[RESOLVED] FF good IE bad

[GoverNment]

working on a website jsut for fun, they text coordinates with the back ground image fine in FIRE FOX but when i switch to IE7 idk why but the text isnt where it should be??

www.diberadin.com/dp.htm

if you take a look and see why i'd appriciate it :) thanks alot!

[tracknut]

I would always start by validating your code at http://validator.w3.org/

It won't guarantee that everything looks the same across browsers, but it's a good start!

Dave

[GoverNment]

thanks, but it says it's perfect...

[tracknut]

That's curious, it tells me you have 14 errors - click here (http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diberadin.com%2Fdp.htm&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0)

[GoverNment]

it says i have 8 warnings? but no errors? ill check out ur link! thanks alot

[GoverNment]

hey thanks im checking it out now =P so how do i fix these errors?

[GoverNment]

wait a minute im using CSS nothing xhtml? or is that the same?

[tracknut]

Your DOCTYPE says you're using xhtml, so the validator is going to validate against that. If you don't want to use XHTML (ie, if you prefer HTML) then you should use an HTML doctype. But you've got a blend of code here, which isn't correct.

Most of the errors have a ton of description as to what they are - if you have trouble with any of them specifically, just post them up here and hopefully someone can decypher it for you.

The biggest issue you have as far as I can tell is your usage of "fp-style". I have no idea what that is, it fails validation, and it seems to be right in the area where you're having your alignment issue.

Dave

[GoverNment]

thanks, how do i change my doctype to CSS or html ?

[GoverNment]

oh, and that FP STYLE is the Frontpage style for buttons? i used there interactive.javascript buttons i guess they make mistakes to?

[tracknut]

thanks, how do i change my doctype to CSS or html ?
The various HTML doctypes can be seen at http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_DOCTYPE.asp

I use the "strict" doctype when I'm making a new page, but you might also try the transitional one to see how it works.

As far as FrontPage, yeah it makes plenty of mistakes. You're going to want to see if you can get help on the FrontPage forum on that one.

Dave

[GoverNment]

The various HTML doctypes can be seen at http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_DOCTYPE.asp

I use the "strict" doctype when I'm making a new page, but you might also try the transitional one to see how it works.

As far as FrontPage, yeah it makes plenty of mistakes. You're going to want to see if you can get help on the FrontPage forum on that one.

Dave


thanks for all your help dave! i now learned something new and will make a future reference =D