Question

When I upgrade my Sep04 wiki or install a new install of 4.0.4 the left side bar is always shifted down a page length. I've tried this in firefox and IE and I just don't know enough to go tweak the template. I'm using the default views on the new install.

Environment

-- TWikiGuest - 18 Aug 2006

Answer

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.

Check if you have copied/installed the new PatternSkin css files in pub/TWiki/PatternSkin.

-- ArthurClemens - 18 Aug 2006

Also shift-reload a page to refresh the style-sheets. You get sometimes weird results if you mix old and new style-sheets.

-- PeterThoeny - 19 Aug 2006

I had this problem after upgrading from 4.0.1 to 4.0.4. Then I did a completely fresh install of 4.0.4 and the same thing happens. Here is a link to the fresh install of 404 on my Dreamhost account:

http://pj.freefaculty.org/t404/bin/view.pl/

-- PaulJohnson - 24 Aug 2006

The solution is: default TWiki install on Unix/Linux gives the wrong permissions to css and icon files in the public directory. After making all of those files world readable, then the items are positioned properly. I tested this with both an upgrade from 4.0.1 to 4.0.4 as well as a completely fresh install. Same thing happened. Individual files need read permissions added for the other/world users.

-- PaulJohnson - 24 Aug 2006