Finding and Fixing Template Errors
Once your template site is setup you may find there are some problems. Perhaps there is code showing that does not belong or the page is loading slow. Here are some ways to find problems.
Some items are missing:
If you have uploaded and there are missing pictures or other items like the menu, check the following support page: Fixing missing items
The menu or other .js file stopped working:
In most cases this is caused by one of two types of editing errors. See the following support page: Menu or other JS files are not working
Error checking your pages:
If a template page does not display correctly, does not function properly, or extra code is showing, there may be an error somewhere. Here are some ways to check your pages:
You can check webpages and CSS files using the free CSE HTML Validator Lite. A free trial download is available. This is the software Allwebco uses to create and test our templates.
The NetMechanic website offers on-line page checking as well as optimization tools.
You can error check validate, and fix your HTML pages on-line, or by direct code input at the W3C Vaildation Service. With direct input, you can use the "Clean up Markup with HTML Tidy" to fix some errors as well, however, be careful using "Tidy" as it may alter some code you do not want changed. Be sure to backup your files.
Fixing a totally messed up page:
If a page gets messed up too much to validate, you may just want to recreate this page by making a copy of any other page. Open the bad page using Notepad, find the code between the "CONTENT TABLE" notes and paste this into the new page. This is a quick fix for header, sidebar or footer problems. Also, see "resizing tables" below to find where a table is on a page.
The site is loading very slowly:
This can be caused by many different types of things. Perhaps the hosting is slow, you may not have made you images as small as possible or you saved them at high quality. You can check your page speed at NetMechanic.
The spacing or margins are not right:
All the pages on Allwebco templates contain tables. Tables really make up the page and define where everything is on the page. Click here for details on sizing tables.
Squished images:
For smashed or squished slideshow images click here. For squished thumbnails click here.
The contact or quote form is not working:
For steps to setup formmail click here. For setting up or redirecting your e-mail click here.
