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vista is messing with the site...

Question posted by: sharkyboy (Newbie) on May 15th, 2008 11:07 AM
Hi,

I am slightly confused. On our website www.the-ark.net there is a an advert strip down the right hand side. When viewed with IE or FF with windows XP the ad strip is visible. However the ad strip is invisible when viewed inn IE/FF with Vista. This has been noticed on three seperate computers.

Has anyone else come across this phenomena?

I would be grateful for any wisdom.

The HTML can be taken from the site. The ad strip is in the div called headlines. Here is the css:

Code: ( text )
  1. body{
  2.  
  3. width:750px;
  4. margin-left:auto;
  5. margin-right:auto;
  6.     font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Arial,sans-serif;
  7.     color: #333333;
  8.     line-height: 1.6;   
  9.     padding: 0px;
  10.  
  11.  
  12. }
  13.  
  14. a{
  15.     color: #0066FF;
  16.     text-decoration: none;
  17. }
  18.  
  19. a:link{
  20.     color: #0066FF;
  21.     text-decoration: none;
  22. }
  23.  
  24. a:visited{
  25.     color: #0066FF;
  26.     text-decoration: none;
  27. }
  28.  
  29. a:hover{
  30.     color: #0066FF;
  31.     text-decoration: underline;
  32. }
  33.  
  34. h1{
  35.     font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;
  36.     font-weight:bold;
  37.     font-size: 160%;
  38.     margin: 0px;
  39.     padding: 0px;
  40.     color: #110069;
  41. }
  42.  
  43. h2{
  44.  font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;
  45.  font-size: 125%;
  46.  color: #333333;
  47.  margin: 0px;
  48.  padding: 0px;
  49. }
  50.  
  51. h3{
  52.  font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Arial,sans-serif;
  53.  font-size: 100%;
  54.  color: #110069;
  55.  margin: 0px;
  56.  padding: 0px;
  57. }
  58.  
  59. h4{
  60.  font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Arial,sans-serif;
  61.  font-size: 100%;
  62.  font-weight: normal;
  63.  color: #333333;
  64.  margin: 0px;
  65.  padding: 0px;
  66. }
  67.  
  68. h5{
  69.  font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;
  70.  font-size: 100%;
  71.  color: #334d55;
  72.  margin: 0px;
  73.  padding: 0px;
  74. }
  75.  
  76. ul{
  77.  list-style-type: square;
  78. }
  79.  
  80. ul ul{
  81.  list-style-type: disc;
  82. }
  83.  
  84. ul ul ul{
  85.  list-style-type: none;
  86. }
  87.  
  88. label{
  89.  font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
  90.  font-size: 70%;
  91.  color: #fff;
  92. }
  93.  
  94. form#frmMailingList {
  95.  color: #000000;
  96.  display:inline;
  97. }
  98.  
  99. #frmMailingList .text {
  100.  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  101.  font-size: 70%;
  102.  width: 100px;
  103.  margin-right: 6px;
  104.  
  105. }
  106.  
  107. #frmMailingList .buttons {
  108.  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  109.  font-size: 70%;
  110.  background-color: #000066;
  111.  color: #FFFFFF;
  112.  margin-right: 6px;
  113. }
  114.  
  115. blockquote  {
  116.  
  117.     padding: 2px 2px 2px 10px;
  118.     margin-left: 20px;
  119.     border: 0;
  120.     border-left: 1px dotted #ccc;
  121.     background-color:#fff;
  122.     width:80%;
  123.     }
  124.  
  125. blockquote p    {
  126.     font-weight: normal;
  127.     font-family: Georgia, "New Century Schoolbook", "Bitstream Vera Serif", Utopia, "Times New Roman", times, serif;
  128.     text-align: justify;
  129.     line-height: 150%;
  130.     font-size: small;
  131.     font-weight:bold;
  132.     color: #FF9900;
  133.     }
  134.  
  135. /***********************************************/
  136. /* Layout Divs                                 */
  137. /***********************************************/
  138.  
  139. #masthead{
  140.     padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
  141.     margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
  142.     width: 100%;
  143.     height: 80px;
  144.     border-style: solid;
  145.     border-width: 2px;
  146.     border-color: #FF9900;
  147.  
  148. }
  149.  
  150. #navBar{
  151.     float: left;
  152.     width: 20%;
  153.     margin-right: 10px;
  154.     padding-right: 0px;
  155.     background-color: #FFFFFF;
  156.     border-width:1px;
  157.     border-style: solid;
  158.     border-color: #CCCCCC;
  159. }
  160.  
  161. #headlines{
  162.     float:right;
  163.     width: 20%;
  164.     border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
  165.     border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
  166.     padding-right: 10px;
  167.     background-color: #fff;
  168. }
  169. #headlines img{ border: 0px solid #333;
