# web dev

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## [Background tricks](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-tricks/150155)

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**Author:** [@Zimmermann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zimmermann)\
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**Last updated:** [June 4, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-tricks/150155 "2005-06-04T11:16:19Z")

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How do I accomplish something like what I've attached? One color on the left part of the screen, another on the right part, a line exactly in the middle and my flash animation exactly in the middle. Thanks

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## [Passing variables to .swf from the .html](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-to-swf-from-the-html/150144)

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**Author:** [@lordkiller](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lordkiller)\
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**Last updated:** [June 4, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-to-swf-from-the-html/150144 "2005-06-04T06:08:44Z")

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In the IE the simpliest way is: \<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="test.swf?var1=666&var2=loaded text&var3=300"\> But this method not work for Mozilla(Firefox) , why?

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## [Javascript: Close after window loses focus](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-close-after-window-loses-focus/150119)

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**Author:** [@camargo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/camargo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-close-after-window-loses-focus/150119 "2005-06-03T23:55:53Z")

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Hey all, I need to have a popup window close after it loses focus. How can I accomplish that? Here's the example: \[color=#003366\]\[http://www.wirelessinteractive.com/24\_ant\_indoor.php\](http://www.wirelessinteractive.c…

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## [Built in blog](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/built-in-blog/150013)

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**Author:** [@Patriotxcountry](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Patriotxcountry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/built-in-blog/150013 "2005-06-02T23:25:55Z")

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Hi All, I'm working on a website for a local songwriter and I have designed a nice site for her. She would like to have a blog type module installed where she can leave posts and allow her visitors to comment. This fea…

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## [Div Float Problem in IE](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-float-problem-in-ie/149990)

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**Author:** [@imported\_mthomps00](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imported_mthomps00)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-float-problem-in-ie/149990 "2005-06-02T20:34:31Z")

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Why aren't the paragraphs in the body text flowing around a floated div \[on this page in Internet Explorer (\[url="http://www.fresnobee.com/images/designs/storytest/tallphoto.html"\]link\](http://www.fresnobee.com/images/de…

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## [Site Icons/Logos](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/site-icons-logos/149989)

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**Author:** [@MetteBB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MetteBB)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/site-icons-logos/149989 "2005-06-02T19:50:25Z")

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\[font=Trebuchet MS\]Hi... Not sure if this is the right place to post this so 'sorry' if it's not. \[smile\] I was wondering how you can create a logo for a website that will be shown in the address bar. Like here on Kir…

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## [(theId)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/theid/149936)

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**Author:** [@reweb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/reweb)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/theid/149936 "2005-06-02T11:44:57Z")

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I am useing this script to change the value of an textfield \<script type="text/javascript"\> function toggle(box,theId) { if(document.getElementById) { var cell = document.getElementById(theId); if(box.c…

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## [Curious, why absolute not relative?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-absolute-not-relative/149893)

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**Author:** [@samsara](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samsara)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-absolute-not-relative/149893 "2005-06-02T01:17:00Z")

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I noticed when looking at most websites, links to pages in the same site are coded as absolute links not relative. Can someone please explain to me the reason? Is there a benefit? I’m sure there must be...just curious. …

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## [Preloading HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-html/149864)

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**Author:** [@l2edsand](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/l2edsand)\
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**Last updated:** [June 1, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-html/149864 "2005-06-01T21:58:57Z")

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I wondering how to preload my website before the user sees anything... examples: http://www.2advanced.net/ and http://www.iamvica.com/ ...I saw the post by Voet pointing the last request to http://javascriptkit…

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## [CSS Rollover Trick and Compability](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-rollover-trick-and-compability/149838)

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**Author:** [@substar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/substar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-rollover-trick-and-compability/149838 "2005-06-01T18:25:05Z")

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Hey Everyone, I have been designing a website for a company and I employed the CSS Rollover Trick found under the CSS tab. http://www.kirupa.com/web-tech/css\_rollovers.htm The company boss works on a macintosh comp…

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## [Fixed table on the page?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fixed-table-on-the-page/149792)

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**Author:** [@chunk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chunk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fixed-table-on-the-page/149792 "2005-06-01T12:36:03Z")

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Does anyone know how to create a fixed table on a page, so even when the user scrolls the this perticular table doesnt move? thanks.

