In message <cac+ykpukjccmzg7nacjt4klgaxed0x40hy+hzxyzyz5pbue...@mail.gmail.com>
Donald Christensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm have trouble with my website. Not all browsers can view it.
>
>
> Can anyone help me with this?
As member Lisa Israel said, you have not given us any website 'address' - but
after looking at recent postings, this is probably "sundialsforlearning.com"
I do not know whether you make your own website pages, or if you use designers
to do it for you - but a previous correspondent mentioned somebody named Craig
Cameron, and so THEY should be the first person to discuss this situation with.
If (as the message indicated) you already have a "W3C" Validator report, then
it should tell you exactly what is wrong, PLUS how to fix all of the errors.
However, if you want a "second opinion", then send the report to me and I will
take a look at it - but I am NOT offering to correct mistakes for you, because
that is something for you and/or the website designer to deal with between you.
By the way, if a designer is responsible, then they should not be charging any
more money to fix the pages - just because they did not use the correct "W3C"
standards in the first place, which competent designers will have known about.
That would be like a painter/decorator asking you to pay twice, if it is their
own mistake that they put wrong paint or wall-paper into your house. That is
why they should have appropriate insurance, to cover them for any such faults.
If your designer is maybe using software such as "HotMetal", or similar, then
be aware that such programs are notorious for making pages which do not comply
with the proper standards. It is also extremely embarrassing for "MicroSoft",
because some of their own software creates 'bad' pages - even though they were
in the 'Consortium' ("C" in "W3C", i.e. W3 = "www"), who got together to say
exactly what the standards should be. This goes back about 15 years, and was
an attempt to remove all the problems caused by "Browser Wars" at that time.
In other words, browsers (like "Internet Explorer" or "Netscape Navigator")
were always trying to 'outdo' their rivals, by introducing things that only
worked on their own software - but causing errors/crashes, for competitors.
The point is, though, that those standards exist for a good reason - and if
you choose to ignore them (which some designers do), this is at your peril.
Hoping this helps,
Dave Andersson.
>
> Dear Mr Christensen,
>
> Sorry for the slight delay in replying - but I had been checking why (as
> you had said), your new website works differently on various 'browsers'.
>
> Unfortunately, your web-designer (Craig Cameron) has not produced this in
> accordance with the internationally-agreed "W3C" standards for websites.
>
> Think of this as your web-designer being the 'Architect', plus the "W3C"
> standards being equivalent to the necessary 'Building Regulations' - and
> so if you do not follow them, then there is going to be serious trouble.
>
>
> If it helps, I have 'attached' an official report - which shows that you
> have 87 design errors on the opening page of your website alone, plus it
> might have even more within other areas (but I have not checked those).
>
> You can verify this for yourself, via the "W3C" validator - which is fast
> and free, plus showing your web-designer how to correct all his mistakes.
>
>
> The whole point of those 'standards', is to make sure your website would
> be seen correctly - no matter what type of computer or browser is being
> used, so I recommend that you contact Craig Cameron to ask why he has not
> created your website pages in the proper manner. Some designers may say
> that they cannot (or will not) comply with the "W3C" standards, in which
> case I suggest you find another designer who would do things correctly !
>
> Cheers
> Donald
> 0423 102 090
>
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