# Some page layouts messed up in Firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107 "2008-10-22T19:33:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107/1 "2008-10-22T19:33:14Z")
My sister may have accidentally changed some settings when she was on my computer this weekend, or maybe an update cocked something up, I don’t know. All I know is my Washington Post homepage now looks like [this](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/geobabe1/0002p9hz.jpg) when it should look like [this](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/geobabe1/0002k0x7.jpg)–strangely, when I click on article links, those pages look fine. Wikipedia also looks wrong, with all the links that should be in the sidebar showing up down at the bottom, so it’s something wrong with how it’s handling columns or whatever is supposed to be making it look right. Anybody got any idea what might be going on and how to fix it? I’m using Firefox 3.0.3 with the following add-ons (and I know a couple of these were updated within the last couple days but damned if I can remember which ones): Adblock Plus AVG Safe Search BugMeNot Download Statusbar El Jay Icon Maker Forecastfox Gmail Manager Greasemonkey IE View Plain Text to Link Session Manager Stop Autoplay Tab Mix Plus ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107/2 "2008-10-22T20:09:04Z")
Seems like CSS is turned off. I would disable Greasemonkey and see if that helps (you can easily disable and enable add-ons). ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107/3 "2008-10-22T20:11:52Z")
Judging from the first screenshot, it looks like the problem may be stylesheet related. That type of problem can contribute to weird layouts, much like the one you’re seeing. (For example: in the first screenshot, notice the “Search” text, next to the search box, and compare it with the same text in the second screenshot. It looks like this text is not getting properly styled.) The first thing I would suggest trying is loading a non-cached version of the page, by holding down the SHIFT key and refreshing the page. This forces the browser to get the latest copies of all stylesheets referenced by the page (as well as images, etc.). If that doesn’t fix the problem, then I’d guess something else is tripping the styles up. (Maybe an addon, or maybe something else… we’ll see if the cache clearing works first, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107/4 "2008-10-22T20:15:36Z")
> [@LilShieste](#): > > The first thing I would suggest trying is loading a non-cached version of the page, by holding down the SHIFT key and refreshing the page. This forces the browser to get the latest copies of all stylesheets referenced by the page (as well as images, etc.). Whew, that did the trick. I feel a little silly for not thinking of that myself, but the goofy layout persisted through a bunch of refreshes, so it didn’t occur to me. I’m glad it turned out to be a simple fix; thanks! ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107/5 "2008-10-22T20:26:19Z")
> [@Geobabe](#): > > I’m glad it turned out to be a simple fix; thanks! Me too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107/6 "2008-10-24T10:01:32Z")
Why aren’t you running NoScript? I consider that, along with AdBlock, the most important FireFox add-ons. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-page-layouts-messed-up-in-firefox/469107/7 "2008-10-24T14:25:42Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Why aren’t you running NoScript? > > I consider that, along with AdBlock, the most important FireFox add-ons. I tried it, but found it to be more of an annoyance than it was worth for me, given the number of sites that require scripts of some kind to work. I’ve never had a single problem from not having it.