It’s amazing how just one simple omission can screw up so many things on a web site!

Apparently, some time during the last week or so (I’m not sure exactly), I inadvertently omitted a closing tag (</span>) for the “Support Our Heroes” badge I’d added to the sidebar. One little omission, but it really made a mess of the way this site displayed using Internet Explorer. I didn’t notice it because I was posting all week from a Mac using Firefox which displayed it just fine. But today I was posting from a PC using IE7 and noticed all sorts of irregular rendering and behavior. I spent all afternoon trying to isolate the problem before seeking the help of Crista, my able service administrator, who identified the problem in just a few minutes!

Of course, I had altered so much code trying to fix the problem before Crista stepped in that it took me another 20 minutes just to put it all back together again! There are still a few things I need to tweak, but I’m happy to report that we’re again running on all cylinders.

Of course, should you discover anything that doesn’t work or look right, please let me know…