Site Check and Help with minor problem

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Site Check and Help with minor problem

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Hey guys I just finished my new site:

http://sunbeamers.com

I have one minor problem that I know of. The tag line in the banner of http://sunbeamers.com/default.php doesn't wrap properly in smaller resolutions and on resizing. If any one has a solution, please share...

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I'd chop half the height off the top of the header, but with that VERY minor nitpick, I gotta say, FANTASTIC site.

Lovely design, compliant code, easy navigation.. Love it.

Its even got an upbeat message!

I don't experience the problems you are reporting on the footer in Firefox-1.07.
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Thanks for the compliment Roja.

I have thought about decreasing the size of the header graphics too.

The resize problem I'm having is with the "warming the souls of millions, one sunbeam at a time" tag line. On lower resolutions or window resizing the thing gets pushed into the content area. IE wraps it. But other browsers do not. I don't know how to fix this issue to make the tag line wrap.
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neophyte wrote: The resize problem I'm having is with the "warming the souls of millions, one sunbeam at a time" tag line. On lower resolutions or window resizing the thing gets pushed into the content area. IE wraps it. But other browsers do not. I don't know how to fix this issue to make the tag line wrap.
Ah. Now I see it. It does happen on FF as well. Not sure how to change the structure to prevent that. :(
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Hi. very very nice design.

I'd suggest trying to give it an absolute position. (relatively to the top left)

By the way, what're the sunbeamers?
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Very nice job. :)
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pilau wrote:By the way, what're the sunbeamers?
It's a reference to a Christian childrens song entitled "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam." Interestingly enough, I think Nirvana's MTV unplugged cd has their version of it but I admit I've never heard it before.

Google results for Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

Otherwise it's a reference to the creators of the site the "sunbeam network".
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Hey guys I was able to solve the the wrap issue in the header. I put the left image into a division tag. Changed the strapline class into a division and gave it a left margin. That coupled with setting a min-width in the body tag fixed the wrap issue.
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i noticed that when i go to http://sunbeamers.com/about.php the left navigation is abit too narrow and Read Poem and Contact Us doesnt fit on the one line and goes to a second. besides that nice site.
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Can you tell me more about your platform:

Operating System, Browser and version number, Screen Resolution

I'm not seeing it on any of my systems or browsers.
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