Need some help

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by shirsc2, Apr 12, 2006.

  1. #1
    I can't figure out what's going on with my website so I need your help if possible. In Internet Explorer, I can't copy (highlight) the text on my website. This is causing some problems. In FireFox, it works perfect.

    I want to add a search feature to my site. When I added it, in IE, I can't even highlight the search box to type in it or change the search term. Thus making the search box useless in IE.

    It's really frustrating and I can't figure it out. All help would be greatly appreciated. My site is BlueTomorrow.com, done using Mambo CMS
     
    shirsc2, Apr 12, 2006 IP
  2. Dejavu

    Dejavu Peon

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    #2
    You have links in your html, but never closed them
    Near the top of your code:
    <a name="top" id="top"</a> (should be closed, like <a name="top" id="top"></a>)

    also the 'read more' links are not closed.
     
    Dejavu, Apr 12, 2006 IP
  3. kk5st

    kk5st Prominent Member

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    #3
    Before going any further, you need to do two things:
    1. Remove the xml prolog/declaration. That puts IE into quirks mode where it does not follow the rules properly—not that it does anyway, but in standards mode, it comes closer.
    2. Validate your markup. You have 131 html errors. There is no way that any debugging can have the expected results when the markup is invalid.
    cheers,

    gary
     
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  4. shirsc2

    shirsc2 Peon

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    thanks, i never noticed them. Fixed those two errors.

    Still can't figure out the highlight problem
     
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    Where's the search box? Cant see it.
    Otherwise, all looks fine on a Safari browser.
     
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  6. shirsc2

    shirsc2 Peon

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    the search box is not up since most of my visitors use IE so it would just cause frustation and a negative experience for my site. I don't want to lose visitors because of this. I'm getting frustrated trying to figure this out
     
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    kk5st Prominent Member

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    You still have these errors to fix.

    cheers,

    gary
     
    kk5st, Apr 12, 2006 IP