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I've created a new page which contains only text content. It's unfair of me to expect help when there is lots of unrequired code filling the page making it more difficult to locate any problems. Please view this page when reviewing code: http://www.darwenonline.co.uk/darwen/test.php

I've sorted the last issue (text running past the white space into the background) by removing a table WIDTH 100% attribute). This change didn't affect other browsers, so all OK there. I am going to remove the events calendar so that's no longer a problem. I suspect the image width being ignored is a straight-forward issue with work-arounds if required. I only want the news images to be kept to a maximum width/height of 150px. To do this I have set the following in CSS: #news_desc img { max-width:150px; max-height:150px; } This controls the image attributes within the news_desc DIV in other browsers but not IE? The main issue remains the centreing of the page and sub-navigation/search on one line. I'm still scratching my head

To add to the confusion the header area loads fine on it's own: http://www.darwenonline.co.uk/darwen/header_new.html Surely this means the code it OK but it maybe conflicts with some of the code when loaded with the rest of the page? But what?

Anyone willing to share and start the discussion?

Thanks for your help, I was beginning to think I'd come up with something people really struggle to answer. Your tip is great and I'll definately be using it because the annoying thing was that whenever I managed to change something to look OK in IE it looked terrible in the rest. I'm just not sure how to make the site look right in IE once I create the second stylesheet. I suspect it has something to do with floats etc but don't really know what to look for. Now I'm struggling to locate what I should be changing. The problems are (IE only): 1) The page isn't centre (center) aligned despite having margin-left/right set to auto 2) The search bar area has dropped down below the sub-navigation rather than feature alongside it 3) The images in the news section seem to ignore restraints I've placed on the size (max 150px) 4) The content of the main area seems to run into the right hand column rather than keeping within the white content area? If you browse the site with any other browser (Firefox) you can see how the site SHOULD look, however IE wants to make life difficult for me! Any help appreciated as always

Can somebody help work out what Internet Explorers problem is with displaying a site I designed: www.darwenonline.co.uk? The site looks as it should in most browsers (Firefox, Opera, Flock etc) but when opened in Internet Explorer the site look different, it isn't handling the DIV's correctly. Whenever I've tried to correct this so far to make the site look OK in IE it changes the way it looks in the other browsers. The main problems are: - Main content left aligned, rather than central - Search form below sub-menu rather than on the same line - Events calendar and advert on separate lines rather than side by side (not too much of a problem as possibly looking to change this layout anyway) Please help, it's driving me nuts, I've tried various things but everything I do seems to affect the other browsers. It's time some fresh eyes looked at the site. Thanks for any help you can provide

I'm not a copywriter, I'm a web programmer doing freelance work. Do you guys charge your clients extra for a copywriting service or is it all included with your standard price? What is your normal web design process? i.e. contact client to make sale, request basic info, produce draft, revise layout until happy, request content, upload finished site, tweak the design etc, sign the job off. This is my normal process and bar formatting the content (inc photos etc) I collect all the content from clients. I was thinking of using a third party for copywriting but would need to charge extra. This is what I do for photography and people don't mind having the OPTION of hiring a photographer. I'm interested to know how other people process websites, collect information etc. What are your prices like? It doesn't have to be specific prices, you can use percentages if want (i.e. x% discount if they supply content)

Thanks bones - that's the way I was thinking of doing it (images etc). Still no luck finding out how to edit the shop category pages though - I will keep searching and post back here if I find anything

This must be quite difficult to do, or secretive, I've not received myuch help from ebay - they just replied telling me how to insert a custom header which is quite easy to do anyway. The answer I'm looking for is about updating content (such as post/packing etc) on hundreds of listing pages dynamically. Also making the category pages look similar to listing pages/custom pages? If I'm on a wild goose chase please tell me, there hasn't been a reply to this thread siince February so maybe it's not possible? But then again, some ebay store do seem to do it? Thank you

I'm with you on that one. I run a personal ebay account but still sell enough to warrant an ebay store. I'm now looking into having a custom design and custom listing page. I've seen examples that contain the same postage info on every listing, same layout, similar images and category links. There must be a way to update these dynamically to save the need to update each and every auction manually. This will allow me to simply click "relist" when an item sells. Currently, if the postage fees have increased I need to 'edit my listing' first. When I have hundreds of items listed this is a real pain! I've seen really advanced sites which must use CSS to change the way the whole ebay page looks (something I'm not too keen on) but I would like to style my ebay page to resemble my own homepage. I've managed to incorporate a custom header (easy) and I can create individual listing templates but how do you a) Update info within listing templates and have that info change in ALL current or future (inc relist) listings Enure the same page width/custom layout is displayed on all pages without using up the allocated "custom pages" i.e. shop front, about us, listing template and (the part I'm really struggling with) the category pages within your shop. So far I've created a custom header and custom page width with border etc which remains consistent on the store front, custom pages (about etc), listing template but when I click on one of my categories the page stretches 100% and my customisation is usually replaced with ebay stye etc. Basically I'm looking for an answer to the post above plus a bit of extra info..... Thanks

I am recently reviewing how our local news website can work more efficiently. I work for a small newspaper and we maintain the content on our site manually by creating new pages & editing old pages offline then uploading teh changes when ready. However, I recently noticed a site called topix.net (topix.com) which seems to feature "local" news for hundreds (thousands?) of different towns throughout the UK and USA. It displays this news through a series of mini-sites, specialising in just local news - you can edit your location to suit your requirements. How do they run a site like this? Surely they can't employ people to cover each town and update their pages regularly, or do they? I've heard of FEEDS etc but these only seem to import news headlines onto our pages - topix appear to have the news title, opening lines of the article and sometimes even an image. Their images are hosted on their own site, I think (view location of image), and the title link takes you to another page within topix which accepts commenst etc, rather than to the source of the news article. We're not looking to create a similar site, just curious as to how they do it and how we can learn from them in order to run a more automated site. WHAT WE WANT: - To draw feeds in from other local news sites into our blog area, preferrably with images and a link at the bottom of the introductory text to the source website (i.e. read more...) - To have the 'imported' data come into our site with the correct styling/layout (font etc) - To maintain a certain number of stories (i.e. top 5 recent news, based on date - the 6th oldest is automatically removed) As explained I'm new to all this so plays explain in laymans terms, any help appreciated