text and photos not displaying correctly

[Alani]

Hello... Does anybody know why this might be happening? I have a fairly simple website and am using Pro. The site worked fine with Text and photos (text under photos and beside photos). Then, after I added more text, photos and buttons to the bottom, the top of the page containing the text and photos went crazy in the way it displayed - text displaying in a different size - bigger or smaller, text pushed photos off kilter, text moved around, etc. It is strange that it was working at first. Any help would be appreciated... Thanks

[Chris M]

Did this happen after you published the site, but looks fine if you preview directly from Xara?

If so, you need to clear your browser cache CTRL+F5 for a desktop, somewhere in the browser settings on a mobile, usually under Privacy.

[Alani]

Did this happen after you published the site, but looks fine if you preview directly from Xara?

If so, you need to clear your browser cache CTRL+F5 for a desktop, somewhere in the browser settings on a mobile, usually under Privacy.

thank you for responding... yes, it does display correctly in the xara preview, and I have repeatedly cleared my cache because I have uploaded numerous fixes to the server and each time I clear my cache. The site worked perfectly at first. It is a simple site, not complex, with a few words and a few photos and two pages. The buttons worked fine. I added some things a few times and it still worked fine. Then I added a few small photos at the bottom and two new (inactive) buttons (two active buttons at the bottom were working fine) and then it all went haywire. The text at the top of the page changed color (black to white in some cases), size (some to very big, some to very small), and position (even going off the website to the right. The text also displaced the position of my photos. I have uploaded several tries, even starting from scratch, and, most recently, I just put in the title and small bits of text and one photo that are at the top of the site to try to see where it went wrong. And now even these are distorted and displaced. Thank you for your help...

[Acorn]

thank you for responding... yes, it does display correctly in the xara preview, and I have repeatedly cleared my cache because I have uploaded numerous fixes to the server and each time I clear my cache. The site worked perfectly at first. It is a simple site, not complex, with a few words and a few photos and two pages. The buttons worked fine. I added some things a few times and it still worked fine. Then I added a few small photos at the bottom and two new (inactive) buttons (two active buttons at the bottom were working fine) and then it all went haywire. The text at the top of the page changed color (black to white in some cases), size (some to very big, some to very small), and position (even going off the website to the right. The text also displaced the position of my photos. I have uploaded several tries, even starting from scratch, and, most recently, I just put in the title and small bits of text and one photo that are at the top of the site to try to see where it went wrong. And now even these are distorted and displaced. Thank you for your help...

This sounds like caching server-side. If you use Cloudflare, it has a Dev Mode that purges the server cache otherwise you have to wait until all the edge severs receive the changed files.

Acorn

[Alani]

This sounds like caching server-side. If you use Cloudflare, it has a Dev Mode that purges the server cache otherwise you have to wait until all the edge severs receive the changed files.

Acorn

hmm... yes, interesting... I will look into this... thank you...

[TheeeDragon]

I had similar issues -
to bypass any cache issues
I renamed the xar file, saved to a new folder in my PC
and uploaded to a dummy folder on the server
hence was NO previous cache
and I STILL had issues
ie looks ok on preview but not in the browser or when uploaded
I had done the same as you - many copies/paste from other pagers or other xar, etc
seems my issues were layer related
eg I would paste a photo or text - and it would not appear
so I would paste it again
then find it and arrange? move to 'top layer' and would appear
then slide into a location on the page I wanted
but I think the underlying version would still cause formatting issues
most often trying to have a photo push the surrounding text - it would be all goofy
^^ this was all before I became better at understanding layers (still learning)
*eg paster broad, page, mouseOff moueseOver etc
as I got better (still a rookie here) - I found duplicate items everywhere in the wrong layers

I also found many empty text areas
seams as when you make a text area or text line
and then click elsewhere (as in done making text in that location)
it makes a new text area where you clicked and that was also upsetting the formatting/item spacing

hope the above helps
sorry if it seems rambling - but it is as I recalled
(I am just an occasional user)