Hatrack River Forum: Annie's CSS vs. Firefox

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Posted by Sister Annie (Member # 8480) on :

I'm a novice, but I'm a novice with a deadline.

Any idea why the text on this page is ignoring the left padding command in Firefox? I can't seem to get around it.

Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :

Are you sure you have all the necessary plug-ins? Sometimes Firefox needs little extras to make pages work properly.

Just a thought...also, have you been to the Firefox website to get help?

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

I hadn't noticed some of these things before: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jessewhenderson.com%2F

You'll want to get your page validating.

Posted by Sister Annie (Member # 8480) on :

I'm designing the page, not trying to look at it. I guess I should have clarified that. It's a problem with my code.

Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :

Ok, [Dont Know]

that's over my head...sorry.

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

Jess: firefox only might need an extra plug-in for a page coded to make firefox not be able to use it, or for a page intentionally taking advantage of a plug-in feature (which is extremely rare). For normal web page viewing, no plug-ins are needed.

Posted by Sister Annie (Member # 8480) on :

Mine too. [Smile]

That's my main problem.

Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :

fugu: I see. I was under the impression that there was a need for plug-ins because sometimes certain pages won't work when I use my Firefox. Shows how much of a "non-computer geek" I really am. Maybe I'd better stick to grammar and writing. [Big Grin]

Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :

Annie: [ROFL]

I appreciate that bit of honesty. I think that's what I love about computers--there's always one more thing to learn.

Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :

Annie.... there are some great validating sites and extenstions for Firefox that validate both HTML and CSS that I use when creating websites. Try W3C CSS Validator and W3C HTML Validator. Check out this extension for Firefox: Firefox HTML Tidy.

I ran the W3C Validator on your stylesheet and on line 4 you have a space between 250 and px. Get rid of it and it should work. It's the little things sometimes. I know your frustration. [Wall Bash]

Added: Remember this, IE is way more forgiving than Firefox when it comes to HTML and CSS and that's not always a good thing.

Posted by Sister Annie (Member # 8480) on :

It was the dang. space.

Thank you, larisse. I shall sleep soundly tonight, and bake you a cake and feed it to you in effigy.

Those sites are awesome too, btw.

Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :

Just to warn you, the validators while a definite thing to run on your page, should not be used as the end-all, be-all check. Some stuff can A-OK, but render differently in Firefox and IE (due to differing interpretations).

-Bok

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Annie, if you have Firefox, I highly recommend the Web Developer's extension.

Besides the links to the validators, it also gives great outlining tools and the ability to see which styles are being applied to a particular element.

It saves me tons of time.

Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :

My page is validaed. My friend (one year younger than me), built me the whole site out of code, of course. FronPAge? Ha! Never! Not even Dreamweaver, pure code.

I follow standards, not everyone's Microsoft.

Posted by Sister Annie (Member # 8480) on :

I had Firefox, but it mysteriously disappeared from my computer.

I know, I should really just step away from the internet.

Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :

Oooo... a cake made by Annie. Sounds delicious even if it is only virtual. Hmmm.... I am torn between a white cake with a strawberry whipped cream filling and whipped cream frosting with whole strawberries as garnish and a decadent chocolate ganache cake with chocolate buttercream filling. No need for garnish on that one.

I agree with Dag about the Web Developer's Tool extension. I have it and use it. I just forgot to list it. Web Developer's Tool

I also use CSE Validator and Tidy to check my sites.