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## [Updating Text in DreamweaverMX](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-text-in-dreamweavermx/149751)

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**Author:** [@samsara](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samsara)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-text-in-dreamweavermx/149751 "2005-06-01T01:34:01Z")

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A friend of mine is in a band, he want me to make him a site, but wants to update the GIG page himself. I'm using DW MX but dont really know much about html. Is there a way for me to make the whole site, but let him upd…

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## [CSS -- IE and FF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-ie-and-ff/149730)

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**Author:** [@ralphnader](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ralphnader)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-ie-and-ff/149730 "2005-05-31T21:47:05Z")

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\[font=Courier New\] I have an ideal layout in IE and problems in FFox. \[/font\] \[font=Courier New\] Take a moment to review \> http://creative.loyaltyworks.net/corporatewebsite/ \[/font\] \[font=Courier New\] …

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## [HTML Entities](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-entities/149691)

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**Author:** [@wyclef](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wyclef)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-entities/149691 "2005-05-31T17:10:14Z")

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Hey, i'm having a problem where the HTML Entities such as (›) that i'm using are not showing up no PDA devices, text readers, and older browsers. Is this a character encoding issue?

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## [Opera problem with iframe](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opera-problem-with-iframe/149621)

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**Author:** [@novatron6](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/novatron6)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opera-problem-with-iframe/149621 "2005-05-31T03:01:16Z")

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Hey All, I am working on a site and have a problem with an iframe when I look at the page in oprea. instead of being transparent its white, as well as having a drop down menu above it go behind the iframe: http://www…

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## [Question about HTML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-html/149521)

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**Author:** [@zoe\_says](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zoe_says)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-html/149521 "2005-05-30T06:43:00Z")

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I cant figure out for the life of me how you post up HTML for places like ebay. Example http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57846&item=4732518280&rd=1 I have tried making the page in like yahoosite b…

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## [Transparent PNGs on top of a bg](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-pngs-on-top-of-a-bg/149417)

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**Author:** [@mprzybylski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mprzybylski)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-pngs-on-top-of-a-bg/149417 "2005-05-28T23:41:25Z")

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i read this article and wanted to use it on a site im doing: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pngopacity/ now, in firefox all is well, and it works great. when i test this in IE, it stretches the menu images and d…

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## [Music Player Sound Rollover](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-player-sound-rollover/149408)

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**Author:** [@Cameeb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cameeb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/music-player-sound-rollover/149408 "2005-05-28T21:26:47Z")

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I'm fairly new at HTML, i created a link to where when you moused over it, it would play a .wav file, only problem with this is it opens up the Realone player instead of just playing from the browser. Is there a way i c…

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## [CSS Layout Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-layout-problem/149382)

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**Author:** [@matthewpscott](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewpscott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-layout-problem/149382 "2005-05-28T14:25:47Z")

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Hey Ive been trying to get the basic layout framework for http://www.matthewpscott.com to get working i seem to have the container, navigation and footer working but the content section will not work. Could someone ple…

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## [Fixing the last few bugs on my site - xhtml strict/css](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fixing-the-last-few-bugs-on-my-site-xhtml-strict-css/149266)

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**Author:** [@JRPereira](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JRPereira)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2005, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fixing-the-last-few-bugs-on-my-site-xhtml-strict-css/149266 "2005-05-27T10:43:53Z")

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With the new version of my site I've gone ahead and redone everything to validate as xhtml strict (except the news page, I need to fix some open br's and such there) and the site makes use of css for most of the position…

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## [Menu recognition/type](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-recognition-type/149207)

