Posted by JP. Baker on 07/24/06 08:50

In article <1153729622.420224.143610@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
TC <gg.20.keen4some@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
>C:\styles.css:
>
> .extlink {
> background: url(http://tc2.atspace.com/extlink.gif) no-repeat
>right middle;

right center;

> padding-right: 12px; }
>
>Questions:
>
>(1) Why does the DOCTYPE stop IE6 displaying the image?

Presumably it allows this bug in non-standards mode.

>(2) Why doesn't FF display the image at all?

Because it _should_ ignore the whole rule if there an error.

>(3) What should I do to resolve this, to enable local testing of the
>files on my hard disk?

Correct the CSS. In Firefox 1.5 the errors are shown in the Javascript
Console (Tools/ Javascript Console) - to be renamed Error Console in
Firefox 2 as it shows other errors.

John
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John P Baker

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