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**MaxxFusion** · 08-09-2007, 10:09 AM

I am trying to create this new site and having problems. When I view this page in IE7 its fine. If I use FF then its all out of wack. I cant figure it out for the life of me.

Can someone take a look and see whats up?

http://www.rcbadboys.co.uk/new/test.php

Thanks.

**Falcone** · 08-09-2007, 11:29 AM

it says server not found

**cbeaudin** · 01:51 PM

Usually when i have problems like this i make sure that i fix validation errors. I think cleaning up your code often fixes many cross browser issues.

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rcbadboys.co. uk%2Fnew%2Ftest.php

You can make sure your css validates aswell here
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...new%2Ftest.php

**LadynRed** · 08-09-2007, 01:57 PM

Normally, if IE displays it 'right' and Firefox is displaying it 'wrong', then the fault usually lies with one of IE' s many bugs - and yes IE 7 still has them!

I would agree with Clayton though, validating your code is always a good place to start.

**MaxxFusion** · 08-09-2007, 03:08 PM

It seems that the validator is saying I am using the wrong doctype. I have

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

Should I be using a different one? What is the best way to fix some of these issues?

**LadynRed** · 08-09-2007, 08:51 PM

What the validator says is that your page is not valid HTML 4.01 Transitional and you have 58 errors:

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbos...new%2Ftest.php

While HTML 4.01 Transitional is pretty loosey-goosey, there are still rules to follow for valid code.

**MaxxFusion** · 08-09-2007, 09:06 PM

Ok. So the first part that says

Line 12, Column 16: there is no attribute "TOPMARGIN".<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" bottommargin="0" rightmargin="0">What is the problem with this code? I dont see the issue?

**MaxxFusion** · 08-10-2007, 03:01 PM

I got my frontpage to diplay the same wether in IE or FF. There is just a part in the header thats off and I can figure out why.

http://www.rcbadboys.co.uk/index.php

All other pages teh header is fine.

**LadynRed** · 08-10-2007, 03:06 PM

TOPMARGIN is deprecated, it is not VALID per the W3C standard.
You might want to take a look here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_body.asp

ALL presentation attributes were deprecated in HTML 4.01 - they should be in the CSS and NOT as attributes on the <body> tag.

**MaxxFusion** · 08-10-2007, 03:08 PM

Can you provide me with an example to go off of? I am not the greatest with CSS.

**Cyrus** · 08-11-2007, 12:35 AM

just set the margin to 0

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