Stylesheets - css to be or not to be?

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css to be or not to be?

lyndonaus

2003-12-22, 1:29 am

Can anyone tell me why an external css file which works fine in ie & ns on
my computer will only work as designed on ie when uploaded to the web.
Netscape ignores it completely. I am using ns7.01 and ie6 and dw2004mx?
lyndonaus

Eric Bohlman

2003-12-22, 2:29 am

"lyndonaus" <lyndonaus@netscape.net> wrote in
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quote:

> Can anyone tell me why an external css file which works fine in ie &
> ns on my computer will only work as designed on ie when uploaded to
> the web. Netscape ignores it completely. I am using ns7.01 and ie6 and
> dw2004mx? lyndonaus

Check the URL for the presence of spaces and/or backslashes. IE is likely
to be more forgiving of such malformations.

PeterMcC

2003-12-22, 4:28 am

lyndonaus wrote:

quote:

> Can anyone tell me why an external css file which works fine in ie &
> ns on my computer will only work as designed on ie when uploaded to
> the web. Netscape ignores it completely. I am using ns7.01 and ie6
> and dw2004mx? lyndonaus

URL?

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David Dorward

2003-12-22, 4:28 am

lyndonaus wrote:

quote:

> Can anyone tell me why an external css file which works fine in ie & ns on
> my computer will only work as designed on ie when uploaded to the web.
> Netscape ignores it completely. I am using ns7.01 and ie6 and dw2004mx?

A URI would be more helpful. My guess would be that the server claims the
file contains something other then text/css. IE second guesses the author
and treats it as CSS anyway, Netscape rejects it on the principle that it
as it doesn't know what the style sheet is, it shouldn't risk playing with
it. (Which is a good thing - if anyone comes up with a non-css style sheet
language that is in some ways css-like, it could play havock with MSIE)

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brucie

2003-12-22, 4:28 am

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lyndonaus said:

quote:

> Can anyone tell me why an external css file which works fine in ie &
> ns on my computer will only work as designed on ie when uploaded to
> the web. Netscape ignores it completely.

the css is being sent as text/plain or as application/x-pointplus
instead of text/css. tell your crappy host to fix it, in the mean time
you can use AddType text/css .css in a .htaccess file.

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brucie
22/December/2003 06:17:09 pm kilo