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Hi,
I opened my site for the first time in Firefox, as opposed to IE, and the
format was a bit out. Is this normal? Is there a way to get it to look the
same in different broswers?
Any tips will be helpful
Lisl
 
Just add it in code view.
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| thanks, no it doesn't validate - the first error is that there's no
doctype
| on the page
| can I add that with FP?
|
| "Murray" wrote:
|
| > Does your page validate here -
| >
| > http://validator.w3.org
| >
| > The most common reason for a difference between the two browsers is that
you
| > have used IE proprietary methods/code.
| >
| > --
| > Murray
| > --------------
| > MVP FrontPage
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi,
| > > I opened my site for the first time in Firefox, as opposed to IE, and
the
| > > format was a bit out. Is this normal? Is there a way to get it to look
the
| > > same in different broswers?
| > > Any tips will be helpful
| > > Lisl
| >
| >
| >
 
thanks very much for all the info
i assume I have to add the doctype to all the pages? not just the index?
in FP2003 there are 3 dt's to choose from, dt2, dt3, dt4 - what's the
difference and which one do I use?
thanks again
 
thanks, I chose that one but when I run my site at the validator it still
says error
I've found another dtd in this forum somewhere:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
Does this do the same as the FP doctype? should I stick to the FP dt, or use
this one instead? And why oh why is it still not validating?
 
That doctype is dt4.

Having a doctype does not prevent the validator from finding errors in your
code, nor will adding a doctype to a page that contains coding errors then
cause those errors to go away.

To get a page that validates, you need to have a valid and complete doctype,
*and* a page that is error free.

Can you post a link to your page? Someone here can help you fix it most
likely.
 
thanks very much,
www.thebabyhomepage.com


Murray said:
That doctype is dt4.

Having a doctype does not prevent the validator from finding errors in your
code, nor will adding a doctype to a page that contains coding errors then
cause those errors to go away.

To get a page that validates, you need to have a valid and complete doctype,
*and* a page that is error free.

Can you post a link to your page? Someone here can help you fix it most
likely.
Click to expand...
 
The doctype must be the first thing on the page - above <html>.

On your home page, you have -

<html>
<head>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

on your interior page, you have -

<html>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<head>

Then try your validation again.

Note - on both pages you say "for every 1,000 squares sold, we donate". You
donate what, exactly?
 
thanks soooo much for taking the time and trouble!
there are still some errors though, mostly to do with margin settings - i'm
not quite sure how to fix those
really appreciate all the help the last couple of days
lisl
 
there are still some errors though, mostly to do with margin settings -
i'm
not quite sure how to fix those
Click to expand...

I am. Get them out of your body tag, and set the page margins in CSS.

Change this -

<body marginwidth=".." marginheight=".." topmargin=".." leftmargin=".."....>

to this -

<body....>

and add this to your CSS -

body { margin: top right bottom left; }
(replacing the top right bottom left with the desired values WITH UNITS)
 
HI Murray, now I'm finally getting somewhere, but it's not perfect yet. I've
got a long way to go with CSS, which I've ignored up to now. Thanks again for
your help!! Much appreciated
Lisl
 
The examples are snippets from the existing pages, not demonstrations of how
it *should* be! 8)

It should be above <html>.
 
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