Issues with CSS elements

[opeth_pp]

Just started working on a site, many of the default values and styles are still in place.

One problem I am having though is switching themes. At the top of the site in the menu bar area I have 3 small boxes (black/gray/white) , once you click on that it changes the theme. Simple enough.

The problem I am having is their are certain elements of the page that do not get updated when you select a theme.

For example, click on the Archive link in the upper right then when that page loads select either the black or gray theme for an obvious example of what is happening. YOu will see that the top half of the page shows the theme but the bottom half remains white. If you then change to the about page you will see that their is a similar issue with the bottom of the page and the same can be said for the image page though that is only a small band across the bottom.

Once this problem occurs , refreshing the page always clears up these rogue elements.

ANy suggestions?

www.thelinebetween.com

[Connie]

yes, search the forum please, there has been postings with that already and there were solutions, as far as I remember, but I do not remember the solution ;=(

and you did not say at all, which browser you use, if that happens in all browsers, if your design validates in HTML and CSS...

all this informations could be helpful as well ...

[opeth_pp]

Hi Connie,

Thanks for responding.

Tried to search before I posted and did not find anything.

Both HTML/CSS validate and this is with IE 6 ...

[Connie]

it is absolutely ok with Firefox
it is absolutely ok with OPERA
are you sure you cleaned the cache in IE and the IE cache on the harddisk?
It is not enough to clean the cache in IE from the IE menu, you must clean it on the harddisk as well

In line 77 of image_template.html you close a <div> which is not opened, maybe that is the reason?

[opeth_pp]

LIne 77 </div> was the closing div box for the Footer section of the page.
In an attempt to troublshoot this I have just removed the footer section all together from the image template.

Something I have noticed, I can follow the steps to cause the issue. If switch to another window and then come back to my page everything has loaded correctly.

After searching these forums I have tried removing the meta tags section based off of a thread I saw with no luck.

any additonal ideas?

[opeth_pp]

I thought this might have been with my template but this actually happens with an untouched simple template also..

Anyone?

[Connie]

Anyone? Yes
you! Because you did not answer my questions:

which browser?
did you try other browsers?
did you try maybe from another computer as well?


are you sure you cleaned the cache in IE and the IE cache on the harddisk?
It is not enough to clean the cache in IE from the IE menu, you must clean it on the harddisk as well

so, before you do not answer these questions, I stick with my presumption that you are using IE and you are not cleaning the cache or you use a proxy...

but I think it's the cache and IE

[opeth_pp]

Hi Connie!

This is with IE.
I have tried clearing the cache via IE and directly on the HD
Not going through any proxies.

If other people view the site and see the same issue that pretty much elimnates it being a local machine issue. I have tested it from both machines here and at work also.

[Connie]

unfortunately sometimes browser behave different when working on a local machine and on a remote webserver, a real webserver..

I am glad it is ok now

[opeth_pp]

Ahhh! I think you misunderstood me.

The issue is still going on from any machine that views it.