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Post by Alex94TAGT on Jan 7, 2006 20:14:17 GMT -5
This might not be easy or even possible to fix, but what is the deal with the constant table breaking? If I don't refresh a page after it loads, it often looks as such:  I've noticed that the avatars and whatnot, between "member is online" and "join date", is centered within that left column. Would it be possible to left-align everything in that column? Seems to me that might help correct the issue. Also, again, it appears that sometimes people use avatars with source images larger than 100x100 pixels. The forum is supposed to correct the size, but that only seems to happen about 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time, we get giant 500x1000 pixel avatars -- which again can usually be corrected by reloading the page (F5). Dunno. Just thought it was a slight annoyance. Perhaps it's just my computer... |
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Post by turtle on Jan 7, 2006 22:02:55 GMT -5
No it's not just your comp. Alex. I see it too somtimes, but not constantly. Most of the time this site shows up just fine(for me). I really can't give you an answer as to wether or not it can be fixed, sorry. I'm sure Ray or Tom can shed some light on this though.  |
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Post by Alex94TAGT on Jan 8, 2006 2:36:52 GMT -5
Thanks -- at least it's good to know it's not just me.
I think most of these forums just use pre-programmed templates, which might not allow you to directly fix this. I think it requires going in and editing the actual HTML code. (maybe)
For instance, here's the culprit for the avatars being centered within the left column. Below, I've pasted the actual HTML code (found through VIEW->SOURCE), containing everything you see between my username (Alex94tagt) and my post count. I've located the bit of code that centers the avatar (instead of left-aligning like everything else), and I've highlighted it in red. Simply deleting the red stuff would fix the odd placement of the avatars at this forum.
-You can test this by copying that code into a new reply form -- the "Live Preview" that Raymond has activated will actually convert the HTML into the graphics. Try deleting the red stuff, and my avatar will shift over to the left of the column.
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Post by 1bad2k2ta on Jan 8, 2006 2:52:02 GMT -5
Thanks -- at least it's good to know it's not just me. I think most of these forums just use pre-programmed templates, which might not allow you to directly fix this. I think it requires going in and editing the actual HTML code. (maybe) For instance, here's the culprit for the avatars being centered within the left column. Below, I've pasted the actual HTML code (found through VIEW->SOURCE), containing everything you see between my username (Alex94tagt) and my post count. I've located the bit of code that centers the avatar (instead of left-aligning like everything else), and I've highlighted it in red. Simply deleting the red stuff would fix the odd placement of the avatars at this forum. -You can test this by copying that code into a new reply form -- the "Live Preview" that Raymond has activated will actually convert the HTML into the graphics. Try deleting the red stuff, and my avatar will shift over to the left of the column. I think the alignment of the avatars is fixed within the board structure, and could only be changed by creating a script that could be added to the Global Header or Footer that would change the alignment. I am not too good at writing CSS or javascript code, but if anyone has this ability and would be interested in writing it, I can test it on another board and if it works, Raymond could add it. |
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Post by '68SuperchargedLT1Camaro on Jan 8, 2006 12:16:57 GMT -5
The only way to fix this problem is for everyone to resize their avatar pictures to the proper size. I have looked into this problem. A programmer explained to me why it was happening, and why there is nothing I (myself) can do about it. It is possible to fix it, but only ProBoards can do this.
I might consider deleting individual members avatars if they're not properly sized. I don't know.
Any suggestions?
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Post by 1bad2k2ta on Jan 8, 2006 12:24:47 GMT -5
The only way to fix this problem is for everyone to resize their avatar pictures to the proper size. I have looked into this problem. A programmer explained to me why it was happening, and why there is nothing I (myself) can do about it. It is possible to fix it, but only ProBoards can do this. I might consider deleting individual members avatars if they're not properly sized. I don't know. Any suggestions? I found a code in the support board that allows you to set the size of the avatars. It seems to work.....you know where. It might be possible to modify that one to align the avatars to the left rather than centered. |
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Post by '68SuperchargedLT1Camaro on Jan 11, 2006 18:25:00 GMT -5
The only way to fix this problem is for everyone to resize their avatar pictures to the proper size. I have looked into this problem. A programmer explained to me why it was happening, and why there is nothing I (myself) can do about it. It is possible to fix it, but only ProBoards can do this. I might consider deleting individual members avatars if they're not properly sized. I don't know. Any suggestions? I found a code in the support board that allows you to set the size of the avatars. It seems to work.....you know where. It might be possible to modify that one to align the avatars to the left rather than centered. I'm allready using that code, but it doesn't work all the time. That's why we have to hit the refresh button every now and then. The code that allows the avatars to be any size works great. The code that trys to automatically resize them if they are to big is the one that doesn't work perfectly everytime. A programmer explained to me in detail why there is nothing wrong with the code that I'm using, and why it will only work sometimes. I know it's basically just a timing issue, but I can't remember all the details. Something along the lines of, "if the page loads before the code has a chance to load, the code won't work, unless you hit the refress button, which allows the code to finish loading" or something like that. I have very limited knowlege of computer programming, so I honestly don't know what I'm talking about, but what was explained to me made complete sense. |
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Post by 1bad2k2ta on Jan 11, 2006 18:48:58 GMT -5
I found a code in the support board that allows you to set the size of the avatars. It seems to work.....you know where. It might be possible to modify that one to align the avatars to the left rather than centered. I'm allready using that code, but it doesn't work all the time. That's why we have to hit the refresh button every now and then. The code that allows the avatars to be any size works great. The code that trys to automatically resize them if they are to big is the one that doesn't work perfectly everytime. A programmer explained to me in detail why there is nothing wrong with the code that I'm using, and why it will only work sometimes. I know it's basically just a timing issue, but I can't remember all the details. Something along the lines of, "if the page loads before the code has a chance to load, the code won't work, unless you hit the refress button, which allows the code to finish loading" or something like that. I have very limited knowlege of computer programming, so I honestly don't know what I'm talking about, but what was explained to me made complete sense. What size did you set it to and do you think modifying it to align to the left would help? |
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