Template & Netscape Woes

Greetings --

Thought I'd use DWTs when I redid my site today...(note to self, test
template in all browsers before building site out -- but then again, perhaps
that's the beauty of using templates!). Am stumped on why in Netscape 7 the
content expands the entire width of the browser (and beyond)? Also, why is
there a larger gap (compared to IE) between the menu triggers and the H1
heading? I can live with it, but was curious.

Appreciate a second pair of eyes: http://www.web-eze.com/

Kindest,
Kelley Rao, Webeze

The text scrolls right off the page for me in Moz 1.5a. To the right. I
have the favorite places panel on the left, about 2 inches wide -- screen
res 1024x768.
HTH

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"Kelley Rao" <krao (AT) lightsoffweb-eze (DOT) com> wrote

Greetings --

Thought I'd use DWTs when I redid my site today...(note to self, test
template in all browsers before building site out -- but then again,
perhaps
that's the beauty of using templates!). Am stumped on why in Netscape 7
the
content expands the entire width of the browser (and beyond)? Also, why
is
there a larger gap (compared to IE) between the menu triggers and the H1
heading? I can live with it, but was curious.

Appreciate a second pair of eyes: http://www.web-eze.com/

Kindest,
Kelley Rao, Webeze

Thanks Bonnie -- that's what I'm stumped with? Probably time to take a
break from the computer and come back to it in a bit. I'm sure it's
something simple (always is)!

Kelley

"Bonnie In Sacramento" <bonnie (AT) cssstudent (DOT) com> wrote

The text scrolls right off the page for me in Moz 1.5a. To the right. I
have the favorite places panel on the left, about 2 inches wide -- screen
res 1024x768.
HTH

--
Bonnie in Sacramento
kroko
at
sbcglobal.net
"Kelley Rao" <krao (AT) lightsoffweb-eze (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Greetings --

Thought I'd use DWTs when I redid my site today...(note to self, test
template in all browsers before building site out -- but then again,
perhaps
that's the beauty of using templates!). Am stumped on why in Netscape 7
the
content expands the entire width of the browser (and beyond)? Also, why
is
there a larger gap (compared to IE) between the menu triggers and the H1
heading? I can live with it, but was curious.

Appreciate a second pair of eyes: http://www.web-eze.com/

Kindest,
Kelley Rao, Webeze

Kelley Rao wrote:

BTW -- If I remove the DOCTYPE, it works fine...but why?

One reason may be line 134 in your code:

<td valign="top" nowrap><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">

That td set to nowrap contains, I think, everything on the page down to
line 219. In a standards mode, transitional doctype you are getting the
depreciated nowrap in earnest, and all of those paragraphs in the main text
are stretching out to one line. Select that td in the properties
inspector, and I think you will see it.


--
trx

I viewed your site in both IE and Netscape 7.1 and couldn't find any appreciable difference in contents and browser width. They looked identical to me and the contents did not go beyond the screen.

I do see the difference in spacing between the navbar elements and the H1 but it's not significant. (It does look a bit better with the narrower width in IE, though) Maybe the 7.1 software solved a problem associated with 7.0???

Lydia

Excellent catch. I figured it had something to do with doctypes and nothing
to do with Templates, but I'm not sure I would have caught this one....

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"trx" <jimpm (AT) rmthscfw (DOT) com> wrote

Kelley Rao wrote:
BTW -- If I remove the DOCTYPE, it works fine...but why?

One reason may be line 134 in your code:

td valign="top" nowrap><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"

That td set to nowrap contains, I think, everything on the page down to
line 219. In a standards mode, transitional doctype you are getting the
depreciated nowrap in earnest, and all of those paragraphs in the main
text
are stretching out to one line. Select that td in the properties
inspector, and I think you will see it.


--
trx

Genius! I thought I'd applied that to the navigation bar, but apparently
not! Thanks so much -- that did the trick!

My sincerest thanks to you and all who posted a reply.

Kelley Rao, Webeze
www.web-eze.com


"trx" <jimpm (AT) rmthscfw (DOT) com> wrote

Kelley Rao wrote:
BTW -- If I remove the DOCTYPE, it works fine...but why?

One reason may be line 134 in your code:

td valign="top" nowrap><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"

That td set to nowrap contains, I think, everything on the page down to
line 219. In a standards mode, transitional doctype you are getting the
depreciated nowrap in earnest, and all of those paragraphs in the main
text
are stretching out to one line. Select that td in the properties
inspector, and I think you will see it.


--
trx

Murray *TMM* wrote:

Excellent catch. I figured it had something to do with doctypes and nothing
to do with Templates, but I'm not sure I would have caught this one....

Thanks, Murray. It's ironic that standards mode applies a depreciated tag
strictly. Perhaps it's the revenge of the W3C


--
trx

Kelley Rao wrote:

Thanks so much -- that did the trick!

You are very welcome. Glad I happened to spot it.


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trx