Basically, when an input tag is surrounded by a fieldset tag which is surrounded by a containing tag such as a div with a left margin, the input tag inherits the margin defined in the containing div. Here’s an example of what I mean:

If you try this in IE you’ll see that the file input box inherits the 50px margin. Very odd indeed!

Anyway, after a quick browse on the web I found the solution (and the cause of the problem):

Simply surround your input fields with a containing div (don’t use a p tag if it’s within a form tag as it will break page validation) and set the margin of that div to 0.

It’s an odd feeling, this blogging business, especially when you know few (or no) people are even reading the thing. Still, we all know the importance of a blog these days so here I am writing my first post.

Anyway, the new website has had a whole host of changes and improvements, most notably the overall look-and-feel, which has been left wanting for quite some time now. There’s a great deal more information available the services the business provides and its past clients – mostly folk like myself, struggling to make a little place for themselves in the world. If I were to be honest (which I am… always… honest), there are a great deal more pages making space for new information, with that information neatly printed in my head. I really must set some time aside so that I finish the damn thing!

OK, that’s enough for now. I don’t want to overdo it on my first post…