HELP: Simple problem... I thought!

[Photoman]

I have a problem with a page of mine and figured it would be an easy fix
but I swear that I can't find out what is causing it. I'm a rank amateur at
HTML and use FrontPage to make the pages then FTP to the server. My server
has the FP extension but the server owner says that some people are having
trouble with publishing from Front Page so I FTP the stuff and don't use any
of the features that are FP only. It works for me.

Here is the problem. One of my links (I'm using hover) is causing a problem:
<style>
a:hover{color:white; font-style:italic; }
</style>

The URL is:
http://www.carnutsclub.com/carnuts.html

All of the hovers work fine except one. It is in the right hand column
entitled Events Calendar . Whenever I hover it not only does it change but
also the links below which are Sugar Grove 2004 and Mountain City 2004. What
the heck is causing them to have the hover effect when the other link is
selected.

I hate to appear as a dummy but this one has got me.

Thanks for any help,
Ken

 

[Guest]

Ken

I tried this, and the Events Calender works fine and doesn't highlight the
other links you mentioned. One thing that does happen though is that the
highlighting makes the text italic which moves the column width and affects
the other links.

I notice that the other links are aligned center, but seem to be quite tight
in the column. Can you increase the column width and put specific line
breaks in the other links as it affects the text wraping when some of the
links go are made italic by the hover?

MGS

Photoman shared with us the following:

 

[Ray Fichthorn]

looks like you already found it... works fine here

 

[Photoman]

Thanks, it must be something on my computer since it is still going on here.
Weird! Thanks for the heads up on the column shift on mouse over. I will
decrease the size so the type on the two words EVENTS CALENDER and fix that
problem. It doesn't appear that anyone is seeing the original problem that I
am.... Strange.
I appreciate you input on the page.
Ken

 

[Photoman]

Actually it appears that I'm the only one seeing the problem which is good I
guess. It's funny that it would do it in my browser and no one elses isn't
it! Anyway of no one else is seeing it I'm OK.
I appreciate your input on the problem.
Ken

 

[Photoman]

Thanks to the two persons who took the time to reply to my post. It seems
that I was the only one seeing the shift in the other links. I chaged the
text size of the link in question and the problem disappeared. Who knows, it
must be something in my browser... anyway that needed to be fixed anyway and
was brought to my attention by MGS.
I really appreciate your help!
Ken

 

[Ray Fichthorn]

Ken,
Just a few comments:

You may have some other sizing issues to deal with- I'm running a 21" monitor at 1024x768. On my
screen- I see the left column, then the main body on the right... the links from "parts and
services" through "mountain city"- appear after a double horizontal line- BELOW the 2 other columns.

You are trying to do 3-columns aren't you? Small one's on the left and right, with a larger main
body in the middle? I don't know which stylesheet you chose... or whether you are using frames or
tables...

I have found the easiest way for this to show up correctly on all sizes/screen resolutions- is to
adjust the width of the columns by PERCENT and not by pixels.
For example: 25% left, 50% middle, and 25% right...
No matter what screen/monitor size it comes up on- it will always be 3-columns, and the text within
the columns will wrap accordingly (as long as you choose "no scrollbars" for each column. This is
easiest done with tables, under the table properties, or frame properties.

Ray... (just another car-nut too... http://www.ncsdc.com/)