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[Redeagle]

I would like to start by saying that I hope I have this in the right place.

I'm hardly new to TCH, (reseller since 2003) but have only recently encountered a problem that brings me to this board.

A (hopefully brief) explanation:

 

I've been using MT for about 5 years now...it worked fine for me, had all the features I liked (multblog, multiauthor, rss, I could customize it to my hearts content) then they got greedy

 

I have 21 blogs, and 19 authors currently using this install of MT...most of these people are not exactly what you would call web-savy...they mostly want a place they can post their thoughts, link their friends, etc...I do the setup and maintaining. I hate to have my friends use blogger if I can offer them something better.

I've been looking for a program that will let me do this with minimal problems for my users (getting used to a new setup, etc...) and I thought I had found something that would possibly work, but with one problem.

 

It's php based, and that has a problem with 'spaces'...and for some reason, without any edits to the file at all, there is a blank line above the code when you view/source however, it's not in the file when I upload them, or when I check them through the cpanel or ftp editor.

I've tried 3 different ftp programs, uploading the zip file to the file manager and extracting from there and installing...uploading the already extracted files...etc it's still the same problem

I did notice, however, that all the pages on my site have this same blank line above the code in the source...but NONE of the sites I host through my reseller account do (I also built most of those sites...so not sure why it's picking on mine)

has anyone ever had a problem like this? or any idea where the heck I could start fixing it

[Redeagle]

oh, I forgot to mention...that it will show the pages correctly (to a point) except for when I try to use gallery2 it wouldn't show the pictures

(which is no longer a problem, because I decided to go with coppermine due to what I'd read here!)

the main issue it's causing is the pages are not valid xhtml and the rss is breaking

[TCH-Andy]

Welcome to the forum

 

not one that rings a bell for me. I assume it's the site in your profile - I see that has a space at the top, I'll have a quick look, but someone with more knowledge of MT will be along ...

[TCH-Andy]

From a quick look, I think it's because you have a space in your template files.

[stevevan]

welcome to the forums redeagle!

[TCH-Thomas]

Welcome to the forum, Redeagle.

[Redeagle]

From a quick look, I think it's because you have a space in your template files.

 

thank you guys for the welcome

 

and that's just it Andy...there is no space in the template files

this page was the one that brought it to my attention (it's the one I'm working on to replace MT, the space is breaking the rss)

this one works (unlike gallery2, where the space kept it from showing the pictures) but the space is there also...and I haven't done anything to it other than download and install it

[TCH-Bruce]

Welcome to the forums.

 

In your first link the content is controlled by your CSS file. Specifically the #rap division controls the margins.

 

>#rap {
position: relative;
margin: 10px 10% 10px 10%;
width:790px;
height: 527px;
background-image: url("bg.jpg");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:top;
}

 

You are mixing pixels and percentages for the margin. If you want everything to display top left change margin to 0px 0px 0px 0px.

[TCH-Rob]

Welcome to the forums redeagle

[Redeagle]

Welcome to the forums.

 

In your first link the content is controlled by your CSS file. Specifically the #rap division controls the margins.

 

>#rap {
position: relative;
margin: 10px 10% 10px 10%;
width:790px;
height: 527px;
background-image: url("bg.jpg");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:top;
}

 

You are mixing pixels and percentages for the margin. If you want everything to display top left change margin to 0px 0px 0px 0px.

ugh...what ugly code

I didn't do that one, it's one of the ones that comes with it...which I've now changed to the standard/default template until I get a chance to do my own...and doesn't explain why it's on the other pages on my site still...

I just can't wrap my brain around it....it's there no matter what I put up, "right out of the box" or if it's something I've hand coded and thrown up there...

perhaps maybe I just need more coffee and it will come to me

 

thanks guys for trying to help