Okay, this is driving me nuts. When I open a page on my site, the appears wider than is should be momentarily and then does kind of a jerky thing back to the size it should be.

Go to <http://www.marketingyoursmallbiz.com> and you will see what I mean.

I am on a Mac and use both Safari and Foxfire for browsers.

Please any suggestions would help as I am not a veteran web designer!

obviously no one knows what I am talking about...

Maybe it is because
file:///Users/bobdunn/Desktop/buttons/homeC.gif
is not found

You're probably watching as the browser attempts to make sense of all the crazy table design. For example, there is a table row at the bottom of the page with 14 columns of nothing but spacer blocks.

Consider CSS design instead of abusing tables.

I didn't realize I am abusing tables. Still learning CSS so it's a bit of a curve for me. I probably am stretching it to ask if there are any more specifc suggestions you could give me.

I see the jump in Safari but not in Firefox.

The 'crazy table design' is really just a result of using the grid - in fact, more than one, nested inside each other. Bob, I wonder if you placed text boxes etc., then changed your mind quite a bit and moved them round? Grids are just a type of table, and if you move stuff they get remade to accommodate your positioning.

That *might* be the trouble, or something to do with your swfs - I only see one on the page but there seem to be more from the code - and at least one is in a cell that's too small for it.

There's a lot of code to pick through, someone who's better at it may spot some glaring error.

Here's what I'd do. Do a 'save as' of your page, into the site folder at the same level, and call it it 'test1.html'. Make a couple more test copies to work on.

In a test file, go to source view and run the syntax checker. It will probably light up like a Christmas tree, but at least you'll know where to look!

You have a mixture of html and xhtml in there, probably caused by copying and pasting code that doesn't fit the doctype you have declared (I know, you didn't declare anything on purpose ) Syntax checker will show you that.

Also, try making a new page, just like the old one but without shifting anything around once you've placed it.

Or ... hang on and be patient, not many people come here now Golive is discontinued, and someone else may immediately spot some glaring error that can be easily fixed.

Good luck

On another test page, you could try converting grid to table, then use the table palette to show you any incorrect measurements on cells - what version of Golive are you using?

As you are an advocate of better e-marketing, it would help to have your site demonstrate ideal 'data design' as an example to your clients/visitors. Data design is not the same as visual design. It means structuring your page for SEO by using tags like h1, h2, h3, etc. A by-product of better data design is the ease of visual design, handled by CSS.

Yuo can get some CSS help from here <http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/golive/articles/golcs2it_cibexcerpts.html>.

And plenty more lessons from the 'classroom in a book' can be found on Adobe's site <http://www.google.com/search?q=golive+classroom+in+a+book+site%3Aadobe.c om>.

Thanks for all your help so far. Sounds like I have my hands full....no magic pill here!

Kath, when I do the syntax check, what boxes should have have checked off?