[Typo3] Blank space

[Stephen Page]

>> All I can say in my defence was that this was a standard Typo3  
>> template so if it is that badly coded, well, that is Typo3 to blame!

I thought I would be safe staying with their demo template to begin  
with, alas not.

I will delve deeper and as suggested do some reading up and create my  
own template.

Thanks

>
> This would be a good first place to check:
>
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.promopicker.com% 
> 2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1&verbose=1
>
> As is always the case when you've got html/css rendering problems, the
> cms is _totally irrelevant_ until _after_ you've identified what's
> wrong with the html document. First, you have to determine how the
> markup (most likely) and/or css in the Typo3 site differs from the
> html template you're implementing in Typo3.
>
> Once you've figured out what's wrong with the markup, it should be
> pretty easy to track down where the specific problem is with your
> Typo3 setup.
>
>
> -Christopher
>
>
> Asid from the fact that you are using almost any deprecated HTML  
> code that
> is imaginable you should know that there are at least 3(!) different
> appearances of clear.gif on top of your right frame. These images  
> have got
> different values for "height" and "vspace" that will sum up to the  
> 60px you
> mentioned.
>
> So find out, where this crap comes from and eliminate it.
>
>