  170.     border: 0px solid #333;
  171.     margin-bottom:4px;
  172. }
  173.  
  174. #headlines .img2{   border: 0px solid #333;
  175.     border: 0px solid #333;
  176.     margin:0px 6px 0px 0px;
  177. }
  178.  
  179. #headlines .bold{
  180.     font-size: 100%;
  181.     padding: 10px;
  182.     border: 1px dashed #333;
  183.     background-color: #eee;
  184. }
  185.  
  186. #content{
  187.     float: left;
  188.   width: 55%;
  189.   margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;
  190. }
  191.  
  192. /***********************************************/
  193. /* Components                                  */
  194. /***********************************************/
  195.  
  196. #siteName{
  197.     float:left;
  198.     margin: 0px;
  199.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
  200.  
  201. }
  202.  
  203. #separator{
  204.     clear:both;
  205.     width: 100%;
  206.     font-size:80%;
  207.     text-align:center;
  208.     color:#FFFFFF;
  209.     margin: -2px 0px 10px 0px;
  210.     padding: 3px 0px 5px 0px;
  211.     background-color: #FF9700;
  212.     border-style: solid;
  213.     border-width: 2px;
  214.     border-color: #FF9900;
  215. }
  216.  
  217.  
  218. /************* #globalNav styles **************/
  219.  
  220. #globalNav{
  221.  
  222. float:right;
  223. padding: 10px 10px 0px 10px;
  224.     font-size: 80%;
  225.     color: #333333;
  226.     text-align:right;
  227. }
  228.  
  229. #globalNav img{
  230.  display: block;
  231. }
  232.  
  233. #globalNav a {
  234.  
  235.     padding: 0 4px 0 0;
  236.    
  237. }
  238.  
  239. #fastFood{
  240.     width: 370px;
  241.     padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
  242.     background-color: #FFF;
  243.     border-style: solid;
  244.     border-width: 2px;
  245.     border-color: #FF9900;
  246.     font-size: 70%;
  247. }
  248.  
  249. #fastFood h1{
  250.     margin-bottom: -10px;
  251. }
  252. #fastFood img{
  253.     float:right;
  254.     padding: 0px 0px 5px 5px;
  255. }      
  256.  
  257. /*************** #pageName styles **************/
  258.  
  259. #pageName{
  260.     margin: 0px;
  261.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
  262.     clear:both;
  263.     border-left-color: #000066;
  264.     border-left-style: solid;
  265.     border-left-width: 2px;
  266. }
  267.  
  268. /************* #breadCrumb styles *************/
  269.  
  270. #breadCrumb{
  271.     font-size: 70%;
  272.     padding: 2px 0px 0 10px;
  273.     margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
  274.  
  275. }
  276.  
  277.  
  278. /************** .feature styles ***************/
  279.  
  280. .feature{
  281.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
  282.     font-size: 80%;
  283. }
  284.  
  285. .feature h3{
  286.     padding: 30px 0px 5px 0px;
  287.     text-align: left;
  288. }
  289.  
  290. .feature img{
  291.     float: right;
  292.     padding: 20px 0px 20px 20px;
  293. }
  294.  
  295.  
  296. /************** .story styles *****************/
  297.  
  298. .story{
  299.     clear: both;
  300.     padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px;
  301.     font-size: 80%;
  302. }
  303.  
  304. .story p{
  305.     padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
  306. }
  307.  
  308. .story img{
  309.     float: right;
  310.     padding: 20px 0px 20px 20px;
  311. }
  312.  
  313. .storyRight{
  314.     float:right;
  315.     width:49%;
  316.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
  317.     font-size: 70%;
  318.     background-color:#ffffff;
  319. }
  320.  
  321. .storyRight p{
  322.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
  323. }
  324.  
  325. .storyRight h2{
  326.     margin: 0px 0px -15px 0px;
  327. }
  328.  
  329.  
  330. .storyLeft{
  331.     float:left;
  332.     width:49%;
  333.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
  334.     font-size: 70%;
  335.     background-color:#ffffff;
  336. }
  337.  
  338. .storyLeft p{
  339.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
  340. }
  341.  
  342. .storyLeft h2{
  343.     margin: 0px 0px -15px 0px;
  344. }
  345.  
  346. .new {
  347.     background-color:#FF0000;
  348.     color:#FFFFFF;
  349.     font-size:90%;
  350.     font-weight:bold;
  351.     display:inline;
  352.     padding:2px;
  353.     margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px;
  354.     border:1px 1px 1px 1px;
  355.     border-color:#FFFFFF;
  356. }
  357.  
  358.  
  359.  
  360.  
  361. /************* #siteInfo styles ***************/
  362.  
  363. #siteInfo{
  364.     clear: both;
  365.     border: 1px solid #cccccc;
  366.     font-size: 80%;
