Blank space on the menu

[dsiew]

Hi

Can anyone pls advice me how to get ride of the blank space on the side menu. I 'm using a IE I have trying to get ride of the space for many day but can 't. Appreciate anyone can help me. I have a screenshot attached

[Guest]

I am sorry, I don't see a LOT of blank space on the ride side. I do see you have your site centered, which would place it in the center of the browser thereby increasing the amount of space on each side depending on the viewers monitor. I also see space at the bottom of your right column, which as you know is used for best-sellers, reviews and other boxes as they are required. If you have deleted the function of those box, you may want to fill the space by adding a custom box or image.

 

 

 

Chris

[♥geoffreywalton]

How about the black area between the categories title and the first category?

[dsiew]

How about the black area between the categories title and the first category?

 

 

That ' what I 'm saying... Why is there so much black area between the categories title and the first category? I will be have a lot more caterories soon and the whole blank space is pushing my category down further. Please advice?

[dsiew]

I am sorry, I don't see a LOT of blank space on the ride side. I do see you have your site centered, which would place it in the center of the browser thereby increasing the amount of space on each side depending on the viewers monitor. I also see space at the bottom of your right column, which as you know is used for best-sellers, reviews and other boxes as they are required. If you have deleted the function of those box, you may want to fill the space by adding a custom box or image.

 

 

 

Chris

 

What I mean is the black area between the categories title and the first category? Why is there so much of unneccessary space there? Pls help....

[jhande]

I'll bet a link to your site might prove useful so people can look at your code.

 

But hey, what do I know?? :huh:

[Guest]

DUH !.......ok, my bad...........I guess I shouldn't read posts after 11 hrs straight coding..........lol

 

YES, please post your site URL so we can see it.

 

 

 

Chris

[dsiew]

DUH !.......ok, my bad...........I guess I shouldn't read posts after 11 hrs straight coding..........lol

 

YES, please post your site URL so we can see it.

 

 

 

Chris

 

This is the link http://maomaopethouse.com.sg/index.php

Thank you so much

[Guest]

Well, it looks like you have corrected the problem.

 

Looks good,

 

 

 

Chris

[dsiew]

Well, it looks like you have corrected the problem.

 

Looks good,

 

 

 

Chris

 

 

Not yet you have to click on one item e.g Dogs

[Guest]

In this part of your source code is

<!-- body //-->
<table border="0" width="701" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
<td rowspan="2" width="144" valign="top"><table border="0" width="144" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<!-- left_navigation //-->

Make sure you backup your files first.

Not sure but rowspan="2" could be your problem. Remove that part.

[dsiew]

In this part of your source code is

<!-- body //-->
<table border="0" width="701" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
<td rowspan="2" width="144" valign="top"><table border="0" width="144" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<!-- left_navigation //-->

Make sure you backup your files first.

Not sure but rowspan="2" could be your problem. Remove that part.

 

 

Sorry, can I know which file? Many thanks

[dsiew]

Sorry, can I know which file? Many thanks

 

I try remove it from index.php but still the same, pls help....

[Guest]

I just looked at your index.php source and it still has rowspan="2". Did put it back?

 

Maybe post the code for your categories box. Should be in catalog/includes/boxes/categories.php.

 

The only other thing I see that may have nothing to do with anything is this

	<td rowspan="2" width="144" valign="top"><table border="0" width="144" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<!-- left_navigation //-->


<script language="JavaScript">
function groomingservices(){
settings='width=800,height=600,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,status
=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,fullscreen=no'
PopupWin=window.open('grooming_services.html','PopupWin', settings);
PopupWin.focus();}
</script>

<!-- categories //-->
	  <tr>
		<td bgcolor="#000">

This part of that

<script language="JavaScript">
function groomingservices(){
settings='width=800,height=600,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,status
=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,fullscreen=no'
PopupWin=window.open('grooming_services.html','PopupWin', settings);
PopupWin.focus();}
</script>

Looks to be something for your menu. I'm not sure but maybe that needs to be inside of one of the <td> tags. Like I say though don't know if thats anything or not.

