Formatting problem, brochure fragments

[NickD]

Hi all

I'm experiencing a problem when creating a new brochure page and inserting the first fragment. I'm finding that, when using simple "Text and Title" format, that a large area of unwanted white space is displayed above the title. I have not experienced this on earlier pages and can see nothing being done differently. Copy & paste of an old page produces the same result, i.e. unwanted white space. It's almost as if it happens when a certain number of brochure pages is exceeded.

Any ideas anyone?

Using v 6.0.2.0.0.0 CNAA

Regards

Nick

[Bruce]

Hi,

Have you tried looking at the sourcecode for the generated page? If you click on the edit button beside the layout for the fragment, it will open the template being used, most of these come with two <BR> tags one below the other, providing for two lines of space before the rest displays. Try editing them to see if they improve the appearance.

Kind regards,

[NickD]

Tried that, no effect.

Nick

[Bruce]

Hi,

Can you try compacting databases and then check if the problem persists? If it does, you will have to raise a support query here. This is because we will have to take a look at a snapshot to determine what is causing the spacing.

[NickD]

I compacted the CATALOG database (not the shipping one) and the problem persisted.

I then compacted the SHIPPING database and tried again, still no change.

Bpoth were checked with the "offline preview" feature.

You can see the offending brochure page online by going to www.nickdobsonwines.co.uk anbd then clicking on "responsible drinking" near the bottom on the LHS. (This is pre-compaction - no upload of site since tests).

I can mail a site snapshot if that's of interest.

Regards

Nick

[TraceyG]

Hi Nick,

It looks like you have been commenting out some stuff and you have two <tr> tags left together. Take a look for (probably in your BrochurePrimary template):

<!-- Replaced with next line NJD 22/4/04 - removes width restriction
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center">
-->

Move the closing comment tag to after the <tr> tag that is after it and it should then align to the top.

[NickD]

Problem fixed - I see now what's wrong.

Tracey - you found the correct place in the HTML code but I think the fix was subtly different to what you recommended. On closer examination, I had done this:-

<!-- Replaced with next line NJD 22/4/04 - removes width restriction
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center">
-->

which should have been this:-

<!-- Replaced with next line NJD 22/4/04 - removes width restriction -->
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center">

i.e. I hadn't actually replaced anything at all - I had just left commented-out the line I thought I'd put in as replacement for another (correcly removed) line earlier.

Making this change puts it all right.

Thanks to all for help.

Nick