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[frequent]

i managed to create asite based on acomleted template,have done alittle changes
my problem is the way firefox displays my site,for acomparision please visit. the site http://www.kianazareth.com
in both firefox and ie,
ie displays the template correct while firefox compresses the menubars and make it unpleasent
any ideas?
thanks in advance

[cathode]

Before you troubleshoot the css, first validate the document. you may fix the problem in the process.

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&am...nazareth.com%2F

The site looks nice, by the way!

[Ralph]

I'd have to agree with Cathode, you need to get the markup to validate before being concerned with CSS issues... That's the short answer...

What you are experiencing is evidence that IE is not a strict as real browsers when it comes to non-compliant code... Where more standards complaint browsers, like Firefox, Opera, etc., attempt to render markup as closely to the DOM as possible, IE just gives up and throws the code at the user... While some people may see this as a good thing, this practice does little to entice developers to write DOM standards compliant code... Just because Microsoft doesn't believe in standards doesn't mean that developers shouldn't... That's the WHY behind the short answer...

[Jelmer]

By the way, it would be nice (and fair) to leave a link back to etomite.com on every rendered page. I see you removed the Etomite notive from the code. To get support from the Etomite community, you have to have a link back...

[frequent]

as seen in the orginal template, http://www.etomite.hesper.pl/Andreas02.html
i dont think the .css file is the matter of the problem,
my problem is the validation with the xhtml standard,as the validation site has mentioned before,
any ideas how to solve this issue ?is the problem in the webserver setting and not in the template code?
thanks .
etomite code will be added as soon as the webpage ist finished:)

[Dean]

A new version of the template was released here.

[frequent]

its exactly the version that i already use,i checked the code again.
mime type change reqire achange in the .htaccess file, but whenever i try to add the add type command,the site goes down.
i will try doing other things
thx

[Ralph]

Where is this mime-type issue coming from...??? Why not take our advice and just make the existing code validate and go from there...???

[frequent]

i got other problems,
the validation indicates that the embedded flash movie represents awrong command ,althought i used the integrated flashmovie option in the etomite interface,strange ya?
"there is no attribute "src".
anther simple question ,how to get the complete php code for my site ,that i can simply update it all together,instead of searching for the each code manually?
is a correct validation achievable with my moderate knowledge ?,thanx

[Ralph]

Pull the flash bit out until you get the rest of the page to validate... There are times when compounded errors tend to hide the real errors so take a step or two back and get things validated before tackling the embedded flash... Why anyone would want to use flash is beyond me, but to each his own... There are alternative methods for embedding flash which you can investigate once the template itself is stable... And to answer your final question, yes, anyone can write valid code with a little practice and it's well worth the effort...

[frequent]

hi guys again,
i managed to validate the site,i have decided to remove the flash movie meanwhile.. but the problem istnot solved yet,can i now say that the problem is in .css fle and not as previosly estamited from the site validation
thanx

[cathode]

frequent, on Nov 12 2007, 11:34 AM, said:

hi guys again,
i managed to validate the site,i have decided to remove the flash movie meanwhile.. but the problem istnot solved yet,can i now say that the problem is in .css fle and not as previosly estamited from the site validation
thanx

Of course the problem is in your CSS - validating just allows you to eliminate other possible complications while you work on fixing your CSS.

[Ralph]

It is a known fact that Microsoft is off the mark when it comes to the DOM Box Model so that's where you need to look as that is most likely where you will find the problem to be... The problem revolves around how IE uses a non-standard method (here we go with the standards thing again) of calculating box model object sizes like width, height, borders, margins, and padding... There are countless articles published on the internet that address these issues, as well as providing solutions, so rather than attempting to explain it all here I'll just suggest that you do some personal investigation into the topic... Good luck...

[frequent]

the site is now ready,the problem was in the snippet itself,the sperater was not properlly used.
i made also some small fixes.
thanx to etomite project,naya the best way to move the project forward is to donate.i will concider that at the end of the month!

[Dean]

Glad you got it sorted!

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