Website Design Forum

**mlovet1** · 08-26-2010, 04:23 PM

So I've been having a bloody hard time trying to get IE to cooperate with my css positioning and it just won't have it. My site is http://www.hortassistlandscaping.com and if you view it from safari, which I use as default browser on macbook, it looks just the way I intended - centered iframe.

If anyone knows some quick fix advice that would be fantastic! I'm new to this forum, so I'll try and review other posts and problems. Thanks everyone.

**LadynRed** · 08-27-2010, 10:51 AM

Why are you using an iFrame in the first place?

**mlovet1** · 08-27-2010, 07:43 PM

Are iframes considered taboo? I figured it would mean faster load times.

**CSM** · 08-30-2010, 04:44 AM

What is

Code:

position:float;

please, I never heard of that. That's not a valid value for "position".

Code:

body {
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-attachment: fixed; 
	background-position:right;
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0; 
	text-align: center;
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
	}

Where is the attachment you want to have fixed?

Code:

<body bgcolor="#CCFFCC">

Why are you using CSS in the code above?

This should be enough for the body.

Code:

body {
	background:#ccffcc;
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0; 
	text-align: center;
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
	}

You see your code, or whoever did code this, is ... not really good tbh.

Check here all your 56 errors:

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0

My opinion: get someone professional to do the "site".

**LadynRed** · 08-30-2010, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Are iframes considered taboo? I figured it would mean faster load times.

Quite the OPPOSITE, it will make the load time SLOWER because instead of loading 1 html file, you are loading 2 - or more if you have more than one iframe pulling in other pages.

**mlovet1** · 08-30-2010, 05:48 PM

Hey thanks for the advice, I checked the w3 validator and it seems to me like a bunch of "tedious/unnecessary" problems.. Only people staring at the code would pick up on them. I did the coding myself and I certainly have never claimed to be a professional site builder. I'm a horticulturist by trade and just happen to have a little html/css knowledge. I'm really more worried about the design and functionality between browsers aspect rather then having picture perfect code.

Ladynred - did away with the iframe, and I agree, definitely an improvement thanks for the suggestion.