Anyone interested in helping a novice?

[Bushwack]

I have been working on a wordpress blog, I'm using a standard template and I have been modifying it. I am really starting to get into this "techy" stuff....

I have installed and modified the switch menu code from the DD site and I really appreciate what you all are doing.

My question is regarding my side bar, I'm trying to install some menus side by side rather than centered, and I'm having some issues....

If anyone has a bout ten minutes to kill and would like to offer assistance to a severely over his head individual, I'd appreciate it...

[mcelwaine]

what's the url?

[Bushwack]

Sorry for not including that. My email is bushwack1@mac.com
the url is http://americanandproud.net/

[mcelwaine]

What do you mean side by side instead of centered? (I looked at your page but couldn't figure out what you meant)

[Bushwack]

I was thinking a drop down "about me" and a few others in a drop down menu on the left side of my picture (side by side) when I put the(menu) code in I couldn't get it to place on the upper left corner.

[mcelwaine]

Try plugging this in.

<style type="text/css">
.photo {
float: left;
display: inline;
margin-top: 0px;
}
.newmenu {
float: left;
display: inline;
width: 100px;
margin-top: 0px;
}
</style>

<div class="subcontainer">
<ul>
<li class="newmenu">This would be your menu
</li>
<li class="photo">
<center><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/Bushwack_2006/DSCF0029-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a></center><br>


<center><a href="http://bigwhitehat.com/?p=115"><img src="http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/Bushwack_2006/robertbadge.jpg" border=0 align=center></a></center><br>


<center><h5><blink>Contact Bushwack</blink><h5></center>

<center><a href="mailto:bushwackca@gmail.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/Bushwack_2006/MailBox2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
<a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=bushwackca42&.src=pg" target="_blank">
<img border=0 src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/TexasFred/Misc%20Pics/YIMIcon.gif"></a></center>
<center><a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=bushwackca42&.src=pg" target="_blank">
<img border=0 src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=bushwackca42&m=g&t=2&l=us"></a></center><br><br>
<center><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m188/Bushwack_2006/consign2.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a></center><br>

</li>
</ul>
</div>

[mcelwaine]

I was just surfing in IE6 and realized your site doesn't look quite the same. I assume you're using Firefox or IE7. The code I gave you will still work but you'd have to fix the over-all layout for it to look the same in IE6.

If all else fails, you can use a conditional statement like this:
<!--[if IE 6]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ie_6.css" />
<![endif]-->
Place the above code right above the </head> tag. This will force IE6 to "peak" into the ie_6.css file for any specific directions it should follow.

For instance, if your main stylesheet says the following:
#container {width: 750px;}
but your ie_6.css file says
#container {width: 700px;}
The IE6 Browser will produce the element's width as 700px