[WEB4LIB] RE: Problems with New Web Page and IE 5.0

[Robin Boulton]

I'm running IE 6.0, SP1, and both pages look fine to me, if that's any 
consolation.


At 10:44 AM 12/20/2002 -0800, N. Lynn Schlatter wrote:
>I have bad news and good news.
>
>The bad news is, I can't see the problem with your coding.
>
>The good news is, I have IE 5.0 installed on my Win2K machine here at work,
>and both the links you provided look fine.  So at least you don't have to
>worry that you're shutting out _all_ IE5 users while you try to fix it.
>
>Lynn Schlatter
>Instructional Coordinator
>Shreve Memorial Library
>www.shreve-lib.org
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: web4lib at webjunction.org
>[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Robyn Barker
>Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:30 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Problems with New Web Page and IE 5.0
>
>
>I'm in the process of re-making the Library Web site for the Institute
>-- mostly to be more user friendly.  I use 1st Page 2000 -- but mostly I
>hand code.  I've been trying to incorporate CSS as much as possible and
>to the extent I can understand it.  I began using HTML 4.01
>Transitional, but have tried using XHTML 1.0 (as suggested here) for
>more recent pages.  I attempt to validate pages after creation using the
>W3C Validator.  Mostly the pages validate, but occasionally they don't
>because of tags I use so that the pages work in Netscape 4.08.
>
>I've loaded Netscape 4.08 and the latest version of Mozilla to join the
>IE 6.0 already on my computer and check each page to make sure they look
>reasonable on each of these browsers.  Finally, the Institute uses
>Windows 2000, so I rely on ASP to run the SSI (my navigation bar), to
>power my forms, and to insert the date when the page was updated.
>
>So far, everything seemed to be working fine.  But I was horrified to
>find that some of my pages are completely falling apart on the IE 5.0 I
>run on my home computer.  They stretch out for an almost infinite
>distance horizontally.  The ultimate Web faux pas.  I've gone over the
>code several times and can find nothing wrong.  We're very small -- I'm
>the lone techie in the Library
>
>I would really appreciate another pair of eyes!
>
>Page that behaves:  http://library.ciis.edu/newsite/resources/index.asp
>
>One page that does not:
>http://library.ciis.edu/newsite/services/index.asp
>
>Thanks so much for any help!
>
>Robyn Barker
>Systems Librarian
>California Institute of Integral Studies
>1453 Mission St.
>San Francisco, CA  94103



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