Posted by Bergamot on 01/02/07 21:51

Davido wrote:
>
> http://www.bitworksmusic.com/proto/BitWorks.html

The code is poor. You don't even have a DOCTYPE, so it triggers quirks
mode in all browsers, giving unpredictable results.

> It would be nice to know how to diagnose these issues as they arise.

Write better code. ;) And get rid of all nested tables.

If you don't already have some flavor of gecko (Firefox, Seamonkey or
Netscape 7+) then go download one now. Then install the web developer
extension. There are many helpful tools in there, among which is one to
outline various types of elements. Once you see where the positioned
elements are, the cause becomes fairly obvious. Correcting it is another
matter, but I'd suggest starting over and cleaning up the code.

Tip: don't use positioning unless you fully understand what it does and
the repercussions thereof. And validate your code to eliminate syntax
errors as a possible cause of rendering issues.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html
http://validator.w3.org/
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

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Berg

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