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Dajjer
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Wacky Home Page Formatting
   

For months now whenever I go to the main page, most of the site is squeezed onto the right side of the screen.

What is happening is the RPGDOT banner is in the left column and the rest of the web site is on the right columm. In essense the main page is coming out in two column and many times the right column is so squeezed that a line of text on the right side might be only 4 or 5 words. Curiously the forums are formatted properly in that there is only one column for the page.

I looked at the Internet options and messed around with various cookie adjustments but nothing changed the strange 2 column formatting of the main page. Any ideas on how to correct?
Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:18 am
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Enderandrew
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I see the same thing when the page is first starting to load, but the navigation column shifts over to the left when the rest of the page loads.
Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:31 am
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Dajjer
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Okay, so then it seems my problem is that the balance of the column is not shifthing over to the left. Why? And how come this does not happen on the forum page? And why is this phenomenon only occuring on RPGDot?
Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:15 am
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Danicek
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It happens to me occasionally as well.
Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:43 am
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Dajjer
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Unfortunately, it's a permanent state of affairs with my computer.

I went to my wife's computers and the RPGdot page loads fine. I guess I can compare source code, but honestly, I'm not that HTML bright to be able to discern the differences.

I searched this forum and did not find a thread on this problem. However based on what has been said in this thread and on other sites (i post this problem at Octopus Overlords), it is not a rare problem.

I consider this my number one site for RPG news but all the scrolling around is a big big hassle and whenever I go here a big "OH BROTHER" always pops in my mind.
Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:33 pm
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Gorath
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Did you try other browsers?
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Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:03 pm
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Dajjer
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Thanks G, I got excited for a minute but it didn't work.

(I have both Netscape and IE)
Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:08 pm
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Val
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Try Firefox. I used to get a similar error with IE. I haven't had it with Firefox.
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Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:55 pm
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Jaz
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Yep, Firefox minimizes layout loading problems.
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Post Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:27 pm
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Dajjer
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It's just so very curious that this problem has been happening with a number of users but it seems only on RPGdot. It sounds like someone stuck some malicious code in the front page html. But then again, wouldn't everyone be experiencing the problem?
Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:31 am
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Danicek
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- I use FireFox, still have the problem from time to time
- It really is not only this site, but some other are affected from time to time as well
- It seems to me to be related to loading, i.e. the layout loads (and when it is slow, you can even see the formatting to go through the 'bad state' to the 'good state'). Sometimes it gets stuck in the 'bad state'.
Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:17 am
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dteowner
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Hate to throw out something simple, but did you dump your internet cache so that IE would reload all the relevant data from scratch?
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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:52 pm
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Dajjer
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Good idea but no good.

I lost all my cookies about 2 weeks ago so that wasn't the issue and per your advise I went in and deleted all my temp internet files.

I still have the wacky front page formatting.

I'll keep this tread alive because it seems to happen to a lot of people who visit RPGDot.
Post Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:53 am
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dteowner
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Well that stinks.

You might try going into your profile and changing the display template to Divinity, or to Icicle if you're already using Divinity. Going to the different template would force your system to request a new layout config.
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Post Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:54 pm
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Dajjer
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YOU THE MAN

As a friend at work says continually with his heavy European accent
You're a genious

Intially I changed the profile in the forums and that didn't help but than on the front page there is another site setting item. At the very bottom of that page is the settings selection. I found Divinity which was the only choice. I clicked it and I changed it and now everything is right with the world.

Thank you.
Post Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:27 pm
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