Dreamweaver - Site doesn't display in IE Browser on a Mac

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Site doesn't display in IE Browser on a Mac

SteadiClarke

2005-05-31, 4:17 am

Over the weekend, I designed a website for a nonprofit organization:
http://www.welcomehomeheroes.org/ - and to my horor, my customer calls me this
morning to tell me that he doesn't see it on his computer (A Mac with OS X
Panther) - He was using IE.

I told him to use Safari and of course, he could see after that without a
problem...

Why can't I see the site in I.E. though??!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Clarke

James Shook

2005-05-31, 7:19 pm

Try:

<table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">

<tr>
<td colspan="3"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><div align="center"><a href="/about.htm"><img
name="Layout1_r2_c2" src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735"
height="525" border="0" alt=""></a></div></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"> </td>
</tr>
</table>

Even better:

<table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/about.htm"><img name="Layout1_r2_c2"
src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735" height="525"
border="0" alt=""></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>

Betterer:

<table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><a href="/about.htm"><img name="Layout1_r2_c2"
src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735" height="525"
border="0" alt=""></a></td>
</tr>
</table>

More betterer:

<div align="center"><a href="/about.htm"><img name="Layout1_r2_c2"
src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735" height="525"
border="0" alt=""></a></div>

(adjust page margin for spacing from window edge)

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Murray *TMM*

2005-05-31, 7:20 pm

Wow - squeezing all that code into such a tiny bag? Whatta magician....

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"James Shook" <jshook@dont_mail.com> wrote in message
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> Try:
>
> <table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0"
> cellspacing="0">
> 
> <tr>
> <td colspan="3"> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td> </td>
> <td><div align="center"><a href="/about.htm"><img name="Layout1_r2_c2"
> src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735" height="525"
> border="0" alt=""></a></div></td>
> <td> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td colspan="3"> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
> Even better:
>
> <table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0"
> cellspacing="0">
> <tr>
> <td> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><a href="/about.htm"><img name="Layout1_r2_c2"
> src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735" height="525"
> border="0" alt=""></a></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
> Betterer:
>
> <table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0"
> cellspacing="0">
> <tr>
> <td><a href="/about.htm"><img name="Layout1_r2_c2"
> src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735" height="525"
> border="0" alt=""></a></td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
>
> More betterer:
>
> <div align="center"><a href="/about.htm"><img name="Layout1_r2_c2"
> src="/LAYOUTS/images/Layout1_r2_c2.jpg" width="735" height="525"
> border="0" alt=""></a></div>
>
> (adjust page margin for spacing from window edge)
>
> --
> James M. Shook
> http://www.jshook.com

SteadiClarke

2005-05-31, 7:23 pm

Hi James,

Thanks for trying to help... but I'm afraid that it didn't help. When viewing
this website - or in this case - the webpage ,open your i.E. Browser (I'm using
5.2) and go to www.welcomehomeheroes.org/index2.htm - which is the page with
the "more betterer" code you suggested... Still NOTHING. Only the background (A
gradient Blue) which is pulled from the CSS linked to the page.

What's worse is that this is only the Splash page - so even if they did see
it, the rest of the website may not load in IE if all I'm fixing is the Splash
Page - thankfully, all the other pages are based on only ONE template... so it
shoudl eb an easy fix, But WHY THE HECK AM I NOT SEEING IT IN i.e. on a
Mac?!? This is the first time I've ever had a problem like this one... granted
some browsers sometimes display pages and content differently across platform
but NOTHING but the background...? I'm puzzled and frustrated... what is
causing it? My CSS?... My morning breath? :)

My original Splash page code was generated by Fireworks exported to
Dreamweaver.

Please help (Still)

Clarke

SteadiClarke

2005-05-31, 7:23 pm

ALright... I fixed it after all -

There was a line in the .body tag of my css that spelled:
clip: rect(0px,0px,0px,0px);
I deleted that line and I can now see the site with IE on a Mac... Wehw! What
a trip!

Thanks though....

Clarke

Murray *TMM*

2005-05-31, 7:23 pm

LOL - well, that would probably do something wrong! 8)

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"SteadiClarke" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:d7i5n9$mhn$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> ALright... I fixed it after all -
>
> There was a line in the .body tag of my css that spelled:
> clip: rect(0px,0px,0px,0px);
> I deleted that line and I can now see the site with IE on a Mac... Wehw!
> What
> a trip!
>
> Thanks though....
>
> Clarke
>

James Shook

2005-05-31, 7:23 pm

SteadiClarke wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Thanks for trying to help... but I'm afraid that it didn't help. When viewing
> this website - or in this case - the webpage ,open your i.E. Browser (I'm using
> 5.2) and go to www.welcomehomeheroes.org/index2.htm - which is the page with
> the "more betterer" code you suggested... Still NOTHING. Only the background (A
> gradient Blue) which is pulled from the CSS linked to the page.

I see it fine here in IE5/MacOSX.

--
James M. Shook
http://www.jshook.com

James Shook

2005-05-31, 7:23 pm

SteadiClarke wrote:

> ALright... I fixed it after all -
>
> There was a line in the .body tag of my css that spelled:
> clip: rect(0px,0px,0px,0px);
> I deleted that line and I can now see the site with IE on a Mac... Wehw! What
> a trip!

Oh, I see... when I fixed the page I didn't have your CSS file attached.
Where did that

clip: rect(0px,0px,0px,0px);

come from, anyway?

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James M. Shook
http://www.jshook.com

SteadiClarke

2005-05-31, 7:23 pm

The Clip setting is in Dreamweaver, under the "Design" tab > CSS Styles, select
the CSS linked and right mouse-click on the .body tag > In the Style Definition
for body, select Positioning. There is a Placement and Clip settings - I had
the clip settings dialed to 0 (zero) (top, right, bottom and left)

James Shook

2005-05-31, 7:23 pm

I guess what I meant was: Why did you do that?

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http://www.jshook.com

SteadiClarke

2005-05-31, 11:16 pm

My answer: Why does anyone do anything?... :) Often cuz we don't know as much
as you do... right? :)

My question to you would be: what the heck is the Clip thing there for anyway?

The code originally placed in my page before you gave me the suggested
"better" changes wouldn't have caused the site to not show up in IE (on a Mac).
You showing me the various coding options of that page just showed me that it
was really not the problem... and so I guess I figured it out, and I fixed it
since the culprit was the CSS - and yes, it was my mistake...

So thanks again for "showing me the light" :)

Clarke

Murray *TMM*

2005-05-31, 11:17 pm

> My question to you would be: what the heck is the Clip thing there for
> anyway?

You can define a clip region within an element. Everything outside that
clip region will be invisible. This lets you do some cool things with
moving layers having clip regions. A body with a clip region of zeros all
around would render the whole page invisible in those browsers that believed
it - clearly some just shudder and say "Naahhhh!".

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"SteadiClarke" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:d7isdt$ncd$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> My answer: Why does anyone do anything?... :) Often cuz we don't know as
> much
> as you do... right? :)
>
> My question to you would be: what the heck is the Clip thing there for
> anyway?
>
> The code originally placed in my page before you gave me the suggested
> "better" changes wouldn't have caused the site to not show up in IE (on a
> Mac).
> You showing me the various coding options of that page just showed me that
> it
> was really not the problem... and so I guess I figured it out, and I fixed
> it
> since the culprit was the CSS - and yes, it was my mistake...
>
> So thanks again for "showing me the light" :)
>
> Clarke
>