Posted by Chaddy2222 on 12/06/07 14:44

On Dec 7, 1:20 am, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@centralva.net> wrote:
> Shelly wrote:
> > Here is the URL:
> >www.sheldonlg.com/test.html
>
> > In IE, the drop-down menu for "About Us" appears under the item. In FF it
> > is all the way to the left. Any clues?
>
> Okay Shelly, you have ask plethora of questions here, but when I look at
> your markup and stylesheet it is very obvious that you are not doing
> your homework. Web design is not pasta, "throw it against the wall and
> see if it sticks" is not method that will be fruitful. Why am I ragging
> on you know? Well when I see things like:
>
> * No doctype, If you in quirks mode all bets or off for browser
> presentation consistency
>
> * "position: middle;" ??? You made that up didn't you...
>
> * trying to use CSS yet peppering your markup with HTML presentational
> attributes
>
> * not validating your markup first, before trying to hunt down bugs...
>
> * lastly you don't need to surround your style elements in html
> comments. No one is using a browser that old.
>
> Do you self a favor and learn a little basics first, do the tutorials atwww.htmldog.com, go to the library and borrow a book, lurk in the NG and
> you will find plenty of your answers. Also design in Opera or Firefox
> not IE. Only tweak afterward to get IE on board (if tweaking is required)
>
I agree with what you say including the testing in Opera and FF first,
it's so much easier as well as you don't need to worry as much.
A note to the Op, look at: http://www.quirksmode.org
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesignonline.org

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