i've got some trouble with my blog, especially with the admin-template.
i created a new blog-style and i started from scratch with the frontend. the new theme is finished now and to get things arranged the way i like i used floated divs for general positioning. this means: the sidebars and the main content are all floated, there are some tricky margins and paddings, etc, etc.
until now i haven't had a look on the default-admin-style. now i did and i realize: i can't use my new style.
the main trouble is: if i write a new entry, the preview or the messages after saving are shown on top in a box using my frontend-css-style, what means this preview-layout is floated, too.
but: in the admin-template, everything else is not working with floated elements, so i can't see the preview! there is a small line where the preview- or message-box begins, but then the following input forms cuts it, it seems it overlaps the box nearly complete.
i'm actually not really sure what causes this error, but i guess it's the floating, i've had similar errors when a large, floated element is inside a non-floated box.
well, if i'd know how, i'd re-write the admin template to work with my div-positioning and everything would be fine. but the admin-sites are not built on .tpl-files, so i don't know where to start and if i could re-arrange really _all_ the items there.
this is where i have to ask you: is there a way to fix my problem without re-writing my complete style? god, i hope there is such a solution...
i can imagine a few one:
-> maybe it is possible to re-write the complete admin interface. i'm not very good at php, but i've got time. but this is also the most complicated option i can imagine.
-> it'll be much easier to re-arrange just the problematic messagebox/previewbox in the backend. maybe there is a way to fix the used css-styles to my needs? it'll be fine if this preview would not use the frontend-style, but i have no idea if and how this could be done.
so... i hope someone here can help me to get this thing done.
of course i'd like to link to my blog so that you could see what css i used - but because of this error i'm not using the style right now, so this wouldn't be any help for you.
and because i started from scratch i didn't use the common s9y-classnames in my css, i tried to keep things simple. so if you want to have a look you'll need to view the template-files and the css, please tell me if needed, i can post them here or put them elswhere online, whatever you want.
thank you for taking your time and reading this, much more thanks for helpful following answers
greets, sph
ps:
as you see: my native language is not english. i'm from germany, so if you think it'll be better to write in this language for better understanding, i'm fine with it. just tell me or move this topic to the german-section. thankyou!
