Re: A page with no tables, please take a look

> Your html has one teensy-weensy error -  on line 6 and 7 you have a
> <style></style> tag that doesn't contain anything.  It's not valid because
> it doesn't have the type=text/css attribute, but if it's not going to do
> anything you're best to get rid of it.

Thanks, Mike, I took that out - left over from when I was experimenting with
an inline style.


>
> The trick to designing a web page using CSS is NOT NOT NOT to design it
with
> Internet Exporer.  Design with a compliant browser such as Firefox, and
when
> you have it looking how you like it in Firefox, THEN and only then do you
> look at it in Internet Explorer, and apply the tweaks and hacks to make it
> look right in IE.  If you do it the other way around, you get all the
> inconsistencies of IE taking charge, and you spend your life trying to
fight
> them to make the page valid in a compliant browser.
>
> Start with the compliant one first, then work on it to make it look ok in
IE
> is the trick.


Great idea!  Thanks for this tip, very interesting....I would not have
thought of that, but I will have to go out and DL Firefox again.  I am still
reinstalling stuff after a computer crash a couple of months ago.


>
> But nice job.  Keep doing the table-less designs.  They're going to make
> your life much easier in the long run, and you'll develop much better web
> sites as a result.
>
>
> Cheers
> Mike Kear
> Windsor, NSW, Australia
> AFP Webworks
> http://afpwebworks.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]
On
> Behalf Of d a l e
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 October 2004 2:31 AM
> To: HWG Techniques
> Subject: A page with no tables, please take a look
>
> Hello, everyone,
>
> I have designed a page for the first time using all CSS - no tables!  I
> would appreciate it if some of you would take a look at the page.  I am
> curious as to how it looks on other browsers, resolutions, etc.  I have a
PC
> and I only have the latest versions of Netscape and IE.  I am also open to
> any suggestions/comments about the code itself, any ideas for
improvements,
> etc.
>
> In particular I had some problems with the height of the left column and
the
> body of the page in Netscape, as well as the width of the menu and the
left
> column, and had to set absolute values.  I used display:block to help set
> the height values, and I was wondering if anyone knew a good tutorial for
> the display attribute, or could explain it in layman's terms.
>
> The page is http://www.tapintohealing.com/judyindex.shtml.
>
> Thank you!
> dale
> www.asacredplace.net
> www.heartmusic.net
>
>
>

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