Re: Need help from Mac users

I am fond of using the W3C css validator: 
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator-text.html.

In addition, I'd recommend taking a look at a resource I've found 
very useful, a css "master compatibility chart": 
http://www.webreview.com/style/css1/charts/mastergrid.shtml.  It may 
not be totally up-to-date, but I like the way the information is 
organized, and I've been able to identify the source of a number of 
css problems fairly quickly using this chart.

By the way, both http://www.units.ohio-state.edu/ and 
http://www.units.ohio-state.edu/stepbystep.html look just fine on IE 
5.1 for mac (at least on my machine), so it may be that only some 
versions of IE for mac are creating a problem (or maybe you've 
changed both pages by now?).

Maureen


>Well, I've tracked down the problem (the one where my pages are showing up
>for everyone except Mac users on IE), and it's a weird one. I haven't fixed
>it yet, but at least I know where to look.
>
>After trying all of your suggestions and everything else I could think of,
>I started fresh with a new template, and added in stuff from the site's
>template until documents based on that template quit working. Lo and
>behold, when I linked to the cascading stylesheet, it quit working. (I'm
>borrowing a Mac from the guy across the hall, so you can imagine how much
>fun I'm having, making changes, uploading, running across the hall,
>refreshing IE on his Mac, running back, making another change, running back
>to his office, and so on, and so on.)
>
>My test document is at:
>
>      http://www.units.ohio-state.edu/stepbystep.html
>
>It is created from a template identical to my original template in every
>way, except it is now linked to a stylesheet. It should show up for
>everyone, including Mac users on IE, but, as you can see, without the
>stylesheet, it doesn't look too good.
>
>So now I need to go through all the elements in my stylesheet one by one,
>and see which one is causing the problem.
>
>Does anyone know of a stylesheet validator? I'm about to go look on the W3C
>site and see if they have one, but if anyone has one that they use, I'd
>appreciate it.
>
>Thanks for all of your help and suggestions.
>
>Diane (I love my job I love my job I love my job I love my job . . . )
>------------------------------------------------------
>Diane Fulton, Webmaster
>UNITS, The Ohio State University
>(614) 688-8569
>http://www.units.ohio-state.edu
>webmaster(at)units.ohio-state.edu

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