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Website queries - web form & layout Qs

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  • alirob12
    alirob12 Posts: 809 Forumite
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    yes it is switching from a windows to a linux server. does anyone know how to correct it? thank you
  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,246 Forumite
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    When your site was copied over, what method was used? You should force 'binary' mode using ftp program as allowing 'auto' mode may use 'ascii' transfer and this corrupts things like line feeds.
  • alirob12
    alirob12 Posts: 809 Forumite
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    great, i did just ftp the index file and it sorted the problem with the layout of the webform!!! buglawton - you were right!! thank you!!! so only a little problem left with the paypal button appearing squashed and the dissapearence of the google map :(
    Thank you all for your help so far!!
  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,246 Forumite
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    edited 11 November 2010 at 12:54PM
    See suggestion in post 5 above about the Paypal logo.

    (also, if you open your own index page file in a program like MS Frontpage you should be able to see & correct the image issue).

    Now: the Google Map, this usually requires a certificate file to be present as I recall. Can you check of you have this present or maybe you need to re-generate it, especially if your domain name changed.

    see
    Sign Up for the Google Maps API - Google Code
  • alirob12
    alirob12 Posts: 809 Forumite
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    thank you al, well i have now changed my map to google maps - but still not displaying the picture. i am not sure why... paypal button is better but still not perfect... (slightly stretched i think). ny idea what is wrong with the map... apologies for all the questions but i am not an experience person in creating websites as you see anyway :) thankyou for all your help
  • goldndelicious
    goldndelicious Posts: 89 Forumite
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    edited 11 November 2010 at 9:05PM
    using google chrome to debug your site you have this code in one of your css files



    • accept: ""
    • accessKey: ""
    • align: ""
    • alt: "PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online."
    • attributes: NamedNodeMap
    • autofocus: false
    • baseURI: "http://gracetree-bandb.comli.com/"
    • checked: false
    • childElementCount: 0
    • childNodes: NodeList[0]
    • children: HTMLCollection[0]
    • className: ""
    • clientHeight: 20
    • clientLeft: 1
    • clientTop: 1
    • clientWidth: 272
    • contentEditable: "false"
    • dataset: Object
    • defaultChecked: false
    • defaultValue: ""
    • dir: ""
    • disabled: false
    • draggable: false
    • files: null
    • firstChild: null
    • firstElementChild: null
    • form: HTMLFormElement
    • formNoValidate: false



    I am almost certain it is the line below that needs to be changed from

    clientWidth: 272
    to
    clientWidth: 86

    and also
    clientHeight: 20
    to
    clientHeight: 21
    just to be on the complete side

    but i've looked at your css files and it doens't to appear to be in there, so you might need to run a string search accross all your files to find out where clientWidth:272 exists (if it does as it could be a dynamic value)
  • alirob12
    alirob12 Posts: 809 Forumite
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    I will check that.

    I have managed to add the google map now, but it is still playing up - map not showing correctly... :(
  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,246 Forumite
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    yes your Google map appears momentarily in Internet Explorer then disappears. In Firefox it does not appear at all.
  • alirob12
    alirob12 Posts: 809 Forumite
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    well i have managed to sort 2 problems out, but am still struggling with the paypal button :(

    thank you for your help guys!!
  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,246 Forumite
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    Hmm your Google Map does not point to your actual property. Could be confusing for guests.

    Your Paypal button shows up as width="86" height="21" and looks normally proportioned (but a bit small) when I paste the page into Frontpage. You can tweak those w and h values in a text editor.
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