I was checking out the comments here at fraccers, and noticed something totally alarming in my Google ads that has me wondering if maybe fracas wasn’t so smart in signing up for them. It’s really got me quite frightened, and even worried for my personal safety.
It’s this.
Can you believe it? I don’t know what I’ve done to upset the folks over there enough for them to want harm to befall me, but here it is in black and white; there’s no denying it now that I have this screenshot.
I’m not sure what to do about it. My hands are shaking even as I prepare this for you.
Should I remove all Google ads from the blog or should I be brave and soldier on with them, hoping they decide to spare my gaggle and I?
Should I get myself protection? Should I take a self-defense course? Should I purchase a chicken costume and hope they’re fooled by that?
Seriously fraccers… what should I do?
Honestly… the messes I get myself into since I started blogging. None of this is even fair. It’s not like Google is going to let me bill them for all of these extra costs or anything. Sheesh. It’s not enough that I’ve had to protect my data, now I have to watch my tailfeathers too.
I tell you, fraccers… if it wasn’t for you, I’d have quit this long ago. If you have a suggestion as to how best I should protect myself, do leave me a comment because I’m so upset I’m about to lay an egg.
Soldier on.
However, I run screen size 1024X768 and I noticed that your side bar extends a good bit past my screen. I checked your HTML and CSS page and noticed that your Google Ad sidebar is set at a width of 250. I don’t believe your side bar is more than 200.
I’m not telling you how to set up your blog, would never dream of it, just pointing out that those running 1024 and lower only see about 75% of your blog.
I’m running 1280 x 1024, the full width of this setup is 1070 (margin of 20/main area 750/margin of 20/sidebar 260/margin of 20) which wouldn’t display right for you so that was an oversight. However… my sidebar is set at 260, google ads set at 250. If it wasn’t going off your screen you’d see ads centered beautifully!
I do intend to replace this theme with something newer, just hadn’t gotten around to it. Thanks for the heads up… I would never just assume you were doing anything other than being a pal by telling me, so not to worry!
But… I’m curious. At your blog, yours fills my screen totally… and though I get a horizontal scroll bar, when I scroll, it just gives me blank bg color. Your left sidebar starts at the very left edge of my screen and your right sidebar ends at the very right of my screen. If I am running 1280 x 1024, and your blog fills my screen that way, then does that mean when you view your own blog, that you can’t see all of your own blog?
Geese have many different uses – they’ve been used for cleaning chimneys, quill pens, guard ‘dogs’, the fat is wonderful for cooking – blimey, live ones have even been recommended as lavatory paper [the neck apparently - if you don't believe me I'm sure you'll check it out] – so why would anyone want to get rid of them …….
I heard there was actually this man (lived not to far from you I think…) who was pecked half to death by an angry goose. Being smarter than people give them credit for, the goose knew not to peck him to death… just half to death. (I think the goose then followed him around nagging and honking at him.)
Just think how secure all our countries would be if we switched to armies of geese protecting us from the evils of the world? Seems to be quite foolish to even think of using geese for anything else… or getting rid of them.
Still.. I’m not surprised there are folks who don’t realize how they should appreciate and revere geese… after all, the world is full of peabrains.
Fracas said…”But… I’m curious. At your blog, yours fills my screen totally… and though I get a horizontal scroll bar, when I scroll, it just gives me blank bg color. Your left sidebar starts at the very left edge of my screen and your right sidebar ends at the very right of my screen. If I am running 1280 x 1024, and your blog fills my screen that way, then does that mean when you view your own blog, that you can’t see all of your own blog?”
I used to have my own website before Wordpress, hosted by GoDaddy and one at Homestead.com
When I wrote the code, i set it up using 800X600 resolution. at that setting, the website looked perfect. I used the 800X600 size because the ASP program code I was using was in small pring and I needed the size to be comfortable in using.
Anyways, long story short, the reason you see it like that is because in my CSS code, I set the widths to 100% values instead of absolutes like 800, 1024, 1280, 1600 etc. Then, no matter what resolution, you will see my entire blog without scrolling.
Everyone’s blog CSS is a little different. Merely check your three columns fit inside your format. Then set the blog width to 100%.
@LOTGK – ok, so if I did that, you’re saying my blog would appear to you, exactly as it appears to me?
If so, I’m writing a special letter to Santa on your behalf. What shall I
threatentell him to give you? ;- )Yes, it would.
In your CSS, look for your container area. Mine looks like this..
‘#container {
background:#cccc99;
color:#000000;
min-width:770px;
text-align:left;
width:100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}’
I added ticks to avoid the code going live in comments.
I changed my width value from an absolute number to a percent, 100%. This way, in all settings, the screen will allow my entire blog to be seen.
Keep in mind you may have to change several area’s of your blog CSS such as your header, change the width to 100%
Also notice that I have a minimum value of 770 instead of a maximum value, this way, under the 800X600 setting, my blog will be in full view.
I hope this helps.
PS, sorry my CSS lingo explanation is not very clear, I have not been schooled in CSS, just sort of grabbed ahold of it and modified my blog with it.
BTW, my blog doesn’t look exactly the same on all settings. The center column will stretch to fit if necessary leaving the left and right columns constant. However, you will always see my entire blog which is what everyone wants.
And, one more thing, I do believe some templates don’t have the capability of this manipulation, but since you are hosting your blog yourself, you should be able to do so.
That doesn’t work. When I tried it, what happens is that the (medium tan colored) container displays with no light tan page border on the left side, the medium tan container with the black border butts up against the left side of the screen, with a double size light tan piece of the light tan bg on the right side… so while it will look good for you and others with a smaller display res, it looks stupid for me and those using a larger res.
Argh.
Given that there are other problems with this theme… I really will just be replacing it as time allows.
Sorry that didn’t work out. Perhaps this setting only works in three column. I do remember that I had several widths that needed to be changed before the template framed up. Perhaps you missed one.
It’s like the ship in Matrix Revolutions.
The blog’s got a fat arse.
More cushion for the virtual pushin’.
(giggle snort)
Yeah, well some people like a lot of arse. I’ll diet later. Too busy now.
HINT: many HTML tag values not only accept numerical values in quotations, they also accept percentages.
…which means theoretically it’s possible for script within an HTML file to do likewise…and allow correct fluid ratio adjustment between both different browsers as well as display sizes of monitors.
…and if it CAN’T be done through style scripting nor CSS, then it’s possible to do ‘it’ through a PHP script that first identifies the browser/resolution/OS…and then adjusts the numbers to spit out the HTML.
now my head hurts.