3GM Main Site Search Box Misaligned

[JesterX]

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5971/searchboxffym7.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7104/searchboxffxs9.jpg)

The search box is misaligned or whatever in Firefox, IE 7, and Opera

[robodude666]

Hmm, just noticed that myself. Some simple CSS should fix the problem though.

[3dGameMan]

Yea, we know and we'll get on that :) Thx for spotting this all the same :Thumb

[robodude666]

Seems to me that the search3gm CSS ID does not exist.

EDIT: NVM. looked in wrong css file. Sorry for peeking :P

[JesterX]

span#search3gm {
position: absolute;
display: block;
left: 650px;
top: 50px;
width: 250px;
height: 25px;
z-index: 90;
}

The "top" attribute needs to be adjusted, no biggy.

[robodude666]

If I may suggest, switch to a CSS based layout with DIVs... I noticed they load a ton faster than ones with tables. You should make the position be relative to the header. And then just position it x, y px away from the top right corner :)

[JesterX]

Well, table-less is only slightly faster than tabled. That also has to do with the rendering engine behind the browser and what not.
I don't know if you saw my comparison of 3GM without compression and with compression, but that would make it load faster because the page would get there in less packets and take less time. This would have a much greater impact on load time.

[3dGameMan]

Well, table-less is only slightly faster than tabled. That also has to do with the rendering engine behind the browser and what not.
I don't know if you saw my comparison of 3GM without compression and with compression, but that would make it load faster because the page would get there in less packets and take less time. This would have a much greater impact on load time.
Please link me to the post of compression you posted before.

[robodude666]

Yea, I notice the 3GM page takes a bit longer to load for me than other website (about 3.391seconds) which is due with the high amount of content on the page.

BTW, I noticed theres a search box on the forums now :S Could it be moved to the right of the ads? It makes the header so much larger and annoying.

[z33k3r]

If I may suggest, switch to a CSS based layout with DIVs... I noticed they load a ton faster than ones with tables. You should make the position be relative to the header. And then just position it x, y px away from the top right corner

The template was initially all CSS, but some issues came up with certain sponsors' banners that required hard coding bad HTML to get them to work. Those are still incorporated unfortunately. With the move to the new server, I will be cleaning up a lot of stuff...

Well, table-less is only slightly faster than tabled. That also has to do with the rendering engine behind the browser and what not.
I don't know if you saw my comparison of 3GM without compression and with compression, but that would make it load faster because the page would get there in less packets and take less time. This would have a much greater impact on load time.

I am sure the current server does not implement compression. The new dedicated will definitely be incorporating compression as some point.

[Kindom934]

BTW, I noticed theres a search box on the forums now :S Could it be moved to the right of the ads? It makes the header so much larger and annoying.

Hmm...yea...I noticed that the google bar is making the header larger, however, I think if it was placed next to the ad on the right side, it would make the page longer to the right and thus would make us have to scroll vertically...

[robodude666]

Horizontally :P <--> is horizontally

Well, with CSS it can be placed to automatically go down to the second line if there isnt enough place there. I am on a 1280 x 1024 monitor so it would fit perfectly for me.

[JesterX]

Please link me to the post of compression you posted before.

Here ya go:
http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showpost.php?p=555965&postcount=93

I am sure the current server does not implement compression. The new dedicated will definitely be incorporating compression as some point.

I look forward to that, because not everyone has a super fast internet connection (ie me).