rmarce

I half-see the problem. In my header, I had done the following (so long ago I forgot about it!):

<!– <div id=”site_background”><img src=”http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs19/i/2007/248/b/4/Robin_Of_Loxley_by_ChrisRawlins.jpg”></div&gt; –>

The thing is, it IS commenting out this code because if I take out the <!– and –> part, the picture appears on my homepage, and if I “comment it back out,” the picture goes away. Somehow, facebook must still be snatching the image, but I don’t see how if it’s commented out. Does anyone know? This is the only place this image appears in my code.

This is what I ended up doing. I think it takes care of all contingencies. I put it in the head part of my header

<?php 

	if ( is_singular() )
	{

		if ($seodescription = get_post_meta($post->ID, "my_description", true))
		{
			?>
			<meta name="description" content="<?php echo $seodescription; ?>" />
			<?php
		}
		else
		{
			?>
			<meta name="description" content= "<?php echo get_bloginfo( 'description' ); ?>" />        <!-- THE TAGLINE OF YOUR BLOG -->
			<?php
		}
	}

	elseif ( is_home() )    // THE BLOG PAGE
	{
                ?>
		<meta name="description" content= "Pens & PCs is blog featuring well-informed articles about writing and computers, among other topics."; /> <!-- THE TAGLINE OF YOUR BLOG -->
		<?php
	}

	elseif ( is_category() )
	{
		if ( is_category("Other") )
		{
				?>
				<meta name="description" content= "Pens & PCs blog posts about a variety of topics."; />
				<?php
		}

		elseif ( is_category("Writing") )
		{
				?>
				<meta name="description" content= "Articles about writing from the blog Pens & PCs."; />
				<?php
		}

		elseif ( is_category("Computers") )
		{
				?>
				<meta name="description" content= "Articles about computers from the blog Pens & PCs."; />
				<?php
		}
	}

	else
	{
		?>
		<meta name="description" content= "<?php echo get_bloginfo( 'description' ); ?>" />	<!-- THE TAGLINE OF YOUR BLOG -->
		<?php
	}

	?>

That did indeed fix the problem – thank you so much!

SUMMARY OF FIX:
1. See if you added a border to either the content or the sidebar area. If you extend the width of one by using a border, then you must decrease the width of the other by that amount, or else they will no longer fit next to each other and the sidebar will get pushed down.
2. Depending on your theme (e.g. I’m using a child theme), you may need to put !important in your width adjustment in order for the change to be reflected on your page.

OTHER FIXES:
1. Some people have errors in their HTML code, and this is causing the problem (this was not my case, but it may be yours). Check your page code by entering your url at http://validator.w3.org/

Thanks stvwlf! I’m new to the language, so I didn’t realize that I needed to wrap it — I thought because the file was saved as a .php, it was automatically interpreted that way, not as html.