Help with simplifying a vb.net 2005 web

[Steve]

Hi All

I am a VB.net windows forms programmer and I have a website for my products
which is written in vb.net 2005

The template for the website was taken from one of Microsoft's web templates

I like the look of the web but it seems to be overly complex with css sheets
etc

I need somebody to simplify the project whilst still maintaining the basic
appearance of the site

I have no experience with asp.net and also no interest in it

I am willing to pay for assistance on this

Anybody interested?

Regards
Steve

 

[Joe Fawcett]

Hi All

I am a VB.net windows forms programmer and I have a website for my
products which is written in vb.net 2005

The template for the website was taken from one of Microsoft's web
templates

I like the look of the web but it seems to be overly complex with css
sheets etc

I need somebody to simplify the project whilst still maintaining the basic
appearance of the site

I have no experience with asp.net and also no interest in it

I am willing to pay for assistance on this

Anybody interested?

Regards
Steve

Cascading stylesheets are normally preferable to inline styles, much easier
to maintain.
Is there a particular reason you want to get rid of them? Are there other
things you have in mind to change?

 

[Steve]

Hi Joe

The web runs OK with IE but several pages don't render properly with Firefox
etc

If you have firefox you will see what I mean at www.australiapos.com.au
Main page, Resellers and contacts pages

I have no idea why they don't render in firefox and assumed it was because
of the css which have float: parameters

I reply from a previous post several days ago from Alexey indicated that the
pages were using a jpg as the background when it wasn't required

I figured if I could get somebody to help me simplify the web pages then I
would be able to maintain the web with less effort


Regards
Steve

 

[Allen Chen [MSFT]]

Hi Steve,

Please remove the float:left and float:right from the CSS File. Namely use
following one instead:

#content-main-two-column {
width:540px;

}

#content-side-two-column {

width:160px;
}

You can refer to:

http://webjournl.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/css-float-property-not-working-in-
firefox-or-is-it/
to learn how to use float.

BTW, sometimes we can use two different CSS files to support different
browsers. You can try following way to do so.
In aspx:

Replace this line:

<link href="App_Themes/Standard/css-content.css" rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css" media="interactive, braille, emboss, handheld, projection,
screen, tty, tv" />
With:
<link href=<%=GetCSSFile() %> rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
media="interactive, braille, emboss, handheld, projection, screen, tty, tv"
/>

In aspx.cs:

protected string GetCSSFile()
{
if (Request.Browser.Browser == "IE")
{
return "App_Themes/Standard/css-content.css";
}
else //Other browsers
{
return "App_Themes/Standard/cssforotherbrowsers.css";
}
}

Please try it to see if it works and let me know if you have any further
questions.

Regards,
Allen Chen
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[Steve]

Hi Allen

I tried your suggestion and it worked fine. The pages now render correctly
in Firefox etc

Thanks for your help

The only problem is that on the Resellers and Contacts page the Contact Us
info is now above the Request Information section instead of to the left

How can I rectify that

Regards
Steve

 

[Allen Chen [MSFT]]

Hi Steve,

To achieve the requirement I think we'd better use float. You can try the
following steps. Please note the following steps are done at client side
with the rendered HTML. To make it work we need to edit the aspx code
correspondingly.

1. Insert following tag below the two divs <div
id="content-main-two-column1"> and <div id="content-side-two-column1">
(I've changed the IDs of these two divs and therefore will use other styles
for them in case it affected the Home page):

<div style='clear:both;'></div>

2. Add the following styles in the CSS file:

#content-main-two-column1 {
width:540px;
float:left;
}

#content-side-two-column1 {

width:160px;
float:right;
}

Since I haven't seen your server side code I can only provide above
information. Probably the divs are rendered by ASP.NET Panel control. If so
you can find the corresponding Panels first and insert the div tag below
them as mentioned in the step1.

Please try it and let me know if it works. If you meet with any
difficulties please don't hesitate to let me know and provide some server
side code as to how the two divs (content-main-two-column and
content-side-two-column) are rendered. This information can help me find
how to modify the server side code.

Regards,
Allen Chen
Microsoft Online Community Support

 

[Steve]

Allen

Thanks heaps for the assistance

Worked a treat

Regards
Steve