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**Author:** [@essentialDF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/essentialDF)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-recognition-type/149207 "2005-05-26T21:26:24Z")

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Hi all, Anyone know how the menu/navigation was programmed for this site: http://slimquicklabs.com/pages/index.asp Are they layers, dhtml, css, xml? Also, the navigation works in Explorer, however, doesn't function…

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## [CSS Introduction](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-introduction/149081)

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**Author:** [@hematite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hematite)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-introduction/149081 "2005-05-25T21:03:59Z")

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Hi ppl, Is there anyone here who may be able to help me write up a introduction to CSS? Not technical more a general over view of what it is history advantages and disadvantages and future developments?

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## [Creating a Collapsible Menu with Images/Tables?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-collapsible-menu-with-images-tables/149055)

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**Author:** [@thebigsadler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thebigsadler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-collapsible-menu-with-images-tables/149055 "2005-05-25T17:49:43Z")

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I have searched and searched around the web and have yet to find anything besides layers (div's) to do what I want to do. I am trying to stay away from layers because of browser issues, java would be my ultimate prefere…

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## [Styling a massive Form w/out tables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/styling-a-massive-form-w-out-tables/149051)

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**Author:** [@wyclef](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wyclef)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/styling-a-massive-form-w-out-tables/149051 "2005-05-25T16:40:21Z")

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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to quickly style this form without using tables in a way that would create a more organized gridlike appearance? The relationship between textboxes, checkboxes, and radio buttons t…

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## [CSS playground](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-playground/149029)

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**Author:** [@eyezberg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eyezberg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-playground/149029 "2005-05-25T13:33:40Z")

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You think you know CSS? Check out this site: stu nicholls \_ the CSS playground \_ ! This guy is amazing: drop shadows, rounded corner boxes, all 100% pure CSS (no images, no javascript). Prepare to be amazed.

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## [Limited width scroll bars in frame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/limited-width-scroll-bars-in-frame/149019)

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**Author:** [@Oli\_G](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Oli_G)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/limited-width-scroll-bars-in-frame/149019 "2005-05-25T12:22:17Z")

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Hey fellas I have a frameset, with a top and a bottom frame. In one of the bottom frames, is a table with one row/column, 550px wide. In this, I want to store an image say, 2000px wide. Is it possible to put i…

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## [Dreamweaver stuck in layout view, cant create tables](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-stuck-in-layout-view-cant-create-tables/149004)

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**Author:** [@Oli\_G](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Oli_G)\
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**Last updated:** [May 25, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-stuck-in-layout-view-cant-create-tables/149004 "2005-05-25T09:38:28Z")

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Hey fellas, as per the title. No idea how it happened! Cant even create tables with the normal tables tool. Any ideas?

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## [Tables and Xhtml developed Forum](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tables-and-xhtml-developed-forum/148940)

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**Author:** [@larcho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/larcho)\
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**Last updated:** [May 24, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tables-and-xhtml-developed-forum/148940 "2005-05-24T19:34:33Z")

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Short question. Now that I'm trying to develope sites with as less tables as possible (more css and xhtml) is it smarter to layout a webforum with tables rahter than positioned divs?

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## [Specific spacing issue shown in FF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/specific-spacing-issue-shown-in-ff/148908)

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**Author:** [@Lacuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lacuna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/specific-spacing-issue-shown-in-ff/148908 "2005-05-24T15:26:47Z")

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I am working on a site that seems to like the header being flat against the right hand side, but the image on the right near the footer wants to have some space in his relationship with the right hand side edge.... what …

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## [FiyaSurv for Firefox](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fiyasurv-for-firefox/148856)

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**Author:** [@fiyasurv](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiyasurv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fiyasurv-for-firefox/148856 "2005-05-24T03:51:26Z")

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Hey Guys, Maybe you guys can help me out. I constructed a site that works great in internet explorer, however it is all out of wack in mozilla based browsers, particularly Firefox. I would really like it to look the exac…

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