Bug or User Problem

I have just recently started using WordPress. I imported my old posts and comments from “Blogger” in accordance with Word Press instructions. Everything seemed to import satisfactorily. However…..

I noticed that when going into the archived post menu for a given ‘month’ that when entering some months, after the page opened the “header graphic” would be off center about half-inch to the left of the rest of the page graphics while the “footer graphic” would be off center about half-inch to the right of the page graphics. Finally after an exercise in ‘process of elimination’ I actually determined that it was certain posts within the group which were exhibiting this behavior. Except for a few select posts, the remaining posts would function properly meaning the page graphics would align just as they should.

After some time I finally discovered that some of the HTML code was a bit screwy. Implying that when these posts were imported some of the code got affected some how or another. In the posts that had the graphic shift problem I would find a code, for example, that should have been “</div>” and had apparently been changed somehow to “<div />” (that is a blank space between the ‘v’ and the hash mark by the way). It was always just one code of one type or another. Once I found the screwy code and deleted it, the graphics on the page would align properly and everything would be fine.

Now, I am a novice when it comes to using HTML code so please understand that if it ain’t “WYSIWYG” – I will probably give you a blank stare if anyone offers to “deep” an explanation. ??

Perhaps others have experienced this? And like I said, I don’t have a clue if this is a user problem or perhaps a bit of a bug?

Thanks….Alan