pm

Thank you Hitwalker, but my problem is that only the right side is not appearing as it should.

The left side blocks have all the formatting that I placed in my blocks.html (including the background that is not showing on the right side) but my right side is missing the background on the content portion. This is why I asked if maybe there was a file that defined Left one way and Right the other.

I hope that makes more sense.

I understand that you have a life away from here, and I certainly didn't mean to imply that i wasn't getting help, more that maybe because my original topic was not on this same issue, maybe I should start a new thread addressing this particular issue.

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:10 pm

well im not sure if it has anything to do with it but if i rightclick on the blocks for background image it shows ...
http://www.mentatrecords.com/images/7px.gif

but thats not there...

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:25 pm

That is an easy fix ( uploading the image into that folder ) thank you- sometimes I don't even think about the obvious Wink

But, what it doesn't answer is this : Is there a file that defines Left Blocks look like... and another file that defines Right Blocks look like....

You see what I am saying ? It seems that if blocks.html controls ALL blocks, then why is my image working on the left and not on the right;)

Tina

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:27 pm

Oh and on another note, that fix makes my blocks look like I want them too. They should be seperate like they are on the right - not with the solid like they are on the left.

Again I am at my same thoughts, there must be some place that is telling each side to display besides just the blocks.html

Tina

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:37 pm

well maybe im missing something but to me both blocks look the same.
and no....there isnt any other configuration of your blocks,besides blocks.html
its called inside your theme.php but that just includes your blocks.html

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:49 pm

Hitwalker - first let me say thank you so much for your patience and diligence in dealing with me on this.

If you look at my fix (all i did was load the proper image into the /images folder) at http://mentatrecords.com/index.php you will see that on the right hand side each block starts with a top image, then the content has a background then there is a bottom image. After the block there is a blank black space where my page background shows through. But on the left hand side that blank space is missing, the background is running all the way down the left side of the screen and each block doesn't distinctly end and a new one start, since that background is continuing.

There definitely must be something that defines left and right seperately, because there are two completely different looks on each side in this case.

Again Thank you for your time and patience, and I have a semi fix. I guess I am just asking at this point for future reference with other themes I may develop.

Tina

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:56 pm

ah i see what you mean now...
but i tried to duplicate it hoping i could see whats missing but that didnt help..
i suggest you contact jaded and im sure she will help you....

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:01 pm

Thank You very much for your help.

Hopefully Jaded will see this post and help me understand. I really don't wanna PM someone for no "real" reason Wink

Tina

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:03 pm

im sure she doesnt mind,she has more things to do then monitoring the forum here...just pm here,the sooner your problem is fixed.

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Check your table html. I noticed that on your rendered code, you are missing a <tr> right after one of the tables. I dont know if that is the problem, but it definitly isnt showing.

this is the piece of code

Code:




<table width="178px" background="images/7px.gif" border="0" cellspacing="19" cellpadding="0">


     <td><font class="content">

You start a <td> right after the <table> but you need a <tr> before every <td>.

Something like:

Code:




<table width="178px" background="images/7px.gif" border="0" cellspacing="19" cellpadding="0">


    <tr>


     <td><font class="content">

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:37 pm

Thanks Nomad...

But that apparently is further proof of my theory that there are 2 files controlling this not just one...

Here is my blocks code :

Code:

<table width="178px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">


  <tr>


    <td height="25px" align="center" background="themes/Mentat/images/cellpic3.gif"><font class="block-title"><strong>$title</strong></font></td>


  </tr>


  <tr>


   <td><table width="178px" background="images/7px.gif" border="0" cellspacing="19" cellpadding="0">


                <td><font class="content">$content</font></td>


  </tr></table></td></tr>


  <tr>


    <td><img src="themes/Mentat/images/cellpic1.gif" alt="Mentat Records" width="178" height="27" /></td>


  </tr>


</table><br />

I don't see any missing tags in this ???

I didn't edit tables.php other than colors either and I don't see any missing elements in it either

Tina Evil or Very Mad

Theme Guru Joined: Nov 01, 2003 Posts: 1006

please zip up your theme as it is with your changes and list a url to it. I will then load it up and try to fix your issue. I clearly see what you are talking about. You are just lucky that I noticed this thread. Next time do like hit said, click the pm button. It is much faster and I do not mind at all. Thanks

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 9:14 am

Sent via PM Jaded. Thanks Smile

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 4:43 pm

okay, here are your problems. they will fix your blocks as you want them.

first in blocks.html you have

Code:

   <td><table width="178px" background="images/7px.gif" border="0" cellspacing="19" cellpadding="0">


                <td><font class="content">$content</font></td>

you need to make the path

Code:

<td><table width="178px" background="themes/Mentat/images/7px.gif" border="0

second in your header.html file you have

Code:

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">


<tr valign="top">


  <td valign="top" width="1" style="background-image: url(themes/Mentat/images/7px.gif)">

you need to change 7px.gif to pixel.gif

If you do this the blocks will show as you want. Thanks and good luck!

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 5:05 pm

Thank You Jaded !

Superb Smile

Tina S.