Re: [css-d] The browser problem

2005-06-10 Thread CSS

At 10/06/2005 21:33  (Friday), Cedar Pruitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I'm new to this list,


Welcome, Cedar

and to CSS, and I'd be grateful for any advice or feedback in solving my 
problem, which seems common but which I can't seem to fix nonetheless. 
I've been slowly making progress on my website, and finally have a running 
site I like that is resizable with the browser window.


But it only looks good in Internet Explorer, and I want it to look good, 
or at least functional, in Firefox, and I can't understand why it doesn't.


A good start would be to make sure that your HTML and CSS validate.  My 
first observations were that your HTML doesn't have a DOCTYPE declaration, 
and lacks an (opening)  tag.  You don't specify any character 
encoding either.
You have style information (which belongs in the style sheet) mixed in with 
the HTML, and in your CSS, you have the following (in the 'From Erik' section:


A:link { color: #66; text-decoration: none; font-style: strong;}

This isn't valid CSS

In Firefox, I'd like there to be spaces between the boxes, and I'd also 
like them to align on some level. More importantly, the content on FireFox 
runs off the side of the content box, so it's unreadable. That is a 
problem I absolutely need to fix.


My advice would be to have a good look through your code and correct any 
existing *errors* before you try to look at making things universal.  You 
may find that things improve significantly once you've ironed out the problems


Again, I thank everyone here in advance for tolerating a potentially 
boring/naive question. I wouldn't ask if I hadn't spent the last few weeks 
trying to reach a resolution on my own...with no success!


No, not boring or naive...  It sometimes takes a fresh pair of eyes to see 
a problem ;-)  That's what lists are for



WBW
John M.


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[css-d] The browser problem

2005-06-10 Thread Cedar Pruitt
I'm new to this list, and to CSS, and I'd be grateful for any advice or 
feedback in solving my problem, which seems common but which I can't seem to 
fix nonetheless. I've been slowly making progress on my website, and finally 
have a running site I like that is resizable with the browser window. 
 
But it only looks good in Internet Explorer, and I want it to look good, or at 
least functional, in Firefox, and I can't understand why it doesn't.
 
I've read many web resources on this and I've borrowed CSS from all over. My 
"CSS for Dummies" tells me it's time to make it only accessible to IE users. 
But this can't be right. And something I'm doing translates very differently in 
IE vs. Firefox. Is there anyone out there who could look at my site & CSS in 
each browser and tell me if there's a solution?
http://www.mediakid.org/
 
In Firefox, I'd like there to be spaces between the boxes, and I'd also like 
them to align on some level. More importantly, the content on FireFox runs off 
the side of the content box, so it's unreadable. That is a problem I absolutely 
need to fix.
 
Again, I thank everyone here in advance for tolerating a potentially 
boring/naive question. I wouldn't ask if I hadn't spent the last few weeks 
trying to reach a resolution on my own...with no success!
 
Many thanks,
Cedar
 


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