Can Some Geek Please Tell Me How ...

[Michelle]

... to line up the Adsense Ads on the left of my blog header perfectly underneath the other things? I am out of ideas ...

A Singer's Life by Michelle Bennett: Essential Knowledge for the Intelligent Singer

[Minsc]

I can't see them because I blocked them and they won't get unblocked for some reason...

But you could make the site faster:

http://static.flickr.com/23/25822676_789bf55448_t.jpg should be a grayscale jpeg if it isn't.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...g76/button.jpg should probably be a gif or png since it only has two colors.

http://www.asingerslife.ch/april12007.bmp should definately be a jpg, or at least a png. (it's 3 megabytes right now)

You should scale april12007.bmp down to 300x435 which are the dimensions specified on your page.

[Akashic_Librarian]

Starting a topic called "Can some Geek please tell me..." is hardly the best way to get people to listen to you

[Michelle]

Those are great tips, Minsc. Thank you so much for having a look.

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by Akashic_Librarian

Starting a topic called "Can some Geek please tell me..." is hardly the best way to get people to listen to you

Why? What is wrong with it?

[Caveman Joe]

It's a bit of a funny term. Some people take the word "Geek" as an insult, some others take it as a complement. Either way, it should be used with care.

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by Caveman Joe

It's a bit of a funny term. Some people take the word "Geek" as an insult, some others take it as a complement. Either way, it should be used with care.

I haven't heard someone use the word "geek" with a negative connotation since the 5th grade. Don't grown-up geeks tend to relish their geekdom as something wonderful, positive, fun and quirky? Anyway, I am not sorry for using the word and I am still thankful for any help.

[Dharma]

I'm confused... The three horizontal ads right under the menu bar? The left column looks pretty lined up.

Yeah I'm a geek.

[Michelle]

Pete! Don't you see that the ads are slightly further to the left than the title, etc?

Please tell me I am not imagining things :-)

[Erki]

I'm not familiar with blog softwares so I don't know if you can modify the html or only css.

Anyway, this should be the adblock then:
<ul>
<li>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8236305657817661";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
google_ad_type = "text";
google_ad_channel = "";
google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
google_color_link = "000000";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "000000";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></li></ul>

I'd make the <ul> into <ul id="googleads"> and make some changes in the css sheet then:
#googleads { padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 40px; list-style: none; }
#googleads li { margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; float: left; display: block; }
I'm not sure about the position, float and display: block things though, if it's wrong then please tell and teach me.

I don't know if this would solve the problem. I just hope.

[Michelle]

Erki, I love you.

[Caveman Joe]

@Michelle - I personally tend to take "Geek" as a complement, but it depends on who's saying it.
Just sayin'.

[Michelle]

I understand, Caveman. And I meant it in the best, lovingest, kindest way.

[Erki]

Originally Posted by Michelle

Erki, I love you.