Thanks Charles. I will look at that. Todd
-----Original Message----- From: Galatek Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Help with web page Personally i use the 4.01 transitional / Loose for the CSS and DHTML coding I do, I havent done much with XML / XHTML doctypes as there isnt much benefit with most of the work I do. if you are not using XHTML, then it would probably benefit you to move your doctype to <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> otherwise your doctype works fine and should validate as long as you stick to conventional wisdom Todd Richards wrote: >Yeah, I'm finding that out - the hard way. What doctype are people >using that you find is the best to work with? Mine is as follows: > ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" >"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> > >Thanks, > >Todd > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Galatek Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:45 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Help with web page > >forgot to say something else: > >FireFox will display things that other browsers will gasp at, usually >in "QUIRKS MODE", many websites that look fine on firefox will not only >fail W3C validation, but will look crazy on different browsers. if you >use standardized CSS / HTML it should show up the exact same across the >browsers >- I had the same sort of problems designing my work website ( >www.eurosourceantiques.com ) until I settled into using CSS / DHTML to >position things and ended up finally meeting basic W3C standards ( for >401//TRANSITIONAL ) > >Charles R King > >Todd Richards wrote: > > > >>Hi Everyone - >> >>I'm having two particular problems with a site that I am doing. While >>the site is not live, I set up a sample site so you could have a >>better idea of what is going on. Only a few pages are live on this >>site - home, bands, contact. >> >>On the left hand side I have a menu that looks fine on some pages, but >>when the main content stretches, it slides down the page with it - >>leaving a gap at the top of the menu. >> >>Example: home page is fine without content, but the "local bands" >>page has the problem. >> >>I gritted my teeth and added a clear.gif file at the end of the menu >>to help push things back to the top. It did work but I can't sleep at >>night thinking that is my fix. On the bands page, for instance, I >>have a huge .gif file at the end to help with the fill. I changed the >>number so you could see the gap at the top. >> >>I've also noticed that on Firefox my menu is fine, but on IE it >>stretches right. Thoughts? >> >>I've looked at this so many times before that I know I'm missing something. >>If anyone would have a chance to look at it and give suggestions - for >>a fix but not necessarily the site as it is still being worked on - I >>would very much appreciate it! If there is anything else that you >>need to see please let me know. >> >>http://sample.omahabars.com >> >>Thanks, >> >>Todd >> >>Todd Richards >>Omaha, NE USA >> >> >> >> >> >> >>____ . 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