[GLLUG] Off Topic - Please, HTML/CSS problem, any help?

[Dan Ryan]

Of course, that would be my ideal solution.

Unfortunately we live in a world where people are not informed of  
better options and use inferior browsers.   I have always thought  
about putting up splash pages saying "Oy!  Your browsers stinks!  Get  
a new one and come back later!"   Instead of just telling 75% of my  
visitors to kindly "shove off"  I prefer to add a link to  
getfirefox.com in hopes someone might be enlightened.

Regards,
Dan Ryan

On Mar 6, 2007, at 4:04 PM, Caleb Cushing wrote:

> I like my idea better. give them an error. even if everything displays
> right give them an error. it is the M$ way to do things after all.
>
> On 3/6/07, Dan Ryan <thethinkbox at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Oh man will you kick yourself when I tell you what was causing the  
>> problem.
>>
>> In your menu class
>>
>>  .menu {font-family: georgia; width:530; height:30px; text- 
>> align:center;
>> position:relative; font-size:14px;
>> left:50%;margin-left:-265px;background:#fff;z-index:100;}
>>
>> you omitted the px for width.  While Firefox is smart enough to  
>> assume you
>> meant px, IE won't touch it.  I can't even begin to recall how  
>> many hours
>> I've spent debugging a page and it was something as simple as this.
>>
>> BTW, I do web design for a living, so if you need any help learning
>> HTML/CSS/etc.  hit me up.  I know my fair share of this stuff.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dan Ryan
>>
>>
>> On Mar 6, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Benjamin Cathey wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I have a page which I wrote using a gedit.  It works fine in  
>> Firefox and IE6
>> but in IE7 it doesn't work. The page is www.brokenpoet.org
>>
>> I tested the page using:
>>
>> http://validator.w3.org/ (for html 4.01)
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://www.websiteoptimization.com/
>>
>> Both pages show the site is fine.
>>
>> It took me forever to get it to function the way I wanted while  
>> keeping it
>> simple and quick.  I used code (as you will see) from sources on  
>> the net.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.  I am self taught and don't really  
>> know that
>> much about webpage design (other than using Dreamweaver.)  I  
>> wanted to write
>> this one from scratch in a text editor for the 'purity' of it.
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>>
>> Benjamin Cathey
>> System Administrator
>> Cathey Company
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