I suggest you go to this web site: http://www.w3schools.com/
Start with a Strict doctype (I prefer xhtml). Learn xhtml. Learn CSS. Use external files for CSS and JavaScript. Don't use font tags. I think the above will be helpful to you. Peter Mount Web Development for Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.petermount.com > Doreen Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > first problem > I have not been able to see my web page in vista or IE 7 although it > works fine in I.E. 6. My present operating system is windows 2000. > > The doctype which I used was as follows. > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > > > This is a part of my coding. > <link rel="stylesheet" href="newindex.css" style type="text/css" /> > > > I put the page through the validator. There are a number of errors. > One of them is as follows: > Line 28, character 50: > ....t" href="newindex.css" style type="text/css" /> > Error: style is not a member of a group specified for any attribute > > Could someone please tell me what this means. > > second problem > I changed the doctype to: > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > > and I think that it is working in IE7 but maybe changing the doctype > was not the right thing to do. > > I am fairly new at coding and would be very grateful for any help. > > Doreen Cowan > http://home.cogeco.ca/~doreencowan/ > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/