Need help fixing tables on a site - they jump to the right for a sec when you visit

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by mpb1, Oct 16, 2009.

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    I'm working on a new site EstesParkLife.com and on the homepage, I can't figure out how to stop the tables from 'jumping' to the right whenever you visit or refresh the home page.

    The RSS-to-HTML Feeds on the homepage are causing it - because when I remove them it goes away. I thought it had something to do with making sure the tables are set to a certain pixel width rather than 100% width, but that doesn't seem to have solved it (unless there's a table that's still set incorrectly - I don't know).

    I ashamedly still use FrontPage 2003 and tables (rather than CSS), and I'm no coder - just a WYSIWYG designer. So I'm not even sure what to look for... I think I finally found a way to solve this same problem when I setup another similar site over a year ago - with the same kinds of RSS-to-HTML feed (NorthshoreLinks.com). I think it was doing the same thing, and I somehow stopped it. But no such luck this time...

    Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!

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    mpb1, Oct 16, 2009 IP
  2. mastermunj

    mastermunj Well-Known Member

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    I believe you have kept your tables aligned right. So when there is nothing to the table loaded right now, it will display it on right till content for the right side element comes. This is my guess about the problem, experts may have correct solutions.
     
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    mpb1 Peon

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    Thanks mastermunj,

    I tried that, but so far, it doesn't seem to work...

    It's doing what I described above in Firefox and Chrome, but not IE for some reason...

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    that could be because IE generally starts rendering after receiving complete data. tables are special case of heavy data if not handled carefully. Large tables, more over nested tables can at times give weird experiences..
     
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    It's not recommended to go with tables but mastermunj is right.
     
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