"DeMoN_LaG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Daf wrote:
> > "Garth Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >>"Daf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >>>Hi-
> >>>I recently downloaded and installed Mozilla 9.02 to use as a check for
> >>>
> > my
> >
> >>>webpages- I like to check my pages in all browsers.
> >>>I am very new to Mozilla.
> >>>Would someone look at this test page and tell me if they can see why
> >>>
> >>Mozilla
> >>
> >>>is unhappy with this table?
> >>>http://www.ktbb.com/bgtest6.html
> >>>It works in all the other browsers (Opera, IE, and Netscape 4x and
6.01)
> >>>I can't figure out what's up with Mozilla.
> >>>
> >>Wel, it says it's XHTML Transitional 1.0, but it doesn't
> >>validate as such. It also uses tables nested three deep,
> >>and a "background" element on table cells (there is no
> >>such attribute in XHTML 1.0)
> >>
> >>The W3C validator results (plus the source and the parse
> >>tree):
> >>
> >>
> >
<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktbb.com%2Fbgtest6.html&;
> >
> >>doctype=Inline&ss=&sp=>
> >>
> >>I have to wonder why it uses nested tables so much...it
> >>uses CSS for most of the styling, just not positioning.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Truth is, Garth, I'm just not very good at web design yet. I have to use
> > nested tables to get things where I want them. I'm just now getting to
where
> > I'm almost comfortable with using CSS for styling but haven't delved
into
> > the positioning part of it yet.
> > I realize that it doesn't validate because of the background and height
> > attributes and I thought I was just going to have to deal with it to get
the
> > design I want.
> > But all that aside- I'm still wondering why Mozilla has the big hiccup
over
> > that table. Does it not like nesting?
> > How is the CSS support with Mozilla?
> > Anyway- thanks for the comments- I'll start looking into positioning
with
> > CSS
> > Thanks
> You missed it. You are telling Mozilla "Look at me, I'm XHTML 1.0!",
> and it's really not. That is why it's rendering your tables
> incorrectly. You have to either go all the way and truly make it XHTML
> 1.0, or don't call it XHTML 1.0, as that confuses Mozilla.
>
Ahhhh- I see...
Thanks!
Daf
