I'm really struggling with a page that looks great in Firefox and Chrome, but looks like absolute crap in IE.
I am clearly missing something, but I am not extremely familiar with the compatibility issues between browsers when it comes to CSS. Can anyone give me a tip?
Page with the issue.
the index page looks fine! which really is throwing me for a loop...
Thanks in advance
Your page has no doctype, so IE is falling back to quirks mode.
Try adding this above the html tag:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
First of all this is a malformed HTML <head> <body> </head> <body>, make it <html> <head> <scripts .../></head> <body> </body></html>. This will make your second page look like first one.
I added an XHTML DTD to fix the center alignment
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">. This will make your first page also look more like chrome and Firefox.
Finally you are using HTML5 tags <header> and <nav>. HTML5 is not fully supported in IE, firefox chrome supports it partially. I would rather be skeptical in using them now or at least test in all browsers. Although I see you have added one js for simulating HTML5 in IE. Put that js before body. But its interesting how it simulates HTML5 :).
Are you using a CSS reset? This is the CSS reset I'm using: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ but there are other variations that are useful too.
Will help fix most browser incompatibility issues. ;)
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I've been spinning my head for 2 days trying to find out why my site looks so messy in IE8, and 9. It looks fine in Chrome and Firefox. I need help, I can't find the CSS issue...
http://tytonsound.com/ is the web site.
In IE, there's some scripts that aren't being noticed. (Like the nav bar). In addition, the nav bar is off center, and shifts down a little.
Please let me know if you notice anything that would be causing the site to be off center.
You're missing a doctype which is causing IE to render your site in Quirks Mode.
If you're using any HTML5 you should place <!doctype html> at the top of your file (make sure nothing precedes this, not even white space) otherwise use an XHTML or HTML 4 doctype.
You are lacking !DOCTYPE element before your html tag (IE is very picky about this)
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#dtds
Look through the different types for xhtml and decide which fits your needs.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html ...>
...
My website is not rendering properly in IE browser and in other browsers like chrome, safari and firefox it displays fine. I am not sure if any div has a problem or is it the style sheet.
Below is the url for which I am talking about:
http://unyforme.com/demo/
Not sure what is causing the bad layout in IE.
Please advise if any one finds a clue and/or point out some thing for me?
Your DOCTYPE must must must be the first line, or IE renders in quirks mode.
Remove everything before:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
Also, to make the site load significantly quicker, move all your javascript to the bottom, just before the end of your body tag.
The page not working in IE8 is http://gainntrain.com/shopping/index.php
It IS working chrome and firefox...
This page loads from CubeCart, but the page I edited to alter the skin http://gainntrain.com/shopping/skins/KitaBlue/styleTemplates/global/index.tpl
That page has the same problem in IE8
The thing I don't understand is that the same header works fine on other pages of the site in IE8
Changed the <header> and <nav> tags to divs with classes using the styles that the tags had and that seems to be handling it just fine so thanks for the answers!
Look at
Validator
and
Jigsaw
Notice that the only errors in Jigsaw are CSS3 rules.
I would suggest looking at the HTML because of this line in Validator's analysis of your page
Line 11, Column 107: end tag for "link" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
…="http://www.gainntrain.com/site/css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
✉
You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".
It looks like your document is using HTML5 features but is using an older doctype declaration. I would suggest changing:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
to:
<!doctype html>
<html>
That is as long as it doesn't break the site. :]
Try an online HTML validator on the output, like this one. If you choose the right validator, it's likely to be able to pick out the sticky bits that work better in some browsers than others. Sifting through code by hand to find a solution like this is difficult and time-consuming.
It's just insane, I've made soo many websites and still it seems every time IE7 and IE8 behave differently every time!!
I'm working on a friends website: Class One
Except I can't seem to get my head around why IE7 and 8 seem to be adding in extra spacing. The positioning of the text overlay div on the jquery slider is off a few pixels and wont cover the full width and the inner div float left content just looks way off, why wont it meet the float right, the maths is right!
I would normally attach code if I knew the problem area but It would be an awful lot of css and html to attach so just put the link up instead.
Thanks in advance!
P.S. I am aware of the php error code, I am getting the hosting provider to sort that as I type! :)
Turns out the php warning is before the doc type so this maybe it?
The major problem here is the DOCTYPE.
This tag must be the first tag in you code, but isn't, because of the PHP Warning.
See:
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: mkdir() [<a href='function.mkdir'>function.mkdir</a>]: Permission denied in <b>C:\Program Files\HSphere\3rdparty\PHP\PHP5\prepend.php</b> on line <b>33</b><br />
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
Change beginning of output to
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
If you don't put this tag in the first line, IE will activate quirks mode, and very strange things will happen. When a browser activate quirks mode, many things change, as box model.
NOTE: many browsers has quirks mode, not only IE (I know that firefox has too).
Note: correct use of DOCTYPE will reduce the differences between IE7 and IE8, but not remove all of them.
Ever heard of the IE box model? It's so fun.
Here's some info:
http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/09/12/ie-and-the-css-box-model-wronger-than-wrong/
Summary of IE hacks found to deal with your problems:
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/ie7-dehacker.html
Differences in IE 8:
http://www.evotech.net/blog/2009/03/ie8-css-support/
If you view this page: http://www.sussexjewelers.com/product_search.php?cid=69
The drop down menus (horizontal green bar) do not drop down in ie7. They do drop down in ie6, firefox, and chrome. Also if you view the homepage the same drop downs DO work in ie7. I cannot figure out why they are not working on this page in ie7. They are pure CSS drop down menus.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
You have a bunch of style and script tags before the actual HTML document. Those should be in the head tag of the page.
The doctype tag has to be the first tag in the source, otherwise IE will render the page in quirks mode. Other browsers may also render it in quirks mode, but it makes a lot more difference for IE. One big difference is that the box model is handled incorrectly.
Once you get the basic structure of the code correct, you should validate the html, and the css to see if there are more problems in the code. I can see right away that you have an HTML doctype but you are using XHTML tags in the code.
If the menues still doesn't work after cleaning up the code, I would guess that it's a problem with the z-index so that the menues show up but is hidden behind the main content. IE doesn't handle z-index correctly for elements that has layout.
Your <style> and <script> tags should be inside your <head> tag, not outside your <html> tag.
Also add a DOCTYPE
XHTML
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
HTML 4
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
Take your pick.
TonyF is right. In the future, try running this in your URL bar to see if you're actually in Standards Mode (CSS1Compat) vs Quirks Mode (BackCompat):
javascript:alert(document.compatMode)
I have that in a bookmarklet in IE.