[Hughv]

I think if I could figure that out, I wouldn't need any help.
I'll PM you.

[Hughv]

Here's a png of the folder list in the /web folder.
Let me know which ones you want.

[Hughv]

Just checking in to see if you've got any ideas.

[Fyzbo]

Do you have a ".htaccess" file? The code may be in there.

As a TEMPORARY fix you can add

#enter { display:none; }

to your css file. This will cause the browser to hide the overlay, but it will still be on the page. Keep looking for it's source.

[Hughv]

There are three css files: 01, global and lightbox. I added the line to each, and there's no change.
I have also:
Renamed the offending javascript
Commented out the javascript line
I can see these changes in the files on the server, but not in the page that's displayed.

And there's no change.

I don't see an htaccess file. Where would it be? (I think I looked everywhere).
I'm not a complete novice, and I find this very mysterious. Any help would be appreciated, and I might be able to liberate some $$$ from the site owner if necessary.
Thanks for your help so far.

[Fyzbo]

Originally Posted by Hughv

There are three css files: 01, global and lightbox. I added the line to each, and there's no change.
I have also:
Renamed the offending javascript
Commented out the javascript line
I can see these changes in the files on the server, but not in the page that's displayed.

And there's no change.

I don't see an htaccess file. Where would it be? (I think I looked everywhere).
I'm not a complete novice, and I find this very mysterious. Any help would be appreciated, and I might be able to liberate some $$$ from the site owner if necessary.
Thanks for your help so far.

Look in your global.css file for the section:
div#enter { background: #393b3a; color:#ccc; left:0; height:100%; margin: 0; padding:15% 0 40% 0; position:absolute; top:0; text-align:center; width:100%; }

Replace that with

div#enter { display:none; }

the .htaccess file is typically in the root of your website.

[Hughv]

There's no htaccess.
I'll try your style entry a little later.
Which style sheet should i use?

[Hughv]

No change when I modified the global.css file.

Here's the whole thing:
Global.css


/* Global
----------------------------------------------- */
body {background:url("stripe01.gif") repeat; font-size:100%; line-height:1.125em; margin:0; overflow-y:auto; padding:0;}

div#enter { display:none; }
div#enter h2 {color:#fff; font:normal 2em/1.5em Garamond, Georgia, serif; padding:0; margin:0;}
div#enter h2 span {border-left:1px solid #fffdec; font:bold .5em/2.3em Garamond, Georgia, serif; letter-spacing:.15em; margin:0 0 0 .6em; padding:.3em 0 .1em 1em; text-transform:uppercase;}
div#enter h3 {font:normal 1.5em/2em Garamond, Georgia, serif; padding:0; margin:0;}
div#enter h3 a { color: #888; text-decoration: none;}
div#enter h3 a:hover { color: #ccc;}
div#enter p { font:normal .8em/1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }


#box01 {background:#555756; width:100%; border-bottom:1px solid #adafae; border-top:1px solid #adafae; margin:1.2em 0 0; padding:0;}
#box01 h1 {background:#555756; display:block; font:normal 1.5em/1.5em Garamond, Georgia, serif; margin:0; padding:.65em 0 0 7%; position:relative; width:42%; }
#box01 h1 span {border-left:1px solid #fffdec; font:bold .5em/2.3em Garamond, Georgia, serif; letter-spacing:.15em; margin:0 0 0 .6em; padding:.3em 0 .1em 1em; text-transform:uppercase;}
#box01 h1 a {color:#fff; text-decoration:none;}
#box01 #navigation {float:right; margin:-2.4em 0 -.4em; padding:0 .6em 0 0; width:51%; }
#box01 #navigation ul {float:right; height:3.55em; margin:0 0 0 -1em; padding:0; width:100%}
#box01 #navigation ul li {background: url("bullet3.gif") left center no-repeat; display: inline; font:normal .7em/1.75em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0; padding: 0 2% 0 4%; }
#box01 #navigation ul li a, #box01 #navigation ul li a:visited {color:#cbc8c5; text-decoration:none;}
#box01 #navigation ul li a:hover {color:#fff; text-decoration:none;}
#box01 br {clear:both; height:1px; margin:0; padding:0;}

