--- Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recently I have had trouble my site looking right in different browsers. > > And I have been reading about similar problems on so many different > groups I belong. Well, this morning on PCMech I read about this site > titled www.browsercam.com. What they do is, they take a screen shot of > your web page on different OS and different browsers so you can see how > it looks on platforms that you are not testing on. I have Mozilla, > Firefox, IE and Opera on XP but I dont have access to Linux or Mac to > test on.
Obviously, this is not really a php/mysql question, but a web design/html question, but I think it certainly bears answering since everyone who works with php needs to be concerned about html output at one point or another. Getting a site to "look right" (usually meaning "look the same") in different browsers has been a problem practically since WorldWideWeb and Viola. The most common cause of sites not looking the same in two different browsers is authors using non-standard code. The more you use W3C recommended code that is known to be implemented by browsers, the less trouble you will have with cross-browser compatibility. Obviously, using modern-day code will cause problems for older browsers.... sorta like making Word documents with Office 2003 and then distributing them to be viewed using Word 97. My recommendation is to take advantage of the membership you already have in various user groups online, and develop others if you need to. Develop standards-compliant code as best you can, and then request screen-shots and views from peers who use various browsers on various platforms. Commit yourself to doing the same for them, and all of you save $20. Michael Roush [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." -- Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com The php_mysql group is dedicated to learn more about the PHP/MySQL web database possibilities through group learning. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php_mysql/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
