Forum:Status of Misaligned Page problems

There has been discussion, query/complaint made in several locations on this wiki concerning problems with misalignment of certain pages. As one user described it "the page is all squished up". The "Community Portal" is one example of a page where this problem has occurred. For those of you who haven't encountered this, the problem is transitory. If you open the page as if to edit it, the problem goes away. It eventually returns, though I don't know how long that takes.

I also do not know what's causing it. However, the problem is not unique to this wiki, as it has been reported on other wiki as well---for example "Zelda". I presume that there's some sort of coding problem that is triggering this---it could be some particular combination of code needed to create (for example) display boxes, tables, etc. However, the common denominator seems to be related to page size and/or complexity. I tend to see this on larger pages, but I don't think the Community Portal is particular large, so there must be something else involved.

I've tried to get some help on this at Live help, but go only a limited response there (Yup, looks like a problem, but no suggestions). Also tried on Wikia Help forum, and perhaps additional thoughts will come from that source. I will attempt to reogranize some pages where the problem is known to occur, perhaps breaking them into small pages to see if that helps. It will be a slow process since the problem goes away immediately once you edit a page---only to return later. Hence, its a matter of trying something, then waiting to see if the problem goes away permanently. Bill 13:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)