HTML Help

nomak3 · Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 1

hello im working on my bands page www.myspace.com/theoretics but im practing on www.myspace.com/unknownfew. my band has a show on april 9th so i feel like i need to hurry up and fix up the page a bit so we can start adding fans & etc. internet explorer seems to show the page well but on browsers like google chrome and firefox it does not. if you copy and paste www.myspace.com/unknownfew you'll see what im talking about. i was told that its not a good idea to code for only one browser becasue internet explorer allows sloppy coding. what should i do? can anyone help me with this issue? i'd really apreciate some help, i can post the coding if you like..

kanenas · Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 310

nomak3 wrote: hello im working on my bands page www.myspace.com/theoretics but im practing on www.myspace.com/unknownfew. my band has a show on april 9th so i feel like i need to hurry up and fix up the page a bit so we can start adding fans & etc. internet explorer seems to show the page well but on browsers like google chrome and firefox it does not. if you copy and paste www.myspace.com/unknownfew you'll see what im talking about.

I notice a large space before the content, which is caused by a "body {margin-top:775px;}" CSS rule. If there are any other problems, I can't tell because you didn't say what you want the page to look like. When asking for help, always describe what behavior you expect and what you get. Read How To Ask Questions The Smart Way for more information on what to include in a help request.

nomak3 wrote: i was told that its not a good idea to code for only one browser becasue internet explorer allows sloppy coding.

That's right. Don't code for any browser. Code to the standards (HTML or XHTML, CSS), then test in the most standards compliant browser you have, then test other browsers. Safari 3.1.2 currently tops the compliance list for release browsers (3.2.1 is better with score of 77%, but isn't on the list I linked to) while Safari 4β and Opera 9.0β both have 100% on the Acid3 test. Like Safari, Google Chrome is based on WebKit so should be just as good to test on. The Wikipedia article on Acid3 has more test results.

nomak3 wrote: what should i do? can anyone help me with this issue? i'd really apreciate some help, i can post the coding if you like..

It's generally a good idea to post a minimal test case. Posting all the code gives too much to wade through. Producing a minimal test case also helps you narrow down on the problematic code and often leads you to the solution on your own.

It's a good looking page, by the way. The one critique I have is that the opacity makes the content blend in to the background. There's no good fix for that, given how MySpace structures its pages.