Hi, I'm very new to website design, just starting building my first site. My site is asbestos-claim.org.uk. I've managed to get most things with the layout working okay, but having issues with my footer-right section (About Us page links etc). In IE8, IE9, FF, Chrome, Safari and Opera the site looks fine, however in IE6 and IE7, the footer-right section appears under the centre content section, right under the "simply complete the online form on this page for a free assessment and callback. This is a completely free service." text. Sorry, not sure if this issue needs posting in the HTML or CSS forum! Thanks, Freeze.
Hi, Unfortunately browser statistics still show (up to April 2011) a userbase of 4.9% using IE7 and 2.5% using IE6 - worthwhile numbers especially when using paid advertising to drive traffic. Also, for the site in question, the age group would be very old - not the type to update their internet browsers if you know what I mean.
Im not sure what problems you are having with the footer... works for me. On a side note, you should put titles for your pages, it looks odd having Untiled Document in the browser tab. To do this edit the <title> tag in the <head> section of your HTML. Also, I noticed you dont have any meta tags (such as description and keywords) in your code. Adding these will improve your SEO. Hope this helps!!
Hi, thanks for the info, will do meta tags now. Initial issue now fixed (got help from another source) - Basically I am using floats for all the segments and IE6/7 wasn't clearing them until I placed all the segments above the footer into their own div.
Yeah, it's always super usefull to have a .clearfix { clear: both; } class in your css file that you can apply to a <br class="clearfix" /> before the </div> after floating anything. Most floats in html will not be added to the size of the parent element, and this fixes it.
On IE6 my site doesnt work, but how many people still use IE6 2% or less? I have site on Slovenian tourism and |Hotel doesnt wprk. Any sugestions?
Don't use IE6(it is worst to check the css)....IE7 will work better......use some other browsers....but there is some script to be included on the script to work fine in IE6...unfortunately i don't have it....please try it on google
You could do a browser detect script and let users know that your site is best viewed on IE7+ if they are using IE6 and then prompt them to upgrade their browser.