Bug 225042

Summary:	Floating text container buttons overlap/obscure elements on the FreeBSD homepage
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Stefan B. <sblachmann>
Component:	Website	Assignee:	Graham Perrin <grahamperrin>
Status:	Closed DUPLICATE
Severity:	Affects Many People	CC:	grahamperrin, han_get_su02, sblachmann
Priority:	---
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Stefan B. 2018-01-10 09:55:19 UTC

Floating containers are being used on the FreeBSD homepage.
There need to be made some provision that text wraps around them.
They overlap/obscure other elements like download links.

Please see the Forums for detailed bug description and some analysis.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/64030/

Comment 1 Trihexagonal 2018-01-30 20:29:18 UTC

I have provided XHTML markup in the aforementioned thread that prevent the New To FreeBSD? button from overlapping the production download links: 

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/64030/

I demonstrate it with screenshots of it in action and supply the markup used as a fix. All that is really needed is to use the XHTML width factor with the existing freebsd.org CSS code.

I also provide alternative CSS code for buttons that adjust in height and width to scale down in proportion as the screen size shrinks, and the XHTML to get the site to scale down correctly.

Comment 2 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer

2022-12-06 15:53:34 UTC

I began drafting a new bug report (it would have been a duplicate of this) ...

> 13.1 obscured by the huge, grey 'New to FreeBSD?' button at the 
> home page

iOS, iPad, landscape.

The word is completely obscured in Firefox, partially obscured in Safari.

(I don't know how to take screenshots on this iPad.)

Workaround: rotate the iPad.

Side-effect of workaround: an even uglier page (much more is partially hidden).

I suggest:

* remove the button

* add a shortcut.

Comment 3 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer

2023-05-17 21:03:53 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 221209 ***