Daniel Hammond wrote: >> Daniel Hammond wrote: >> >>> On www.southpawbrothers.com, the top borders of the >>> >> navigation links >> >>> show up in Firefox (as they should), but they don't show up >>> >> in IE. Why? >> >>> Daniel Hammond >>> > > >> Probably a combination of things is causing that specific >> problem, but there are other issues too: >> Although your css is valid, the markup is not (always a good >> idea to validate before posting). >> - id's are unique, they can only be used once on a page (you >> have used #nav several times) >> - you have no doctype, consequently ie is in quirksmode, and >> rendering even among the compliant browsers may be different >> - you are using proprietary html in the table >> - and you are using i-frames (which complicates things a >> little) >> > > > I'm checking the validation of my markup, and it's telling me that there is > no attribute "height". As you can see on > www.southpawbrothers.com/index2.htm, if I remove the "height" tag from the > invisible table that encompasses all of the site's content, it obviously > moves everything to the top of the browser window. Is there a way, without > using "height", to keep the look (www.southpawbrothers.com/index.htm) that I > want, with the content centered vertically as well as horizontally in the > browser? > Yes. And you can use css to do it.You do not need a table as you have no tabular data. However, and this is important, I would /not/ recommend centering it vertically and horizontally, as that causes usability and accessibility problems.
A better option is to do a simple one or two column tableless layout and let the content determine its own height without restriction. > Also, how would I keep the "hover" action on the nav links as they are in > the ...index.htm file without using the div tags the way that I did? > By using the correct doctype (you'll have to stay with transitional if you continue with the i-frames, although you might consider eliminating them and using a different approach) with a tableless layout that has valid css and markup. > Another thing: what do you mean by proprietary html? > Run your file through Tidy Online (uncheck the output xhtml box before you do so) <http://infohound.net/tidy/> . Tidy will point out why the file is html proprietary. > Daniel Hammond > www.objectivedesigns.com > If you plan to continue to use a table, someone else will need to help you. I have never made a table. If you plan to continue to use i-frames, someone else will need to help you. Best, ~dL -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
