tired - need help with page layout

[compendia]

Hi I've just changed to clean layout 6 and I have a little problem. There is a big space between the left hand menu and the product image. In the right hand coloumn product description has been squeezed to about three words wide. It seems to me that I have an empty column in the design somewhere, or that my logo is dictating the size of the left hand column and pushing everything right.

I've been randomly playing with the templates for a couple of hours, but nothing I change makes a difference.

Can anybody help,

Meg

[pinbrook]

Can you post the url or attach the template so we can see the issue please

[compendia]

No url yet as I haven't uploaded, how do I attach an example?

Meg

[cdicken]

Locate the template you are having an issue with and copy it to your desktop. Then rename it som it has an extension of txt rather than html. Then use the 'Manage Attachements' button when adding a post to upload it to the forum.

[compendia]

Hello there,
I had some sleep and tried it again, have got it to a stage acceptable to upload, you can see the site I am having problems with at:

http://www.compendia.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html

My layout questions are,
Can anyone help to remove the big space between the left hand menu and the product image. I think this is a column which contains actinic information which I have not filled in. I would love to able to halve it, and give the space to the words. I can't work out where these columns are defined.

Is there any way to wrap the text so that when the image is finished the text appears underneath it. (I am guessing no.)

Is there any way to make subsections appear in the menu on the left as I think it would make the long menu much easier to organise.

Lastly, does anyone know why some of my links are green when they should all be orange. The website can't have more than one CSS can it?

Many thanks

Megan

[Horsing Around]

The problem is because of this line: <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="700" ALIGN="CENTER"> which should be in your Act_Primary.html as you are telling the table to center which is causing the large gap to the left. Remove the ALIGN="CENTER" and the table will default to the left.

If you want a wider gap to the left side either add an extra column by using <TD><SCR IMAGE="shim.gif" WIDTH="X"></TD> where X is the gap you want before the code <td valign="top"><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="700">

or another way would be <DIV STYLE="PADDING-LEFT:X"><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="700"> html code </TABLE></DIV> where again X is the gap you want...

MAC.

[compendia]

Thank you very, very much. I never cease to be delighted at how generous people are with their knowledge, and slightly ashamed at how easy my questions are to answer,
Megan