#box02 {background:url("stripe02.gif") top repeat-x; height:80px; margin:2.5em 5% .1em; overflow:hidden; position: relative; width:90%;}
#box02 div {clear:none; float:left; font:normal .65em/1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height:80px; margin:0 13px 0 0; width:60px;}
#box02 div a {background-position:0 0; background-repeat:no-repeat; color:#000; display:block; height:60px; padding:0; text-decoration:none; width:60px;}
#box02 div a:hover {background-position:-60px 0; background-repeat:no-repeat; color:#fff; text-decoration:none;}
#box02 div span {display:inline; height:2em; margin:-3px -50px 0 0; padding:60px 0 0; position:absolute; width:150px;}
div#icon01 {padding:0 0 0 35px;}
div#icon01 a {background:url("icon01.jpg") no-repeat;}
div#icon02 a {background:url("icon02.jpg") no-repeat;}
div#icon03 {margin:0 13px 0 50px;}
div#icon03 a {background:url("icon03.jpg") no-repeat;}
div#icon04 a {background:url("icon04.jpg") no-repeat;}
div#icon05 a {background:url("icon05.jpg") no-repeat;}
div#icon06 {margin:0 63px 0 0;}
div#icon06 a {background:url("icon06.jpg") no-repeat;}
div#icon03 {padding-right:150px;}
div#icon04 {margin:0 13px 0 -150px; padding-right:150px;}
div#icon05 {margin:0 13px 0 -150px; padding-right:150px;}
div#icon06 {padding-right:100px;}
div#icon07 {padding-right:200px;}
div#icon06 {margin:0 69px 0 -150px;}
div#icon07 {margin:0 0 0 -100px;}
div#icon07 a {background:url("icon07.jpg") no-repeat;}

#box03 {background:#686767; color:#ccc; margin:0 5% 2em 5%; position: relative; width:90%;}
#box03 div { margin:0 100px 0 0; padding:3.1em 0 2em 235px; }
#box03 div a {color:#ccc; text-decoration:underline;}
#box03 div a:hover {color:#e3d7db; text-decoration:none;}
#box03 div h2 {color:#ccc; font:normal 2em/1em Garamond, Georgia, serif; height:1.5em; margin:-.9em 0 -.5em; padding:0; }
#box03 div h3 {color:#ccc; font:normal 1.2em/1em Garamond, Georgia, serif; height:1.5em; margin:.5em 0 0; padding:0; }
#box03 div p, #box03 div li { font:normal .8em/1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
#box03 div dt {clear:left; float:left; margin:0; padding:0; text-indent:.5em; width:150px; }
#box03 div dd {float:left; text-indent:.5em; width:280px; }
#box03 div hr { clear:both; background-color: #686767; color: #686767; margin:1px; width:600px;}
#box03 object {display:block; float:right; margin:0 0 0 1em; padding:0;}
#box03 span { display:inline; float:left; font:normal .8em/1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:1.5em 0 0 -200px; padding:0; width:150px; }

div#slideshow { margin:0 5% 2em 5%; padding:0 0 0 45px; position:absolute; top:17.5em; width:150px; }


#box03 hr { border: 0; clear:both; background-color: #686767; color: #686767; margin:20px 0; width:1px;}
#box03 ul.diamondbullets {list-style-type:none; margin:0; padding:0;}
#box03 ul.diamondbullets li {background: url("bullet2.gif") left top no-repeat; margin-bottom:2em; text-indent:2em;}

#box03 div span#newsandlinks { border:1px solid #ccc; border-bottom:none; border-top:none; border-right:none; display:block; float:right; font:normal .9em/1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:-1.2em 1em 1em; padding:0 0 0 1em; width:150px; }
#box03 div span#newsandlinks h3 { font:normal 1.5em/1em Garamond, Georgia, serif; margin:0; padding:0; }
#box03 div span#newsandlinks h3 a { text-decoration:none; }
#box03 div span#newsandlinks p { margin:.5em 0 1em; padding:0; }

#newsandlinks ul.diamondbullets {list-style-type:none; position:relative; margin:0; padding:0;}
#newsandlinks ul.diamondbullets li {background: url("bullet2.gif") left top no-repeat; margin-bottom:1.5em; text-indent:1.5em;}
#newsandlinks ul.diamondbullets li a { color:#111; display:block; text-decoration:none; position:relative; width:150px; }
#newsandlinks ul.diamondbullets li a:hover { color:#ccc;}



#box03a {background:#686767; height:350px; margin:0 5% 3em; overflow-x:auto; overflow-y:hidden; position: relative; width:90%;}
#box03a div {margin:0 100px 0 0;padding:3.3em 0 0 93px; width:7450px;}
#box03a div div {display:block; float:left; font:normal .65em/1em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0 100px 0 0; padding:0; text-align:right; width:175px; }
#box03a div div span {display:block; fontblique 1.1em/1.3em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:-4px 0 3px; }
#box03a div div img {border:none; margin:0 0 .2em; padding:0;}
#box03a div a {color:#000; font:normal .9em/1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration:none;}
#box03 div a:hover, #box03a div a:hover {color:#e3d7db; text-decoration:none;}
#box03a div h2 {color:#ccc; font:normal 2em/2em Garamond, Georgia, serif; height:1.9em; margin:-1.5em 0 .3em; padding:0; }
#box03a div.portfolio div {padding-top:15px; width:150px;}