[dsiew]

I just looked at your index.php source and it still has rowspan="2". Did put it back?

 

Maybe post the code for your categories box. Should be in catalog/includes/boxes/categories.php.

 

The only other thing I see that may have nothing to do with anything is this

	<td rowspan="2" width="144" valign="top"><table border="0" width="144" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<!-- left_navigation //-->


<script language="JavaScript">
function groomingservices(){
settings='width=800,height=600,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,status
=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,fullscreen=no'
PopupWin=window.open('grooming_services.html','PopupWin', settings);
PopupWin.focus();}
</script>

<!-- categories //-->
	  <tr>
		<td bgcolor="#000">

This part of that

<script language="JavaScript">
function groomingservices(){
settings='width=800,height=600,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,status
=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,fullscreen=no'
PopupWin=window.open('grooming_services.html','PopupWin', settings);
PopupWin.focus();}
</script>

Looks to be something for your menu. I'm not sure but maybe that needs to be inside of one of the <td> tags. Like I say though don't know if thats anything or not.

 

 

 

Even if I remove the rowspan it still won 't works? Below is the code for the box category

 

 

<?php

/*

$Id: categories.php,v 1.25 2003/07/09 01:13:58 hpdl Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

function tep_show_category($counter) {

global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array;

 

for ($i=0; $i<$tree[$counter]['level']; $i++) {

$categories_string .= "  ";

}

 

$categories_string .= '<tr><TD valign="middle" height="16" align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #FFFFFF; padding-left:5px;"><img src="images/marker_cat.gif" width="3" height="5" alt="" style="margin-right:5px;" /><a class="categories" href="';

 

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;

} else {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];

}

 

$categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">';

 

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {

$categories_string .= '<b>';

}

 

// display category name

$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

 

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {

$categories_string .= '</b>';

}

 

if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {

$categories_string .= '->';

}

 

$categories_string .= '</a>';

 

 

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {

$products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);

if ($products_in_category > 0) {

$categories_string .= '<span class="categories"> (' . $products_in_category . ')';

}

}

 

$categories_string .= '</td></tr>';

 

if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {

tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);

}

}

?>

<!-- categories //-->

<tr>

<td bgcolor="#000">

<?php

$info_box_contents = array();

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => '<div style="background-image:url(images/categories_bg.gif); border-bottom:1px solid #4985A0; width:136px; height:23px; padding-top:5px; padding-left:8px; color:#FFF; font:bold 14px Arial,Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif">'.BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES);

 

new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false); ?>

 

 

<?php $categories_string = '';

$tree = array();

 

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");

while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {

$tree[$categories['categories_id']] = array('name' => $categories['categories_name'],

'parent' => $categories['parent_id'],

'level' => 0,

'path' => $categories['categories_id'],

'next_id' => false);

 

if (isset($parent_id)) {

$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id'];

}

 

$parent_id = $categories['categories_id'];

 

if (!isset($first_element)) {

$first_element = $categories['categories_id'];

}

}

 

//------------------------

if (tep_not_null($cPath)) {

$new_path = '';

reset($cPath_array);

while (list($key, $value) = each($cPath_array)) {

unset($parent_id);

unset($first_id);

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");

if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query)) {

$new_path .= $value;

while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {

$tree[$row['categories_id']] = array('name' => $row['categories_name'],

'parent' => $row['parent_id'],

'level' => $key+1,

'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'],

'next_id' => false);

 

if (isset($parent_id)) {

$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id'];

}

 

$parent_id = $row['categories_id'];

 

if (!isset($first_id)) {

$first_id = $row['categories_id'];

}

 

$last_id = $row['categories_id'];

}

$tree[$last_id]['next_id'] = $tree[$value]['next_id'];

$tree[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id;

$new_path .= '_';

} else {

break;

}

}

}

tep_show_category($first_element);

 

$info_box_contents = array();

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => '<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" >'.$categories_string.'</table>');

 

new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>

 

</td>

</tr>

<!-- categories_eof //-->

[dsiew]

