Re: [WSG] layout problem

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 22:32:46 -0700

Using IE5 as your default browser for development is going to give you these headaches every time. Build to a Standards-compliant browser - Firefox is probably best if you're on a Mac - and *then* use the hacks you need for IE5, but only if you *really* need to. Good css shouldn't require much/many - if any.

BTW, a couple of points about your markup:
- Use margins/padding in your css to control paragraph spacing; all those <br /> tags are unnecessary.
- Your LH nav is a list of links - use a <ul> to mark it up. Again, you can control vertical spacing between the links with your css - which is much more flexible than locking the links into <p> tags.

See Russ Weakley's Listutorial <http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listutorial/> for everything you ever wanted to know about lists.

HTH

Nick
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On Saturday, Aug 7, 2004, at 02:38 Australia/Sydney, Barry Cranmer wrote:

        http://orderlyspaces.com/fri86.html   &    orderlyspaces.com/fri86.css


The page displays as I would like it to in IE 5.2 on my Mac (G4 running OS X 10.2.8), but does not work properly in Safari, Firefox, Opera or AOL's. browser on Mac.

The problem is that the content, beginning with the quote on the right overlaps the header in every browser I have available but IE. Mozilla on a PC yesterday had the same problem. (I don't have access to IE on a PC and have no idea yet what THAT mess might look like.)

The quote and the top item of the menu pretty much line up horizontally in IE (Mac) and that's how I hope to make it work cross-platform and cross-browser.

I'm new to css and I'm probably missing something simple or doing something completely backwards, but I'm stumped. I've tried using some suggested hacks and they have helped me get to this point, but I'm not sure I've got them right either.


I would appreciate any guidance anyone could offer.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!


Barry Cranmer 

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