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Subject:Re: debuggins html for Firefox and IE From:Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:23:03 -0400
Hi, Elizabeth :-)
> We're having problems in particular with dhtml menus not functioning
> properly in Firefox although they're fine in IE. It is possible that some of
> our problems arise from the way Dreamweaver writes html tags (or perhaps
> not).
If the menus are OK in IE but not Firefox, I'd check the scripting and
the CSS. It's possible that the CSS/JavaScript has been optimized for
IE, but not for compliant browsers.
> Can you recommend online resources that explain how to write html correctly
> for both IE and Firefox?
Straight HTML usually isn't a problem. The issues arise when using CSS
because of IE's flaws (what works in IE may or may not work in
Firefox, and vice-versa).
> I have tried a couple of different Google searches on this issue, without
> any useful results.
Try searching for cross-browser, cross-platform DHTML menus. UDM is a
good choice (and, while not free, isn't expensive)
(http://www.udm4.com).
Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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