Even if I remove the rowspan it still won 't works? Below is the code for the box category

 

 

<?php

/*

$Id: categories.php,v 1.25 2003/07/09 01:13:58 hpdl Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

function tep_show_category($counter) {

global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array;

 

for ($i=0; $i<$tree[$counter]['level']; $i++) {

$categories_string .= "  ";

}

 

$categories_string .= '<tr><TD valign="middle" height="16" align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #FFFFFF; padding-left:5px;"><img src="images/marker_cat.gif" width="3" height="5" alt="" style="margin-right:5px;" /><a class="categories" href="';

 

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;

} else {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];

}

 

$categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">';

 

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {

$categories_string .= '<b>';

}

 

// display category name

$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

 

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {

$categories_string .= '</b>';

}

 

if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {

$categories_string .= '->';

}

 

$categories_string .= '</a>';

 

 

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {

$products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);

if ($products_in_category > 0) {

$categories_string .= '<span class="categories"> (' . $products_in_category . ')';

}

}

 

$categories_string .= '</td></tr>';

 

if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {

tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);

}

}

?>

<!-- categories //-->

<tr>

<td bgcolor="#000">

<?php

$info_box_contents = array();

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => '<div style="background-image:url(images/categories_bg.gif); border-bottom:1px solid #4985A0; width:136px; height:23px; padding-top:5px; padding-left:8px; color:#FFF; font:bold 14px Arial,Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif">'.BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES);

 

new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false); ?>

 

 

<?php $categories_string = '';

$tree = array();

 

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");

while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {

$tree[$categories['categories_id']] = array('name' => $categories['categories_name'],

'parent' => $categories['parent_id'],

'level' => 0,

'path' => $categories['categories_id'],

'next_id' => false);

 

if (isset($parent_id)) {

$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id'];

}

 

$parent_id = $categories['categories_id'];

 

if (!isset($first_element)) {

$first_element = $categories['categories_id'];

}

}

 

//------------------------

if (tep_not_null($cPath)) {

$new_path = '';

reset($cPath_array);

while (list($key, $value) = each($cPath_array)) {

unset($parent_id);

unset($first_id);

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");

if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query)) {

$new_path .= $value;

while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {

$tree[$row['categories_id']] = array('name' => $row['categories_name'],

'parent' => $row['parent_id'],

'level' => $key+1,

'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'],

'next_id' => false);

 

if (isset($parent_id)) {

$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id'];

}

 

$parent_id = $row['categories_id'];

 

if (!isset($first_id)) {

$first_id = $row['categories_id'];

}

 

$last_id = $row['categories_id'];

}

$tree[$last_id]['next_id'] = $tree[$value]['next_id'];

$tree[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id;

$new_path .= '_';

} else {

break;

}

}

}

tep_show_category($first_element);

 

$info_box_contents = array();

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => '<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" >'.$categories_string.'</table>');

 

new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>

 

</td>

</tr>

<!-- categories_eof //-->

 

 

Anyone, pls help...

[Guest]

Change this part towards the top

$categories_string .= "  ";

to

$categories_string .= "";

And I still think you need to remove the rowspan="2". Try it and see.

[dsiew]

Change this part towards the top

$categories_string .= "  ";

to

$categories_string .= "";

And I still think you need to remove the rowspan="2". Try it and see.

 

 

Thank you so much Brian. I really appreciate your help....

Last but no least how how when I view from my laptop and my computer the background image is out of position?

I have attact a screenshot.

[dsiew]

Thank you so much Brian. I really appreciate your help....

Last but no least how how when I view from my laptop and my computer the background image is out of position?

I have attact a screenshot.

 

 

When I mean is that when I view from my laptop the background image is out of position but when I look from my computer it looks ok

[dsiew]

When I mean is that when I view from my laptop the background image is out of position but when I look from my computer it looks ok

[dsiew]

When I mean is that when I view from my laptop the background image is out of position but when I look from my computer it looks ok

 

 

Brian I have fixed it. Still I want to thanks for your help and the trouble you have go through with me for the pass couple of hours. Many thanks to you!