Re: Linking stylesheets in netscape question...

Brian,
if you check out the official DTD of HTML 4.0 , you will find that the LINK
element does not have a SRC attribute! So Netscape is 100% wrong, but what
else is new!!

frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Liz <Liz(at)schreiber.lakeheadu.ca>
To: Brian A. Lunergan <blunergan(at)cyberus.ca>
Cc: HWG CSS Style List <hwg-style(at)hwg.org>; HWG HTML Basics List
<hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: Linking stylesheets in netscape question...


> Hi Brian,
> Perhaps this link will help
>
http://developer.netscape.com:80/docs/manuals/communicator/dynhtml/jss34.htm
> :-)
> Liz Boutilier
>
> "Brian A. Lunergan" wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks...
> >
> > It's me again. I think maybe I didn't explain myself clearly before.
> >
> > In my own coding to date I have used what appears to be the proper HREF
> > attribute. HOWEVER, on Netscape's own DevEdge Online HTML docs page it
> > describes the proper link for an external stylesheet as being:
> >
> > <!-- link to an external style sheet -->
> > <LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" SRC="styles/style1">
> >
> > The link is:
> >
> > http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/htmlguid/index.htm
> >
> > If you feel you want to check out my source.
> >
> > Ran my pages through bobby testing for Netscape 4.0 and 4.5. Both report
> > HREF as an unknown element error in the link tag.
> >
> > Is Bobby right or wrong? Are Netscape's developer pages right or wrong?
Did
> > Netscape finally accept the W3C standard for editions later than 4.5?
Does
> > Netscape see an external style sheet referenced with <LINK HREF="?"> or
not?
> > Is Netscape still playing compatibility games and trying to be the
standard
> > setter itself?
> >
> > Neither confused or annoyed, I am just puzzled. I would like my site to
be
> > seen as I planned, prepared and hoped it would be seen. But I am rapidly
> > coming to the conclusion that certain things about this whole question
make
> > me want to throw up my hands in disgust and say:
> >
> > "I have done the best I can to sort out and deal with the differences.
My
> > apologies to Netscape users. If you can enjoy my pages as I have
designed
> > them, great. If not, tough cookies."
> >
> > Thoughts, opinions and/or working examples as welcome as I can make
them.
> >
> > Brian Lunergan
> > Nepean, ON  Canada
> > E-mail: blunergan(at)cyberus.ca
> > Personal Website: http://www.cyberus.ca/~blunergan/
>

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