designer wrote, On 01.01.2005 15:15: > I am 'playing' with some layers which sit on top of each other to create a > specific effect. I have converted the layers to CSS in the header (instead > of inline styling) and it works fine as HTML4.01 trans. it can be seen at > [1]. However, as soon as I make it strict, the positioning changes, as > shown in [2]. Both files validate OK, and so does the CSS, so why are they > not behaving properly? - It's probably staring at me, but I just can't see > it! Would any of you alert new year revellers take a look for me please?
Don't know exactly what's happening, but if the positioning changes occur only in Gecko-based Browsers (Firefox/Mozilla) I would look for differences between Mozilla's "almost standard mode" and "standard mode". Former one ist triggered by inserting a transitional doctype instead of a strict one. Good places to start further investigating seem to be: <http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/quirks/quirklist.html> <http://evolt.org/article/New_DOCTYPE_sniffing_in_upcoming_Mozilla_releases/1/32271/> HTH Susanne -- http://sujag.de - Webentwicklung und -beratung 10119 Berlin ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
