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1. hurpagec_noia
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   it's almost like I'm being played a mean game. every time I view my page, something is changed or missing. the codes are the same. sometimes I erase the code and put in the same code and it works, but the next time I view it, it's changed to something else. the placement of things also change. what's going on?? HERE is my site. I'm using "fiver" theme. Please help!

2. zoonini
   help me help you
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Are you looking on different computers and browsers, by any chance?

   I don't know if this is the culprit, but one problem I see with the fonts in your CSS is that you have specified fonts that not every computer may have, and no "fallback" fonts. Examples:

   font-family: consolas;

   font-family: constantia;

   Constantia is a font that comes with Vista and Windows 7, so if you're looking at your site on a Mac, for example, the browser won't be able to display the site using that font, and will look for the next-specified font. As you haven't specified any "fallback" fonts it'll then look for the default font in the browser preferences. For example, I see the name at top left in Times New Roman, which is my browser's default font, as I don't have the font Constantia, which you've specified for h1 tags.

   You normally specify fonts in "font stacks" with a common font listed first, which most computers will have.

   Example:

   font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

   I don't know if this is the cause of the problems you're seeing, but it's something that jumped out at me when I looked at the code.

   If you need further help, please post screen shots of the phenomenon you're seeing.

3. hurpagec_noia
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thank you Zoonini. I realized it was a structural problem, since I don't really know coding. I looked at it from different browsers and on different computers. It wasn't just a font problem but I see borders on photos where they aren't supposed to be...although, now the fonts are doing fine for some reason. I had deleted all the borders from the css code but somehow it still shows. another problem was probably the fact that I was moving back and forth from design view to coding view and editing both ways. anyhow, I am moving on to dreamweaver...perhaps, I will come back to it when I gain more knowledge, when I have more time.

4. landrew
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   I have a similar problem although the font doesn't change every time I log in. Without doing anything to the site, a key character (an ampersand) which is the reason I selected the template (Element) has changed from something elegant to something silly. Using the same computer (MacAir) and OS as the one on which the site was built. I haven't messed with anything lately. Is there a way to find out what happened, and to substitute back in the original font?

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