Hi, I'm currently having some issues with the layout for 6 and 7. It appears normal in Firefox but in IE the center column pushes all the blog posts half way down the page leaving a huge whitespace without anything there - a blank section. The left and right columns are fine, there's no problem with it.

I'm fairly new to thinks, as far as knowing how some of the tpl files are set up. I did see the ie6 and ie7 css files so there's nothing missing...I just don't understand why it's bumping it down. Is it a position issue for the center column region?

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valtesta’s picture

Category: bug » support
Deeje’s picture

It's a new issue with Drupal 6.4. I had the same problem and ended up rewriting most of the code with elements from other themes. Check out this topic --> http://drupal.org/node/296355 and read the responses. The issue with the big blank space at the top is addressed in this topic and I no longer have a problem with it.

If you can't figure it out let me know and I'll look through my code and try to help you out. Would you mind testing out your search bar at the top of the theme and telling me if it works? Mine brings me to a search form but doesn't search for what is typed in, and I'm trying to figure out if it's a problem with the theme or my individual setup.

Thanks and good luck,
D

plutado’s picture

Title: IE 6 and 7 Layout Problem » IE 6 and 7 Layout Problem (& Search Box)

Deeje,

Thanks for your input regarding the issue above. Here's the solution to your issue of the search bar not working properly in 6.x. Simply paste this code into your search-theme-form.tpl.php file inside of the theme directory:

<div id="search-label"><label for="search_theme_form_keys">SEARCH </label></div>
<div id="search-field"><input type="text" name="search_theme_form" id="edit-search-theme-form-l" size="25" value="" title="Enter the terms you wish to search for." class="form-text" /></div>
<div id="search-button"><input type="image" src="<?php print base_path() . path_to_theme() ?>/images/go.png"  name="op" value="Search"  /></div>
<input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-search-theme-form" value="search_theme_form" />
<input type="hidden" name="form_token" id="a-unique-id" value="<?php print drupal_get_token('search_theme_form'); ?>" />
plutado’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed
Anonymous’s picture

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.

dvbii’s picture

Version: 5.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-1.4
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

I have the same issue on drupal 6.8. I have a huge white space at the top of many pages, particularily in blog entries and stories. In this above post, and the one it links to, I could not find the answer. Is there one?

Thanks.

plutado’s picture

I'm not able to reproduce this error...could you send me a link or a screenshot? Are you using the latest version of the theme?

plutado’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (fixed)