Footer problem

[fish4carp]

Hi All

Have a issue with website the footer see attached image, this has just started to happen and I've made no changes to website.

It looks ok in Firefox but not in IE7.

Any ideas.

Roger

[esm]

Either you have never noticed the above or you made a change, even if inadvertent, that caused it.

look for missing DIV(s) or /DIV(s).

e.g., the following:

<div> <---DIV #1 - I'd say you added this DIV
<div class="content_2"> <---DIV #2 - added by INDEXU
<div class="search_field"> <---DIV #3 - added by INDEXU
<!-- Google CSE Search Box Begins -->
<form action="http://www.fish4carp.co.uk/gsearch.php"
id="searchbox_009691959962705109733:yohjl78uj4q">
<input type="hidden" name="cx"
value="009691959962705109733:yohjl78uj4q" />
<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:11" />
<input type="text" name="q" size="25" />
<input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" class="button" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_009691959962705109733%3Ayohjl 78uj4q"></script>
<!-- Google CSE Search Box Ends -->
</div> <---/DIV #1 - I'd say you added this DIV - but this actually closes DIV #3, the search_field DIV

Here is the actually indentation so you can see that the last DIV aligns with the first DIV and not the last

<div>
  <div class="content_2">
    <div class="search_field">
    <!-- Google CSE Search Box Begins  -->
    <form action="http://www.fish4carp.co.uk/gsearch.php" 
id="searchbox_009691959962705109733:yohjl78uj4q">
    <input type="hidden" name="cx" 
value="009691959962705109733:yohjl78uj4q" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:11" />
    <input type="text" name="q" size="25" />
    <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" class="button" />
    </form>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_009691959962705109733%3Ayohjl78uj4q"></script>
    <!-- Google CSE Search Box Ends -->
</div>

Others may be lurking about, so keep searching.

Death to Tables, Long Live DIVs



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[inspireme]

i fixed this for you a while back, its a div tag missing, i think its in the footer.

[fish4carp]

Hi inspireme

Can you remember where the missing div tag was as I haven't changed anything on my site and it just started to do this again.

Cheers

Roger

[inspireme]

hmm yeah, i think you add </div>

to end of header ... looking at the picture, but i cant remember exactly

[fish4carp]

Hi

Had a look at header and there is a div tag there, site was ok the other day made no changes and have problem again, very odd.

Roger

[inspireme]

you need to add another one, the arent balanced, you will have loads of div tags all over the place.

To be honest, if your not sure how layouts with div tags work it will be hard to identify where the problem is coming from, your best bet is to add </div> to end of header and upload... fi that doesn't work try the start of the footer file, if that doesnt work then youll need someone to take a look at it and work out where exactly the div tag needs to be.

[fish4carp]

Hi inspireme

Tried all that but still no joy this is driving me "nuts" site was ok the other day now this problem again AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Roger

[esm]

you need to add another one, the arent balanced, you will have loads of div tags all over the place.

yep, lots of DIVs

One technique I use is to work from the "middle out." Find a pair of matching DIV and /DIV. Delete the code in between. I generally leave the DIVs there.

for example

<div class="list_dot">
<ul><li><a href="http://www.fish4carp.co.uk/detail/537/the-fishing-bag.html" name="link_537"><b>The Fishing Bag</b></a>
<br />
<div class="small">We are a small family-run business and our aim is to provide a fast and efficient mail order service to the carp angler. PVA Bags, Leads, Leadcore plus much more.
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top">Category: &nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top">
<a href="http://www.fish4carp.co.uk/tackle-shops-online/" name="cat_49" style="font-size: 11px; color: #666; ">Tackle Shops Online</a> > <a href="http://www.fish4carp.co.uk/tackle-shops-online/uk/" name="cat_50" style="font-size: 11px; color: #666; ">UK</a>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="background-color: #edf9fc; color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #ffcc33; text-align: left;">
<tr bgcolor="#85bdd8">
<td>Rankings</td>
<td>Backlinks</td>
<td>Indexed Pages</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="background-color: #edf9fc; color: #000000; border: 1px solid #85bdd8;">
<tr>
<td width="16"><img src="seostats/google.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Google PR" title="Google PR" /></td>
<td>1/10</td>
<td width="16"><img src="seostats/alexa.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Alexa Rank" title="Alexa Rank" /></td>
<td>1,341</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="background-color: #edf9fc; color: #000000; border: 1px solid #85bdd8;">
<tr>
<td width="16"><img src="seostats/google.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Google Backlinks" title="Google Backlinks" /></td>
<td>0</td>
<td width="16"><img src="seostats/yahoo.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Yahoo Backlinks" title="Yahoo Backlinks" /></td>
<td>1,676</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="background-color: #edf9fc; color: #000000; border: 1px solid #85bdd8;">
<tr>
<td width="16"><img src="seostats/google.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Google Indexed Pages" title="Google Indexed Pages" /></td>
<td>0</td>
<td width="16"><img src="seostats/yahoo.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Yahoo Indexed Pages" title="Yahoo Indexed Pages" /></td>
<td>0</td>
<td width="16"><img src="seostats/msn.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="MSN Indexed Pages" title="MSN Indexed Pages" /></td>
<td>1,050</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</div>
</li></ul>
</div>

which becomes:

<div class="list_dot">
<ul><li><a href="http://www.fish4carp.co.uk/detail/537/the-fishing-bag.html" name="link_537"><b>The Fishing Bag</b></a>
<br />
<div class="small"></div>
</li></ul>
</div>

which becomes:

<div class="list_dot"><div class="small">
</div></div>

which becomes:

<div class="list_dot">
<div class="small"></div>
</div>

It's tedious and you still have to be careful

Sometimes TIDY can help, but it will often put the missing </DIV> in the wrong place.


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[Bruceper]

As a note - HTML doesn't just remove itself. Users remove it, edit it, kill it, restore old backups, restore incorrect files and so on. If you didn't alter it, then someone else did.

[inrated]

Hey Roger,

Try this below and see if it works, at the bottom of your search form, insert the DIV tags and BR. It has worked for me in the past.
*** Remember to clear your cache when done****
----------------------------------------------------------

<div class="content_2">
<div class="search_field">
<!-- Google CSE Search Box Begins -->
<form action="http://www.fish4carp.co.uk/gsearch.php"
id="searchbox_009691959962705109733:yohjl78uj4q">
<input type="hidden" name="cx"
value="009691959962705109733:yohjl78uj4q" />
<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:11" />
<input type="text" name="q" size="25" />
<input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" class="button" />
</form>
</div>
</div>

<br />

[fish4carp]

Hi inrated

Thanks tried your solution but no luck still have same issue, this is driving me mad.

Roger

[ezykiwi]

i just downloaded your page... and to me it looks like you have exactly the same amount of div and /divs (92 according to me.... maybe wrong though)

If i was taking a guess id say you need to re-arrange your footer file.....thats where you see to have alot of /divs and i think you need to close some of them off before you put the actual footer code.... it doesnt seem ordered to me....

Hope this helps...

[inspireme]

Send me ftp details if you want me to look at it.