Morning David You wrote;
> Hey one and all, forgive me if I sound ignorant or even stupid, but I > have been looking into fixed header and footer positioning with the aim > of creating a 3 column layout with needless to say fixed headers and > footers and in a few of the examples I have looked at the code refers to > IE and "quirks mode". Can somebody explain what this means and does it > affect positioning in Firefox? > Here are a few links that should explain the differences between Quirks Mode and Standards Mode and how different browsers handle them. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_mode [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnie60/html/cssenhancements.asp [3] http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/ [4] http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla's_DOCTYPE_sniffing and saving the best for last [5] http://gutfeldt.ch/matthias/articles/doctypeswitch.html hth Jim Nannery www.redfernenterprises.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/
