cross browser compatibility issue..please help me out of this..thanks

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Hi,

When i code a web page in XHTML, CSS, it works fine on mozilla, opera & google chrome, but gets distorted on internet explorer. Can you please suggest if i should use some specific coding technique, so that it remains stable on all browsers.
Also can someone please suggest "is it a good practice to use position tags: absolute or relative should be used?".

thanks,
rohit

Oct 21 '08 #1

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numberwhun

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Can you show us the code you have and explain what is going wrong?

Regards,

Jeff

Oct 21 '08 #2

David Laakso

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A couple of reference sites for coping with known issues in various versions of Internet Explorer.
on having layout
position is everything

Using float structured layouts that are known to work cross-browser (even in the IE browsers), is always a safe bet. Here are some:
465 berrea street-- 2 col tutorial
ala-- negative margin layouts
layout gala -- 40 layouts

Generally speaking absolute positioning, if needed at all, is best left to positioning small elements within float based layouts. The use of relative positioning depends on the need (s) at hand. In addition to its many other uses, it is employed in conjunction with absolute positioning to acheive stacking order context; and, is sometimes used as a "magic bullet" hack for issues related to IE browsers.

Answers to the use of any and all positioning schemes, including absolute and relative, are best sought in the CSS 2.1 Specifications .

Oct 21 '08 #3

gabosom

I just want to note, it's not bad practice to come up with CSS hacks for IE. It is definitely NOT recommended to do so, but if by ANY reason you have no choice but hacks, well, you can do it.

For your particular issue, can you show us the code?

Oct 22 '08 #4

drhowarddrfine

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Just further evidence of the incompetence that is the IE browser. You may be doing nothing wrong at all.

Oct 22 '08 #5

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thanks a lot for ur suggestions i'll definatily work on it.

stay in touch i'll shortly send my html and css codes.

Oct 22 '08 #6

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head>

<title>demo</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ss1.css">
</head>

<body>

<div id="maincontainer">
<div id="container1">
<img src="image1.jpg" class="i1" />
<ul class="link1">
<li><a href="#">Accessibility</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Site Map</a></li>
<li class="last"><a href="#">Blog</a></li>
</ul>

<div id="container2">
<ul class="link2">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Print</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Exhibition</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Web Design</a></li>
<li class="last1"><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<img src="image2.jpg" class="i2" />
<img src="image7.jpg" class="i3" />

<div id="container3">
<ul class="link3">.................................... ................
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>............................................... .....
<li><a href="#">Design</a></li>............................................... .....
<li><a href="#">Print</a></li>............................................... .....
</ul>

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<img src="image3.jpg" class="i4" />
<img src="image4.jpg" class="i5" />

</div>

<div id="container4">
<p class="para1">| Leamington Spa Warwickshire :</p>
<p class="para2">The result fo time and commitment, when the whole package comes together!<br>
Without it your image may as well be in the dark!</p>
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<p class="para7">Web Design</p>

<p class="para8">Graphic Design</p>
<p class="para9">Exhibition</p>
<ul type="none" class="link4">
<li><a href="#">Leaminton Spa</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Affordable</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Packages</a></li>
</ul>
<ul type="none" class="link5">

<li><a href="#">Quality</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Warwickshire</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Development</a></li>

</ul>

<ul type="none" class="link6">
<li><a href="#">Projection</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Achievment</a></li>
<li><a href="#">coventry</a></li>

</ul>
<div id="im1">
<img src="image5.jpg" />
</div>
<div id="im2">
<img src="image5.jpg" />
</div>
<div id="im3">
<img src="image5.jpg" />
</div>
<div id="im4">
<img src="image6.jpg" class="i6" />
</div>
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</div>

<div id="container5">
<div id="container6">
</div>
<p class="para13">8 Cashmore Avenue, <span class="para14">Leamington Spa,Warwickshire,</span> CV31 3EU | Phone:01926 775098</p></div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

Nov 5 '08 #7

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#maincontainer {
width: 800px;
height: 1070px;
margin: 0px ;
background-color:white;border:1px solid black;
margin: auto;

}
#container1 {
width: 800px;
height: 180px;
background-color:#99cc33;
margin: auto;

}
#container1 .i1 {
margin:20px 0 0 30px;}
#container1 .link1 {
text-align:right;
margin:-85px 0 0 0;
}
#container1 .link1 li {

display:inline;
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
border-right:1px solid white;
padding:0 12px 0 5px;
}
#container1 .link1 .last {
border-right:none;}
#container1 .link1 a {
color:white;
text-decoration:none;
}
#container1 .link1 a:hover {
color:black;
}
#container2 {
width:800px;
height:50px;
margin:100px 0 0 0;
background:#333333;
}
#container2 .link2 {
text-align:right;
padding:16px 0 0 0;
}

