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web page issues

From
Rich Morin
Date:
Bruce Momjian wrote:
>Rich Morin wrote:
>>           [archives pgsql-sql      - This is a discussion area ...
>>           ]
>
>I don't see the problem.  Looks fine here.

Interesting.  On my G3 Mac (Mac OS 9.1), Netscape Communicator 4.76
renders the page just fine, but Internet Explorer:mac 5.1 doesn't.
Looking at the source code for the page, I see:

   <TD VALIGN=TOP>[<A HREF=".../pgsql-php">archives</A>]</TD>
   <TD VALIGN=TOP>[<A HREF=".../pgsql-sql">archives</A>] </TD>
                                                        ^

The space after the closing bracket causes "[archives] " to be wider
than "[archives]".  It appears that IE sets the column's width on the
first instance ("[archives]"), then decides that the last instance
needs to be wrapped.  In summary, the space should be removed.


On a related topic, I would like to suggest that you install links in
each of the mailing list subscription pages

   http://www7.us.postgresql.org/users-lounge/index.html
   http://developer.postgresql.org/maillist.php

pointing across to the other page.  I may not be the only person who
didn't know that there was another area for mailing list administration.

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Re: web page issues

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Rich Morin wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >Rich Morin wrote:
> >>           [archives pgsql-sql      - This is a discussion area ...
> >>           ]
> >
> >I don't see the problem.  Looks fine here.
>
> Interesting.  On my G3 Mac (Mac OS 9.1), Netscape Communicator 4.76
> renders the page just fine, but Internet Explorer:mac 5.1 doesn't.
> Looking at the source code for the page, I see:
>
>    <TD VALIGN=TOP>[<A HREF=".../pgsql-php">archives</A>]</TD>
>    <TD VALIGN=TOP>[<A HREF=".../pgsql-sql">archives</A>] </TD>
>                                                         ^
>
> The space after the closing bracket causes "[archives] " to be wider
> than "[archives]".  It appears that IE sets the column's width on the
> first instance ("[archives]"), then decides that the last instance
> needs to be wrapped.  In summary, the space should be removed.

Vince, can you apply this patch to the user's lounge that fixes this
problem?  Thanks.

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*** ./index.html.orig    Sat Mar  2 07:28:35 2002
--- ./index.html    Sat Mar  2 07:28:55 2002
***************
*** 214,220 ****
      <td>Using PostgreSQL with PHP.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
!     <td valign="top">[<a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-sql">archives</a>] </td>
      <td valign="top"><b>pgsql-sql</b> </td>
      <td valign="top">- </td>
      <td>This is a discussion area for users on SQL related matters.</td>
--- 214,220 ----
      <td>Using PostgreSQL with PHP.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
!     <td valign="top">[<a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-sql">archives</a>]</td>
      <td valign="top"><b>pgsql-sql</b> </td>
      <td valign="top">- </td>
      <td>This is a discussion area for users on SQL related matters.</td>
***************
*** 249,252 ****
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody></table>
! </body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
--- 249,252 ----
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody></table>
! </body></html>

Re: web page issues

From
Vince Vielhaber
Date:
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Rich Morin wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >Rich Morin wrote:
> > >>           [archives pgsql-sql      - This is a discussion area ...
> > >>           ]
> > >
> > >I don't see the problem.  Looks fine here.
> >
> > Interesting.  On my G3 Mac (Mac OS 9.1), Netscape Communicator 4.76
> > renders the page just fine, but Internet Explorer:mac 5.1 doesn't.
> > Looking at the source code for the page, I see:
> >
> >    <TD VALIGN=TOP>[<A HREF=".../pgsql-php">archives</A>]</TD>
> >    <TD VALIGN=TOP>[<A HREF=".../pgsql-sql">archives</A>] </TD>
> >                                                         ^
> >
> > The space after the closing bracket causes "[archives] " to be wider
> > than "[archives]".  It appears that IE sets the column's width on the
> > first instance ("[archives]"), then decides that the last instance
> > needs to be wrapped.  In summary, the space should be removed.
>
> Vince, can you apply this patch to the user's lounge that fixes this
> problem?  Thanks.

I don't accept patches for the website.  Never have.  But I've fixed
the problem.

Vince.
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