#box04 {background:#333; border-bottom:1px solid #adafae; border-top:1px solid #adafae; margin:2em 0 1em 0; padding:0; position:relative; text-align:center; width:100%;}
#box04 ul {display:block; float:right; margin:1em 0 1em 0; padding:0; width:100%}
#box04 ul li {background: url("bullet4.gif") left center no-repeat; display: inline; font:normal .7em/1.75em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0 -7px 0 0; padding: 0 2% 0 2%; }
#box04 ul li a, #box04 ul li a:visited {color:#686767; text-decoration:none;}
#box04 ul li a:hover {color:#ccc; text-decoration:none;}
#box04 br {clear:both; height:1px; margin:0; padding:0;}
#box04 ul li#icon01b {background:none; padding: 0 2%;}

p#webdesign { display:none; font:normal .1em Garamond, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; text-indent:-5000px; visibility:hidden;}
p#copyright { color:#666; font:bold .7em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:-2.5em 6em 0 0; padding:0; text-align:right; }
p.indent {padding:0 0 0 2em;}

span.sub {display:block; font:normal .75em/1em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding:0 0 3px; }
span.copyright {display:block; font:normal .6em/1em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding:0 0 10px; }

/* Scroller */

#box03 div #my-glider { margin:0; padding:0; }
#box03 div .controls { margin:.7em 0 1em; padding:0; }
#box03 div .controls a {color:#000; text-decoration:underline;}
#box03 div .controls a:hover {text-decoration:none;}
#box03 div div.scroller { margin:0; padding:0; overflow: hidden; }

#box03 div div.scroller div.section {
/* modify width and height of each section as needed (should match the size of the scroller window) */
overflow:hidden; float:left; padding:0; }
#box03 div div.scroller div.content { margin:0; padding:0; width: 10000px; }

#box03 div div.scroller div.section h3 {margin:1.5em 0 0; }

div#enter { display:none; }

[ehymel]

Originally Posted by Hughv

There's no htaccess.

Make sure you're searching for ".htaccess" (the . is important). This is probably obvious.

I'm not sure how a .htaccess would insert code at just the right spot, but I would love to learn that trick. Good thought.

Some things to try:

1. You told me by email that you tried commenting out the call to the protoculous.js javascript file, but that when you reload the page in the client web browser that the commenting does not appear. This suggests that either there is some page buffering happening, or the apache web server is not looking where you think it is for the web pages, or the DNS servers don't point to the server you think it should. Try stopping apache, then reload the page in the web browser. This should fail. Then restart apache and reload again. This should flush any page buffering. Make sure you are closing your browser window completely just to be sure. Also ping the server by domain name, and make sure it matches the ip address of the server you are working from. I get this:

# ping www.celiapearson.com
PING www.celiapearson.com (64.26.63.20) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from lsh207.chi.us.siteprotect.com (64.26.63.20): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=62.1 ms
64 bytes from lsh207.chi.us.siteprotect.com (64.26.63.20): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=68.0 ms
64 bytes from lsh207.chi.us.siteprotect.com (64.26.63.20): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=63.2 ms

Does that look right?

2. Verify that if you make any change to the pages that it gets reflected on the site. You can do fairly subtle changes that are easily reversible. If you can't see those changes in a web browser, then something else is going on (see #1 above).

3. Try making new a new directory on the server, manually copying needed files from the existing directory to the new one (to make sure you are getting only what you want), tell apache about the new directory, then restart apache. The files in the new directory should have the changes we have mentioned in previous posts to eliminate the extraneous code.

You've got me very curious as to what could be happening!

[Hughv]

1.I think you're right.
I have changed the name of the offending javascript (protocolous). I can see this change, and the other changes in the files on the server, but obviously not in the web site, so this site is not where I think it is.
2. See above.

[Hughv]

OK. She's using Deamweaver which has a Check in/Checkout (LCK) feature which apparently makes the files on the server read-only.
I don't understand why I can see the files I uploaded, but, apparently I need to make these changes from her computer.

[Hughv]

The page is fixed, using the changes to Global.css from fyzbo.
Many thanks.
I have no idea where the javascript is being generated.

[Fyzbo]

Originally Posted by Hughv

The page is fixed, using the changes to Global.css from fyzbo.
Many thanks.
I have no idea where the javascript is being generated.

So what did you change? It was not just the style changes as it removed the HTML from above the /body tag as well. Was it just a new version of the code that didn't include the splash page?

[Hughv]

Nope. Just the css code you gave me.

[Fyzbo]

Originally Posted by Hughv

Nope. Just the css code you gave me.

Something else definitely changed to remove the html. My guess is the copy on the server was out of sync with the local copy you had.