#container2 .link2 li {

display:inline;
font-size:13px;
font-weight:bold;
border-right:1px solid white;
padding:16px 25px 16px 25px;
background:#333333;

}

#container2 .link2 .last1 {
border-right:none;}
#container2 .link2 a {
color:white;
text-decoration:none;
}
#container2 .link2 a:hover {
color:#99cc99;
}
.i2 {
width:700px;
height:100px;
float:left;
background:url(images/image2.jpg) no-repeat top left;
margin:25px 0 0 45px; }

.i3 {
width:250px;
height:50px;
float:left;
background:url(images/image7.jpg) no-repeat top left;
margin:20px 0 0 11px; }

#container3 {
width:250px;
height:550px;
margin:130px 0 0 10px;}

#container3 .link3 li {

font-size:15px;
font-weight:bold;
padding:0 0 2px 10px;
margin:-2px 0 -8px -15px;

}

#container3 .link3 a {
color:green;
text-decoration:none;
}
#container3 .link3 a:hover {
color:#99cc99;
}

#container3 .para1 {
margin:20px 0 0 10px;
font-size:22px;
color:green;

}
#container3 .para2 {
margin:20px 0 0 10px;
font-size:15px;
color:black;

}
#container3 .mletter {color:green;}

.i4 {
width:60px;
height:50px;
float:left;
background:url(images/image3.jpg) no-repeat top left;
margin:-140px 0 0 150px; }

.i5 {
width:120px;
height:100px;
float:left;
background:url(images/image4.jpg) no-repeat top left;
margin:15px 0 0 55px; }

#container4 {
width:520px;
height:650px;
float:right;
margin:-540px 13px 0 0;
}

.para1 {
margin:0 0 0 0;
font-size:28px;
color:green;}
.para2 {
margin:8px 0 0 0;
font-size:16px;}
.para3 {
margin:10px 0 0 0;
font-size:16px;}
.para4 {
margin:15px 0 0 0;
font-size:16px;}
.para5 {color:green;}
.para6 {
margin:30px 0 0 0;
font-size:24px;
color:green;}
.para7 {
margin:20px 0 0 0;
font-size:18px;}
.para8 {
margin:-20px 0 0 160px;
font-size:18px;}

.para9 {
margin:-20px 0 0 360px;
font-size:18px;}
.link4 {
margin:15px 0 0 -10px;}

.link4 a {text-decoration:none;
color:black;}

.link5 {
margin:-60px 0 0 150px;}

.link5 a {
text-decoration:none;
color:black;}
.link6 {
margin:-60px 0 0 350px;}
.link6 a {
text-decoration:none;
color:black;}

#im1 {
margin:-60px 0 0 1px;}
#im2 {
margin:-74px 0 0 160px;}
#im3 {
margin:-69px 0 0 360px;}
#im4 .i6 {
width:515px;
height:120px;
margin:30px 0 0 0;
background:url(images/image6.jpg) no-repeat top left;}
.para10 {
margin:30px 0 0 0;
font-size:16px;
}
.para11,.para12 {color:green;}

#container5 .para13 {
font-size:15px;
color:gray;
text-align:center;
margin:12px 0 0 0;}
.para14 {color:green;}

#container5 {
width:800px;
height:60px;
margin:150px 0 0 0;
background:#333333;
}
#container6 {
width:800px;
height:25px;
margin:-1px 0 0 0;
background:#99cc33;
}

Nov 5 '08 #8

David Laakso

397

Expert 256MB

1/ Include the width and height of all images in the markup.

2/ Run the markup through Tidy Online . Tidy will replace your doctype with a doctype that Internet Explorer can understand; and Tidy will correct many of the numerous other markup errors.

3/ Manually correct the remaining markup errors Tidy has not fixed.

4/ Validate the markup and CSS with the w3c Validation Service.

5/ Put the valid page, images, and valid CSS on a public server and provide only a clickable link to it in your post. Anyone on earth can then view the markup and open the CSS file. No need to cut and paste 9 yards of markup and CSS to the forum-- which essentially is impossible to help you with without images in place.

6/ State your Operating System, browsers, browser versions, and the issues you you have in each of them in your post.

Nov 5 '08 #9

drhowarddrfine

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Expert 4TB

xhtml version 1.1 is only to be served as application/xml+xhtml but I'm sure you are not. Change your doctype to 1.0

Nov 5 '08 #10

David Laakso

397

Expert 256MB

xhtml version 1.1 is only to be served as application/xml+xhtml but I'm sure you are not. Change your doctype to 1.0

Or use what Tidy assigns-- transitional. Or leave what you got: 1.1 (and someone on this end will straighten it out). Either way, validate the markup and the css. And provide the images-- otherwise, I regret to say, a fix for whatever it is that is the issue you are having is unlikely (at least from me). Without the images the page is a meaning less ball of confusion-- no images, no layout structure...

Nov 5 '08 #11

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