Back in December, there was a post '.. Make the gaps stop' by 'cdxrevvved' where some suggestions about validation were given. I validate my pages using Homesite and thought I would try http://validator.w3.org as suggested in that post.
I got the a few minor errors regarding 'alt' in my image tags which were easily fixed but I got two additional errors that I am unable to resolve.
1.
<body marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"> which was suggested by Zach Elfers that I've been using for a long time.
Stefan responded with.....
Now we can rip out that proprietary crapcode you just added (marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0")
and suggested the use of..
body {margin:0;}
But this does not work in NS4xx. Is there a 'valid' fix other than don't use NS4xx, upgrade?
2.
I use the following in-line script to insert a date on numerous pages ('today' is derived in an external script)
1. That should really be body {margin:0px} and users of version 4 browsers do need to upgrade. However, said users - and users in general - really don't give a south end of a north bound rat about your margins.
2. It sounds like there might be something else going on, but try the following:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write('<div class="date">'+today+'<\/div>');
//-->
</script>
And note that using the LANGUAGE attribute with the SCRIPT element will put Netscape in a special standards non-compliant mode. Said attribute was depricated for a reason and unless you're using some legacy DTD the validator ought to flag that.
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Thanks Charles. The <\/div> solved the second part. It's possible that the <div class="date"> was not considered a valid opening <div> tag!
users of version 4 browsers do need to upgrade. However, said users - and users in general - really don't give a south end of a north bound rat about your margins.
Here's why (I think) I need to zero the margins.
I'm using a 'repeat-x' background image at the top of my page which needs (I want) to go up against the edge. I then match other images over the top of this. So the position of these images is important. In addition, on other pages, I use 'position:absolute' (required if using DHTML in NS4xx) to position other image-type effects that need to match over existing images.
If I do not zero the margins, the images do not position correctly. Also the 'default' margin in NS4xx seems to vary depending
on screen size so I cannot use the defaults as a starting point. Does that make sense??
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