Web site does not look right

[drager00]

when I uploaded my website the first page is al wrong. when i preview it before i send it it is perfect. but now every thing is all over the place. it just affects the first page though.

 

[Awesomexr]

Yeah, it might help if you give us the link to your website, you know.

 

[xav0989]

when I uploaded my website the first page is al wrong. when i preview it before i send it it is perfect. but now every thing is all over the place. it just affects the first page though.

Hi drader00,

I just browsed to your website and looked at the source. My first comment, if you are running windows, is to make sure that all the file names and links are all in lowercase, since Unix is CaSeSeNsItIvE. Also, I would recommend not using points (pt) to set the dimensions of elements but ems (em) or pixels (px), it will make your website look better.

- xav0989

Yeah, it might help if you give us the link to your website, you know.

The website address is http://dragerfailures.x10hosting.com/

 

[misson]

To expand on xav0989's comments, you can, in Firefox, use Firebug's "Net" tab or, in Safari, use the Web Inspector's "Resources" tab to check that all the page components are loading.

When it comes to units, use whatever is most natural for the content type. ems for text, px for images and movies, % when sizing or positioning relative to the viewport (the window). Because they (typically) use vector graphics, flash movies are more flexible in terms of which units you can pick.

Also, posting screenshots of the correct and broken layouts will be very helpful in determining what the page is supposed to look like ("all wrong" and "all over the place" aren't very descriptive; best to save your 1k words and post a picture), and hence what might be causing the page not to look like that.