Hi Ryan, This is a common problem, (Flash of Unstyled Content) with plenty of cures.
Check this out: http://www.bluerobot.com/web/css/fouc.asp Prabhath Sirisena www.vesess.com On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:34:17 +1100, Ryan Sabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Its great that more and more people are fully laying out their sites using > CSS, but I'm often seeing the problem where the HTML loads before the CSS, > leaving a second or so where you can see the raw structure of the site > before it gets the stylesheet applied. For example: > > http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/raw/2005/index.php > > (Not a site I have anything to do with BTW, just one I came across tonight) > > This is a fairly simple site, and the developer has done well to build it > using CSS, but when I view it using Internet Explorer I'm seeing the raw > HTML for about a second before the CSS gets loaded. This can be confusing to > the end user, as it almost looks like you are being redirected through > another page. > > On the machine I'm on right now I don't have any other browsers to try it > on, but does this problem happen with other browsers? Is there a way to > avoid it when the site is browsed using IE? > > thanks, bye! > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************