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**rmculos** · 08-05-2009, 07:33 PM

Hi - My code is not producing the .txt file I'm asking it to. Any help?

<div class="maintext">
<h3>News:</h3>
<div style="font-size:12px">



</div>
</div>

Thanks!

**LadynRed** · 08-05-2009, 07:42 PM

Did you give the div any dimensions ?

**marketingman100** · 08-05-2009, 08:30 PM

Is your text file in the same directory as the file calling it.
If not you need more of a path statement than what you are showing.

**rmculos** · 08-05-2009, 09:04 PM

I"m not sure how to specify dimensions LadyNRed.

Here's the whole page:

<body class="body">
<br />
<div id="container">
<div id="mainContent">
<div class="logo"><a href="index.html"><img src="images/logo.jpg" width="181" height="163" border="0" /></a></div>
<div class="menu"><a href="why-and-how.html" class="menu2">WHY & HOW</a> | <a href="services.html" class="menu2">SERVICES</a> | <a href="about.html" class="menu2">ABOUT</a> | <a href="faq.html" class="menu2">FAQ</a> | <span style="color:#036">NEWS</span> | <a href="reviews.html" class="menu2">REVIEWS</a></div>
<img src="images/contact_arrow.gif" width="41" height="37" border="0" class="arrow" />
<div class="contact"><a href="contact.html" class="menu2"><strong>CONTACT US</strong></a></div>
<div class="line"> </div>
<div class="headerpic"><img src="images/header.jpg" width="630" height="152" border="0" /></div>
<div class="line2"> </div>
<div class="rightbig">The <span class="darkblue">latest</span> <br />updates.</div>
<br /><br />

<div class="maintext">
<h3>News:</h3>
<div style="font-size:12px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;">



</div>
</div>

<div class="line3"> </div>
<div class="footer"><span class="footer2"> Copyright © 2009 Mind Over Matter Organizing</span><br />
Website designed by <a href="http://www.lesstrue.com" title="Less True Labs - www.lesstrue.com">Less True Labs</a>
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="footer2"></div>
<div class="foot"> </div>

</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

**LadynRed** · 08-05-2009, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Add height: xxpx and/or width: xxpx to all that, but you really should put all that styling in an external css file.

**rmculos** · 08-05-2009, 09:45 PM

I tried that and still nothing. The .txt file is in the same directory as the shtml.

Also, I have a CSS sheet but don't know where to call it:

It's here:

@charset "utf-8";
body { font: 100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background:#DDF0F7;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:center;color:#000000; }
a { text-decoration:none; }
.body #container { width: 1024px;background:#ffffff;margin:0 auto;text-align:left; background-image:url(images/background.jpg); background-repeat:repeat-y; }
.body #mainContent { padding-left:20px }
.logo { padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; padding-top:20px; }
.menu { color:#999; margin-left:485px; margin-top:-180px; word-spacing:5px }
.menu2 { color:#999; }
a:hover.menu2 { color:#036 }
.arrow { margin-left:830px; }
.contact { margin-left:878px; margin-top:-30px; font-size:16px; }
.line { width: 1000px; height:1px; background-color:#CCC; margin-top:140px; margin-left:5px }
.line2 { width: 1000px; height:1px; background-color:#CCC; margin-top:5px; margin-left:5px }
.line3 { width: 1000px; height:1px; background-color:#CCC; margin-top:30px; margin-left:5px }
.headerpic { margin-left:25px; margin-top:5px }
.rightbig { font-size:40px; color:#999; width: 300px; margin-left:680px; margin-top:-130px; font-weight:bold; }
.darkblue { color:#036 }
h3 { color:#036 }
h3.why { color:#036; font-size:18px}
.text { padding-left:250px; width:380px; margin-top:-150px; font-size:18px; color:#036 }
.maintext { padding-top:-20px; padding-left:30px }
.check { margin-left:550px; margin-top:-270px }
.checktext { width:410px; margin-left:560px; margin-top:-400px; color:#999 }
strong { color:#036 }
.footer {
font-size:10px;
padding-left:25px;
padding-top:5px;
margin-bottom:20px
}
.footer2 {
font-size:10px;
margin-left:0px;
margin-top:-40px
}
.foot {
height:10px
}
li.pad { padding-bottom:20px }
.about { margin-left:50px; margin-top:100px; }

Thanks so much!

**The-Pixel** · 08-05-2009, 11:48 PM

hmmm interesting... Are you absolutely sure the '.txt file is in the same directory as the shtml'? Perhaps you are looking at a different section by mistake?

**yangyang** · 08-06-2009, 07:46 AM

First of firsts, can you make sure if the server is running the HTML file containing all those code you posted as SSI? I mean, are you sure the SSI directive is being parsed at all?

**marketingman100** · 08-06-2009, 10:45 AM

Well, if you aren't calling your CSS properly, most of your page is not going to display properly. You need to do some reading on how to implement SSI's and CSS.
There are thousands of articles on both topics all over the web.

Then if they still aren't working........the folks here will jump right in.

or you can go into marketplace on this web site and hire someone to help you.

**rmculos** · 08-06-2009, 04:16 PM

Thanks all - it's working now, not sure what I did/didn't do before.

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