Marlene Yogerst wrote: > I have been working on my website since spring. > > http://www.roughandreadydesigns.com/test_site/talitha/index.html > http://www.roughandreadydesigns.com/test_site/talitha/main.css > > > marlene >
Marlene, It can be, and often is, frustrating. But that's the name of the game, and sticking with it always wins. Your site is not working in any of my browsers including Firefox. You have the approach right -- coding to compliant browsers. But you've forgotten two things: make /frequent/ checks from the very beginning in IE 6 & 7; and you are mixing floats with absolute positing-- a combination doomed to failure. It will go better if you only use floats. There is no need for any absolute positioning (ap) in such a simple structure; but, if there were such a need, it is best not to use ap for the structure proper. With a float structure, the software (browsers) will lay things out for you, if you allow them to. The first goal is to start very simple, striving for readability, usability, and cross-browser compatibility. The bells, whistles, and things that glow in the dark are put on the back burner. Code to and follow this testing sequence for each and every element you add and things will go better: 1/ Code to Opera and Firefox follows suit 2/ Immediately verify in IE7 and IE6. 3/ Stress test at +2 font-scaling in the Gecko's and at text-size "largest" in both IE6 an IE 7. 4/ Avoid ap as though it is a plague. This is a very simple text test page that may help get things started: <http://www.chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/gem.html> Best, ~dL -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
