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resolution
09-02-2004, 12:20 PM
Alright, I'm building a site for a client and have tested it from mac to pc, handling all diff. screen sizes. Here's the problem. When my client pulls the site up on her computer I get ugly table breaks on the homepage. Yet on my computers, and all the setting are the same, everything is fine. I thought that maybe she was using an old ver. of ie, or that maybe she didn't have the fonts, or maybe she had the setting so text would be enlarged... but none of this is true. For example, using ie v6 at a resolution of 1024 by 768 everything thing is exactly the way it should be on mine. Yet when looking at it from her end, same exact settings, the font blows to hell. It becomes huge, making the site look like crap. I realize there will always be some sort of issue somewhere, and that's just how it is, but why the inconsistencies with the exact same computer settings...? the site is http://www.vailsoccer.com any insight would be well appreciated.
ray326
09-02-2004, 02:00 PM
Problem #1 is you don't have a valid doctype so every browser will render the page in quirks mode. Put in a good doctype, validate the HTML and go from there.
resolution
09-02-2004, 03:15 PM
So I found three valid doctypes from a list apart. They offer strict, transitional, and frameset. I'm assuming these refer to what kind of site you have built? How do I know which one to use between strict and trans? thanks for the help regardless.
DaveSW
09-02-2004, 03:20 PM
if you're sure you have good valid code then go strict. From what you've said though (tables for layout etc) I think you need transitional.
DaveSW
09-02-2004, 03:22 PM
you should also consider using css to control your font sizes, link mouseovers etc. You might even wish to move your layout to css.
try www.w3schools.com if you want to learn css.
toicontien
09-03-2004, 10:03 PM
I've had issues with the same browser and version, but different operating systems. Try adding this to the <body> tag: style="font-size: 1em;"
spufi
09-04-2004, 12:47 AM
Originally posted by DaveSW
if you're sure you have good valid code then go strict. From what you've said though (tables for layout etc) I think you need transitional.
I want to point out that one can make a valid site using a Strict Doctype and a table based layout. Granted if a person is doing a table based layout, then they are most likely using things that will make a Strict page not valid. It doesn't have to be that way though.
DaveSW
09-04-2004, 08:43 AM
Ofcourse, but a quick glance at the code will show you that it won't validate in strict mode, as evidenced here: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vailsoccer.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+4.01+Strict&verbose=1 (using a doctype override).
Also something about the post told me it wouldn't validate strict. I'm not sure what exactly. I just knew!