anybody good with code???

[tonyfloyd]

i have a minor little error i need to fix on blognerds(dot)com...the rigth hand nav bar keeps getting kicked to bottom...anyone know how to fix this???

thnks!
tony

[dirtbag]

looks like you're missing a closing tag somewhere.

[Beachie]

If you're using CSS, check that the total width of the two columns, plus their margins and borders doesn't exceed the width of the column that they're contained in. I presume the two columns are left floated divs?

Try gradually decreasing one of the column widths and see if they sit next to each other at any point.

[tonyfloyd]

beachie - thanks....do i go into style.css file or sidebar.php file?....i think its css page as u stated...but where do i even begin to look in there for this to fix?

thanks!
tony

[Beachie]

it should be style.css. just a quick question though - did you add the google ads at the top just before it broke?

[tonyfloyd]

no...they were always there...i didnt do anything to site...i just noticed it yesterday....and i have no idea about coding......

[Beachie]

Just a guess, but experiment with putting the top google ad immediately above the <div id="content"> tag instead of immediately below it.

[tonyfloyd]

i dont even see that google ad code for the top in my files......?....i hate this stuff...lol....drives me crazy.....where would it be??

[Beachie]

OK, never mind the Google stuff Edit the style.css and temporarily change the width: of the #wrap tag to something extra wide, like 900px instead of 780px. Then let me know if the columns sit correctly. Don't forget the semicolon at the end of the line.

[tonyfloyd]

it made it wider....but nav bar still sits at bottom...:(

[Beachie]

I'll try take another look in the morning - off to bed now

[tonyfloyd]

:(....u leaving me??...lol....k...thanks beachie...

can anybody else help me with this pain in the you know what issue??

[tonyfloyd]

can anybody help me with this?

i cant seem to fix this...

thnks
tony

[McDot]

I suggest you get your code cleaned up a little before any trouble shooting.

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.blognerds.com%2F

[tonyfloyd]

ive looked at that....but that doesnt seem to be the problem.....

[McDot]

To start with,clean up the CSS for #sidebar
The absolute positioning makes no sense since you have it (correctly) within the wrap. Remove the left, top and position directive and set a float:left - clear:none and make the width 160px. Then you at least have the div #sidebar in the right position and can start looking at the order of the elements.

Post again when you have done that, so we can see the improvement.

[tonyfloyd]

that sounds so easy...but im not sure what i need to remove?.....can u show me from view source?....what exactly should i be looking for??

thnks richard
tony

[McDot]

I don't know where it is in the script, or how it is generatet.
In the HTML code you will find in on line 57:

#sidebar { position:absolute; top:170px; left: 640px; }

Replace with:

#sidebar { float:left; clear:none; width 160px; }

At least the position of the Sidebar willnow be where it should be.

And again:
Validate your code!!!
There are so many errors that it is difficult to do a logical trouble shooting.