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Ff/ie compatibility issues driving me insane

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by cscott5288, Mar 1, 2010.

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    OK, so I have been tweaking a new web design for hours trying to get everything myopically perfect in IE, FF and Chrome. I am down to the two last issues and it is driving me INSANE!

    Here is my page:
    http://www.news-string.com/index12.html.html

    In IE, my header menu (which is a ul) is not flush against the container. It's find in chrome and FF but no matter what I do I can't get it flush with IE! There is no padding, margin around the UL so I just can't understand why it would not be flush. I even tried float:lefting it but no luck. There was a space between the UL and the container div.

    My other issue is a bit smaller. On the bottom, my "test one two three," "test one two three" are simple dividers with a border around them. For some reason, in IE, I only get right and left borders but no borders on top. Why?!! WHY MICROSOFT WHY???

    SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME AS I AM AT MY WITS END HERE AND MY BACK IS KILLING ME FROM SITTING HERE ALL DAY TRYING TO GET THESE TWO ISSUES FIXED! THANKS :).
     
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    drhowarddrfine Peon

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    I don't know if I've said this to you before but:

    1) There is no such thing as IE vs FF vs any other browser compatibility issues. There are only IE vs standards and the modern world issues. Never look to IE as a reference for how things should work.

    2) You will never get IE to attempt to perform like all the other far more modern browsers without a doctype! Put this on your first line and see where we stand:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
     
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    cscott5288 Active Member

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    LOL, I take it you are not a fan of IE.

    I inserted the doctype and wallah! No problems in the pagination div or the header menu. Thanks! I guess I should have known doctype has an effect of styles/mark-up ...
     
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    Of course not. No web developer who knows what he's doing is. IE is the worst browser on the planet. Known, provable and verifiable.
     
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