  367.     color: #aaaaaa;
  368.     padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
  369. }
  370.  
  371. #siteInfo img{
  372.     padding: 4px 4px 4px 10px;
  373.     vertical-align: middle;
  374. }
  375.  
  376.  
  377. /************* #search styles ***************/
  378.  
  379. #search{
  380.     padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px;
  381.     border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
  382.     font-size: 90%;
  383. }
  384.  
  385. #search form{
  386.  margin: 0px;
  387.  padding: 0px;
  388. }
  389.  
  390. #search label{
  391.     display: block;
  392.     margin: 0px;
  393.     padding: 0px;
  394. }
  395.  
  396.  
  397. /*********** #navBar link styles ***********/
  398.  
  399. #navBar ul a:link, #navBar ul a:visited {display: block;}
  400. #navBar ul {list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0;}
  401.  
  402. /* hack to fix IE/Win's broken rendering of block-level anchors in lists */
  403. #navBar li {border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE;}
  404.  
  405. /* fix for browsers that don't need the hack */
  406. html>body #navBar li {border-bottom: none;}
  407.  
  408.  
  409. /*********** #sectionLinks styles ***********/
  410.  
  411. #sectionLinks{
  412.     margin: 0px;
  413.     padding: 0px;
  414.     border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
  415.     font-size: 80%;
  416.     left: 2px;
  417. }
  418.  
  419. #sectionLinks h3{
  420.     padding: 10px 0px 2px 10px;
  421. }
  422.  
  423. #sectionLinks a, #navlist a:visited {
  424.     display: block;
  425.     border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
  426.     padding: 2px 0px 2px 10px;
  427. }
  428.  
  429. #sectionLinks a:hover{
  430.     background-color: #dddddd;
  431.     text-decoration: none;
  432. }
  433.  
  434.  
  435.  
  436.  
  437.  
  438. /*********** #navTop styles ***********/
  439.  
  440. #navTop{
  441.     margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
  442.     padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px;
  443.     border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
  444.     font-size: 80%;
  445.     color:#CCCCCC;
  446.     left: 2px;
  447. }
  448.  
  449. #navTop h3{
  450.     padding: 10px 0px 2px 10px;
  451. }
  452.  
  453. #navTop a, a:visited  {
  454.  
  455. }
  456.  
  457. #navTop a:hover{
  458.     background-color: #dddddd;
  459.     text-decoration: none;
  460. }
  461.  
  462. #navTop .buttons {
  463. display:inline;
  464. padding:5px;
  465. margin-top:30px;
  466. margin-left:0px;
  467. margin-right:10px;
  468. margin-bottom:10px;
  469. border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
  470. border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
  471. border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
  472. border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
  473. }
  474.  
  475.  
  476. /************** # Extra stuff from http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/vertical08.htm to make rollover
  477. work on the full width rather than just over the text **************/
  478.  
  479.  
  480. /*********** .relatedLinks styles ***********/
  481.  
  482. .relatedLinks{
  483.     margin: 0px;
  484.     padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
  485.     font-size: 100%;
  486.     background-color:#eee;
  487. }
  488.  
  489. .relatedLinks h3{
  490.     padding: 10px 0px 2px 0px;
  491. }
  492.  
  493. .relatedLinks a:link,
  494. .relatedLinks a:visited {
  495.     display: block;
  496. }
  497.  
  498. /************** #advert styles **************/
  499.  
  500. #advert{
  501.     padding: 30px 0px 10px;
  502. }
  503.  
  504. #advert img{
  505.     display: block;
  506. }
  507.  
  508.  
  509. /************** #headlines styles **************/
  510.  
  511. #headlines{
  512.     margin: 0px;
  513.     padding: 10px 0px 20px 10px;
  514.     font-size: 70%;
  515. }
  516.  
  517. #headlines p{
  518.     padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
  519. }


Many Thanks,
Mark
Last edited by eWish : May 15th, 2008 at 01:39 PM. Reason: Please use code tags
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May 23rd, 2008
03:04 PM
#2

Re: vista is messing with the site...
I'm so sure your problem is with Vista as it is with the browser. At first glance I didn't see anything inherently wrong with your code.

Using FF on Vista the ad block is not shown when the ad-block plus extension is enabled. However, when I disable this extension, I get the following:




I also don't have any problem viewing the ad block in IE7 on Vista:


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