Page Scaling issue in IE7

AlanO · Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Hi there,

I am relatively new to the webpage design world, and I have a problem that I was hoping someone within the forums here might be able to help me correct.

Pasted below is the URL of the mainpage, which was created using Dreamweaver 8:

www.girlsbrigadeirl.ie.

Using IE8 (my usual browser) and Firefox, it seems the page scales when minimised, such that the main banner (banner29) and the right-hand column (Latest Photos) are always visible.

However when viewed within IE7, which is still to my knowledge the default browser of many people, the page does not resize. This results in the right-hand column (Latest Photos) being off-screen, and requires the user to scroll to the right to view this column.

All pages designed withint he site having been designed from a template page carry the same rescaling issue.

I have tried to use the meta compatability tag below to correct the issue, but alas to no avail:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

All suggestions would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks,

Alan Ó Maonaigh

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2311

More than likely it's because of nested tables that have no start tag and possibly incorrect image links.
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AlanO · Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Thanks for that reply.

I ran the validator and noted a series of errors along these lines:

Error: required attribute alt not specified (very common)
Error: end tag for p omitted; end tags are required in XML for non-empty elements; empty elements require an end tag or the start tag must end with />

I will get on to updating these errors later today.

Thanks once more sticks.