Dreamweaver - Damn You IE!!!

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Damn You IE!!!

Michael Doig

2005-07-31, 11:23 pm

I just finished a site and thought I was done. I tested it in IE, FF, and
Safari on a Mac and everything worked fine. However I just got a screenshot
from someone using IE on a PC and the layout is way off...what can I do? The
two pages are http://www.bearpitbbq.com/menu.htm and
http://www.bearpitbbq.com/directions.htm. The menu is supposed to be three
columns and the directions form fill box is supposed to be next to the map gif.
Thanks for any help,
Mike

timmytotz

2005-07-31, 11:23 pm

That little trip has made me hungry!

Well, in Dreamweaver there's a way of testing browser compatibility before
uploading your shite, sorry site. It tells u specifically what certain browsers
can't handle and it's up to you if it's ok or not.

jandf

2005-07-31, 11:23 pm

Michael,

Pay no attention to Dimwitty.

I'm just learning css myself but you may want to try assigning the menu3
div an absolute value. Hope this helps, and your site looks great.

trx

2005-07-31, 11:23 pm

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 00:16:58 +0000 (UTC), Michael Doig wrote:

> The menu is supposed to be three
> columns and the directions form fill box is supposed to be next to the map gif.

IE is doubling the 10px margins you have on your left and right floats, and
this doesn't leave enough room for the center column. The entirely
unintuitive fix is to add display inline to the style rules for the floats:

#menu1{
text-align: center;
float:left;
width: 240px;
background-color: #FFFFCC;
margin:auto;
margin-left: 10px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
display: inline;
}

#menu2{
text-align: center;
float:right;
width: 240px;
background-color: #FFFFCC;
margin:auto;
margin-right: 10px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
display: inline;
}

This, of course, is meaningless to better browsers and in no way affects
the floats, except for the fact that it cures this IE bug. If you would
like to read more about this problem, follow this link:

http://www.positioniseverything.net...led-margin.html

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trx

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2005-08-01, 7:27 pm

"timmytotz" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dcjqd3$64$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> That little trip has made me hungry!
>
> Well, in Dreamweaver there's a way of testing browser compatibility before
> uploading your shite, sorry site. It tells u specifically what certain
> browsers
> can't handle and it's up to you if it's ok or not.

How can DW emulate all the different browsers out there - it doesn't.
Everyone knows it is always best to tesst your site in relevants browsers -
don't rely on DW only.........

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Michael Doig

2005-08-01, 7:55 pm

Thank you all for the help,
It's pretty obvious tatertotz has never worked for anyone before. Sometimes
client taste and good design are not the same thing and since they are footing
the bill I make it how they want. It's OK though sometimes frustrated designers
need to put others down to feel like the low wages they get paid are worth it
because they have style....
Thanks again,
Mike