Hi guys, I'm new here. I started designing a few basic html + css websites a couple of weeks ago and have had a few problems. I design them in Notepad (hopefully switching to Dreamweaver soon) but they look different in Firefox and Windows. During the design I viewed the site in Firefox and it seemed fine but at the end in Windows it was all over the place!! How do I design for different browsers (firefox and windows)? Is there some code I have to put in which will detect the browser and make the alterations? Also I am going to buy a book to learn dreamweaver (MX 2004), any recommendations?? I find it easy learning from a book then any other online resources. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Darrell
There are a lot of problems with Internet Explorer 6 + 7, well not problems as such just bugs, not letting CSS display how it should or how you want it to! Firefox is more friendly when it comes to CSS and i think looking at some stats that i have read people are using Firefox and Geko based browsers more and more at least until Microsoft updates Internet Explorer to be more design friendly. There a lot of sites on the web for what they call browser hacks helping you to design for cross browsers especially IE. Google it and start from there, thats my advice anyway! Best of luck mate!
i used a book, called Macromedia Dreamweaver for windows and macintosh, by J.Tarin Towers. which i have found really good and user friendly for starting out, if you areplanning to get into dreamweaver
Since you're already coding your sites with Notepad, don't waste $400 on a glorified text editor (yes, that's what Dreamweaver really is). Since you like learning from books, I suggest you read Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML & CSS by Ian Lloyd. If you feel your HTML knowledge is up to snuff, but are lacking on CSS (or don't want to build your Web sites with layout tables), then HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition by Rachel Andrew & Dan Shafer will be right up your alley. I also have some tutorial posts here on Digital Point and SitePoint; feel free to look them up if you need examples (bear in mind some of them are out of date by my extremely bleeding-edge high standards).
Ah, the 'ol Firefox/IE design compatibility problem It's just about striking the perfect balance and discovering the code which will work on both, just keep at it, trial and error, and after a while you'll get them.
hey, i came across this article on about that might be of interest to you: webdesign.about.com/od/internetexplorer/a/aa082906.htm good luck
I deal with this alot, since they are the two most used browsers in my stats at least.. I would be happy to look at specific examples for you.