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October 12th, 2012, 02:53 PM

cdoggg94

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Homework - Css print preview a mess!

Why is it that when I have my page open (fig.1), it's fine.

*im not allowed to post URLS so the images are at the address's below. just remove the spaces between directories*

(Fig.1)
businesslore.com /images /jody1.JPG

...and when I press print to go into the broswers print preview, one of my Divs moves acrossed the page ? (fig.2)

(Fig.2)
businesslore.com /images /jody2.JPG

October 14th, 2012, 02:48 PM

badger_fruit

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I think we'd need to see your CSS code in order to figure out why it does what it does

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October 15th, 2012, 01:23 PM

cdoggg94

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Quote:

Originally Posted by badger_fruit

I think we'd need to see your CSS code in order to figure out why it does what it does

the css style sheet is below..

these are the divs used on the page:

**this is the one thats wonky**
<div id="fertilizerPrint">

<div id="header">
<div id="clientInfo">
<div id="printPage2">
<div id="servicesPrint">

also the <div id="wrapper"> is used on this page.

Code:

@charset "utf-8"; 
body {
 font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 
font-size: 12px; 
font-style: normal; 
line-height: normal; 
font-weight: normal; 
font-variant: normal; 
text-transform: none; 
color: #000000; 
text-decoration: 
none;
 margin: 0px; 
padding: 0px; } 

/*-------------classes------------*/ 
.thTitles{ font-weight:normal; color:white; } 
.contacted{ color:#f00e00; }
.newTitle{ color:#000000; font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; } 
.newTitleRed{ color:#f00e00; font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; } 
.oldEstimateMSG{ color:#ff0000; } 

/*--------------Links----------*/ 
a:link{ text-decoration:none; color:#333333; }
 a:visited{ text-decoration:none; color:#333333; } 
a:hover{ text-decoration:underline; color:#f20801; }

 /*-----------------------------*/ 
#wrapper{ 
position:relative;
 height:100%; 
width:768px; 
margin:0px auto; 
} 

#header{ position:absolute; height:148px; width:309px; left:00px; top:5px; } 

#clientInfo{ position:absolute; height:297px; width:392px; left:0px; top:161px; } 

#fertilizer{ position: absolute; height: 458px; width: 359px; left: 406px; top: 116px; } 

#servicesPrint{ position: absolute; height: 632px; width: 768px; left: 0px; top: 414px; font-size: 10px; } 

#fertilizerPrint{ position: absolute; height: 458px; width: 359px; left: 393px; top: 7px; font-size: 10px; } 

#services{ position: absolute; height: 632px; width: 768px; left: 0px; top: 564px; } 

#clientList{ position:absolute; /*height:480px;*/ width:750px; left:12px; top:216px; font-size: 14px; } 

#listSearch{ position:absolute; height:71px; width:282px; left:481px; top:121px; } 

#backToList{ position:absolute; height:20px; width:90px; left:373px; top:76px; } 

#oldEstimate{ position:absolute; height:20px; width:90px; left:673px; top:47px; } 

/*------------------new client----------*/ 

#newClient{ position:absolute; height:20px; width:90px; top:76px; left:473px; } 

#newClientForm{ position:absolute; height:421px; width:730px; left:20px; top:216px; overflow: auto; } 

#newClientForm2{ position:absolute; width:740px; left:19px; top:216px; } 

/*-------------delete--------*/ 

#deleteClient{ position:absolute; height:20px; width:90px; top:76px; left:673px; } 

/*-------------login-------------*/ 
#header2{ position:absolute; height:148px; width:309px; left:331px; top:29px; } 

#loginForm{ position:absolute; height:129px; width:309px; left:332px; top:184px; } 

/*-------------------edit-----------*/ 
#editClient{ position:absolute; height:20px; width:90px; top:76px; left:573px; } 

/*-------------estimate---------------*/ 
#endEstimate{ position:absolute; height:51px; width:126px; top:190px; left:-180px; } 

#pack1Stuff{ position:absolute; height:255px; width:148px; left:443px; top:170px; }

 /*----------------print-----------------*/ 
#printPage{ position:absolute; height:65px; width:50px; top:265px; left:-171px; } 

#printPage2{ position: absolute; height: 40px; width: 108px; top: 352px; left: 9px; }

 /*-------------------email----------------*/ 
#emailPage{ position:absolute; height:65px; width:50px; top:440px; left:-172px; } 

#emailThanks{ position:absolute; height:122px; width:224px; top:221px; left:261px; } 

#emailJoanne{ position:absolute; height:52px; width:126px; top:357px; left:-174px; } 

/*----------No Totals-------------*/ 
#noTotals{ position:absolute; height:65px; width:92px; top:520px; left:-171px; } 

/*---------------IPAD-------------*/ 
#midNavIpad{ position:absolute; width:390px; height:66px; top:480px; Left:1px; }

October 15th, 2012, 01:44 PM

rdoyle720

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You're positioning everything absolutely and setting heights and widths for everything. Very common for beginners, but ends up screwing a lot of things up. HTML has a natural flow from top to bottom, so take advantage of that. Use margins and/or padding to add space between elements. Then for things side by side, there are many other attributes you can use (float: left or float: right being most common and widely supported). Using the natural flow will allow things to resize and maneuver around each other, which is great for things like print, mobile devices, etc. The technique you're using makes things more pixel perfect, but much less flexible.

ANYWAY, if you're unwilling to redo your page, you could experiment with removing widths and/or heights for the affected pages.

If that doesn't work, I'd strongly suggest posting a link to the actual page rather than just a screenshot.

October 15th, 2012, 02:06 PM

cdoggg94

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rdoyle720

Thanks a ton for the advice!

I have created a username and password for the page for you access it.

I would rather PM it to you so its not public if thats alright..

The page is this :
jodyslawncare.com/Mobile2/estimatePrint.php?Client=733

..press "print" on the page to see the error.

Thanks again!

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