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From: Barry Carlson <>
Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Re: Re: doctype
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 08:40:05 +1200
References: <001801c5647f$ccd40b80$6401a8c0@Cheri>


Hi Cheri

The addition of the DocType has nothing to do with the way your page is
currently displaying after being downloaded from the RootsWeb server. There
is a problem with some banner advert coding which has caused the page to be
centered and at a fixed width. The coding works fine for the ad, but
because the appropriate tag has not been closed your browser continues to do
what it was told. The banner ad is randomly selected, and some of the ads
are Ok, while others aren't.

It may well be Tuesday before the problem can be looked at.

Barry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheri Zuber" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 6:54 AM
Subject: RE: [FreeHelp] Re: Re: doctype


> Need some help here. I use FrontPage. (I know what some of you think
> about
> that, but that's not the point here.) I use tables to build my pages.
>
> I wasn't having the margin problem, but there was no doctype declaration
> built on my pages, and it's only recently I even knew it should be there.
> You can see my entry page as listed below my signature.
>
> I made a copy of my entry page and went to the suggested address and
> copied
> the doctype statement into my HTML. Viewing in FrontPage, nothing
> changed.
> However, when I viewed in IE and when I uploaded, it centers everything on
> the page - and I mean everything. Here's a copy to view with the doctype
> added in and no other changes made to my coding -
> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~zuber/index_copy.htm
>
> Then I set the alignment of each cell and I get this, which is about what
> I
> originally had -
> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~zuber/index_copy2.htm
>
> Why does the HTML doctype code center everything? If I include a doctype
> statement am I going to have to go to every cell in every table on every
> page (I have over 100 pages) and set the cell alignment? If so, I may
> just
> decide to ignore the doctype thing.
>
>
> Cheri Zuber
> http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~zuber/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hymer [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 10:39 PM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [FreeHelp] Re: Re: doctype
>
> Have noticed pages of all experiencing margin issues seem to be lacking a
> doctype element.
> Go here: http://www.w3schools.com/quality/quality_elements.asp to read
> about
> doctype.
> Then go here and validate the local copy of your web page - the one on
> your
> hard drive -
> http://www.w3schools.com/site/site_validate.asp Fix everything it tells
> you
> to and go from
> there.
> MichaelH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom LaPorte [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 8:39 PM
> To:
> Subject: [FreeHelp] Re: Re: Sample page with 1 inch margins problem
>
>
> Forgot to append the link to the page with a left margin of only one
> pixel.
> Here it is
>
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bowlesfamily/cavan.htm
>
>
> Tom LaPorte
>
>
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