Dear Joomlabamboo,

I'm getting some real strange 'stuff' when viewing a site created with this template using IE6. Please view, www.jamaicanrays.com, with IE6 and then with FF and notice the following;

1) The gray box that travels with your mouse over the menus do not show up with IE6.
2) The home page content picture (lady inside a tanning bed) will not show text wrapping around it (to the right or left) within IE6 yet it works and looks just fine with FF.
3) I set the fonts within this content to be 12pt Arial but FF will not display this style yet IE6 will.

What suggestions could you offer to assist me with these issues?

Kind regards,
Ed Hathaway

Hi Ed,

Apologies for the delay. Im still away at the moment and away from my ie machine. Ill upload a css file that may fix it but if it doesnt then Ill have the fix for you on the weekend.

Cheers Anthony

Anthony,

Your new 'fancymenu.css' file did the trick...THANKS! Now, when you get the chance, the .png image and type style issue needs a look at. No apolgies neccessary, your busy and I'm not in a great rush to resolve these issues. Take you time and please let me know what you need from me (i.e. login info, etc.)

Regards,
Ed Hathaway

Anthony,

Have you had the chance to look at the site I'm developing using your 'scroller' template (www.jamaicanrays.com)? The key issues I'm having are the view between IE6 and FF and how both handle the text, .png and type styles differently. Any suggestions, comments or fixes would be most welcomed. Please let me know if you need Super Admin login, FTP or cPanel access.

Regards,
Ed Hathaway

HI Ed,

Apologies for the delay. I released the Max Biz template yesterday and you are next on my list. Ill have some answers for you shortly.

Thanks Anthony

Thanks Anthony...

Hi Ed,

You need to apply a style="float:left" to the image. Explorer doesnt read align="left" in the same way the other browsers do - that will fix the wrapping issue.

The font issue may be fixed by using something like this: <p style="font-size:12px">Hello this is my text</p> You could also put this in the css file and create your own p class.

Hope this fixes it all.

Thanks Anthony

Anthony,

Your 'float:left' instructions worked. However, this is the first and only time I have had to use this string of code to have text wrap around an image. I use the same text editor on all of my sites and have always used their editor to handle this task. I'm going to play around with another editor (JCE) to see if it creates the same effect.

The font issue may also be an editor issue. Again, this is the first time I've had to 'hard code' basic text effects with this editor. I'll reserve judgement about what or who is not playing nice once I explore these issues with another text editor.

Ed H.

Hi Ed,

I tend to agree that they are strange fixes. JCE automatically sets the style for images to float:left when you insert them. I had actually thought that IE7 was the one that had the issue with the align:left but perhaps not.

You could always create a custom class in the css file to stipulate the text sizes just to make sure. I agree that hard coding css styling in the text is not the done thing.

Something like this would work:

.mytext {font-size:12px}

Then just apply the class "mytext" to the paragraph or div.

What editor are you using currently?

Anthony

Anthony,

My text editor of choice is, WYSIWYGPro. It (up till now) handled all of my font styles, sizes, expressions and the graphic positions without an issue. Yet when it comes to a 'customer's site' I let them choose what text editor they want to work behind. What I need/want from a text editor may and sometimes always will be different then what a user likes. Hey...it's their site not mine!

I'll give the custom class a go if JCE treats text/graphics the same way as WYSIWYGPro is with this template.

Thanks for all your assistance with this issue...

Ed H.

Ok Let me know how you get on.

Cheers Anthony

Well I'll be hornswagled...

I installed the latest JCE Text Editor and everything, as in EVERYTHING regarding fonts, font expressions, graphics, graphic positions that I was having issues with plays nice with this template...EVERYTHING. Go figure!

Now, one last thing...
The header logo, 'Jamaican Rays' within FireFox is positioned correctly. However, within IE6 it is way off to the left of where it should be. Any suggestions?

URL: http://www.jamaicanrays.com

Regards,
Ed H.