how to prevent links from moving to next line?

wadowiczanka · 10-27-2005, 04:46 PM

Please forgive my ignorance...

I just put together a simple HTML site for one of my domains, and am now polishing the look, before it get too large and out of hand.

Originally I set it up as a table, but the left menu was floating down once I had too much content, so I put my nose into a manual, and did a CSS style sheet. I set it up as blocks, and all worked beautifully, until I got to a page where I have a link within text.

That link keeps moving to a separate line
like that
and doesn't want to join the rest no matter what I do.

I tried to invent some coding, telling it: #link a {display: inline} - but I don't think this is anyhting valid, and it didn't change anything.

Anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd hate to have to go back to using tables...

webmaster · 10-27-2005, 06:32 PM

there has to be something wrong with the way you have your links defined in the CSS as by default regular html text links will embed within your paragraph with no issue. Can you post a link to your style sheet?

wadowiczanka · 10-27-2005, 07:15 PM

Thanks for your reply...

My son came back from work, deleted from my CSS file a line that said:
#content a {display: block}
and the problem was fixed.

I still have a problem with this site, though, because I just found that even new Opera does not recognize my style sheet, and the text is running over the images...

The website is already up, but it only looks good in Explorer. And I am using 5th edition of Elizabeth Castro HTML with XHTML and CSS book...

RobertD · 10-27-2005, 07:28 PM

My first suggestion is take out the script tags from your linked css files. No script tags in the actual css files.

Secondly, look at www.w3c.org for information about Document Type Definitions (DTD). If you don't have the correct DTD, the browser will default to a lower level of css.

Try using the following DTD:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

Boston Condo Guy · 10-27-2005, 10:20 PM

Good thread

SEO Jason · 10-28-2005, 10:14 PM

you look like your just trying to increase your post count TheBoulderRealtor

wadowiczanka · 10-29-2005, 09:28 AM

Jason, I don't know if I understood your intentions. SO please correct me if I'm wrong.

You suggest I should be sitting on my ass (pardon my French) and waiting for everyone else's website to be better than mine?

I am trying to use the time that I gained, all of a sudden, from being dropped several pages down, and improve what I have. Is that so bad?

I am also trying to get some information from some of you who might know more. Is that so bad?

And, when I figure something out, I come back and share what I learned, sitting with my nose to the keyboard for the last few days. Perhaps I shouldn't. Is that what you had in mind? It's just the way you guys write I sense a lot of enmity... But perhaps I read it wrong.

Please take into account that English is my - I wanted to say second, but actually it is fourth - language (not that I retained well the other two, learned before it), and in some instances I may misunderstand your intent.

SEO Jason · 10-29-2005, 11:20 AM

Greetings wadowiczanka,

I don't think that you understood my intentions. My post was written as a response to what "TheBoulderRealtor" wrote. Not to what you wrote. He wrote "Good thread" and to me it didn't seem like that post was necessary in the conversation that was going on, so I gave him a friendly reminder to not post just to increase his post count.

I applaud you for using your time to improve what you have and I am one of the first people to respond and help out when I can.

denns25 · 10-29-2005, 11:39 AM

I don't know how much this might add to the help:

One thing I always try to do is minimize the amount of table/cell structure information defined in the CSS. I try as much as possible to let the web page handle all the table/cell sizing, orientation, fonts, etc while letting the CSS do what it was invented for - to make it easy to make mass changes to my information. Using this technique I find myself making far less changes to accomodate FireFox, Opera, and IE. (IE intentionally listed last. heheh)

...just 2 cents from this small brain.

webmaster · 10-29-2005, 09:32 PM

Jason, although we try to dis-courage "me to" posting please refrain from making public reminders, if a member needs to be reminded of a rule here, please use the private message funtion.

Keep in mind, we need to look at the quality of member and posts, theboulderrealtor has been making great contributions and asking great questions here, we discourage "me to" posting, because we dont want spammers here, just trying to get more backlinks from their sig, this is a community and once someone has proven themselves as a member of the community we can certainly allow a little more leway when evaluating posts.

Sorry about the tangent this thread took, I am glad you got your issue resolved, I appologize if anyone was offended.
Keep up the great work guys

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