[ale] CSS hell

Sat May 15 09:57:07 EDT 2004

Part of your problem stems from not specifying the DOCTYPE. If you don't specify
the proper DOCTYPE IE will always render the page in non-standards mode whereas
every other browser will use standards mode if the markup is well formed. You
should read
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/doctype.asp

Personally I recommend this DOCTYPE:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

On Sat, 15 May 2004 01:07:14 -0400
Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:

> I'm having issues creating a CSS page that looks the same on IE as it
> does in Epiphany.  The original page was a pure javascript navigation
> paeg that was the left from of a frameset.  I'm replacing it because it
> only worked in IE and Netscape.  In Netscape it look horrible.  In Konq
> it was not even shown. 
> 
> I'm trying to replace it with an ordered list and I've got it looking
> good in IE.  I need it packed to the left as tight as possible so it
> will fit in the tight space.  In Epiphany it is not packed at all.  If
> anyone knows how to make this page look the same in most borwsers I
> would appreciate it.
> 
> Page is at: http://www.linxdev.com/windex.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
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