[WEB4LIB] Browser related question

[Andrew Mutch]

Bill,

You'll want to start with a valid doctype for the page.

Rendering Mode and Doctype Switching
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/doctypes.html

Without it, the various browsers go into different quirks mode and you'll likely
never be able to get them to render consistently. A valid doctype will at least
put them all into standards mode and then you can wage battle with the various
browser based bugs that are likely the cause of the differences.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI



"Drew, Bill" wrote:

> On the web page for our web opac, things display the way I expect them to in
> IE and Opera.  In Mozilla, the top portion displays to the left and the rest
> displays in the center of the screen.  The URL is:
> http://oswlib.library.oswego.edu:4600/F.  I would appreciate any suggestions
> or explanations as to the difference.  Also any suggestions to get them to
> all look the same would be appreciated.
>
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
> Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
> Morrisville State College Library
> E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
> AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4
> BillDrew.Net: http://billdrew.net/
> Wireless Librarian: http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/
> Library: http://library.morrisville.edu/
> SUNYConnect: http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/