View Full Version : Why does this look funky in Netscape?


Shauna
06-21-2004, 07:03 PM
Hi! I was wondering if someone could please help me with these divs and tell me why they look so funky in Netscape. Thank you so much!

Shauna

pb&j
06-21-2004, 07:13 PM
which divs? where?

and please explain what is the "funkyness" about them.
different colors? thicknes? style?

Shauna
06-21-2004, 07:22 PM
Wow...sorry about that...the entire second of my message didn't get pasted in.

Anyway, they are at http://www.geocities.com/musicaltheatercolleges. They seem to overlap in Netscape and don't look orderly like they do in IE. Here is the code I have for them:

#header
{
letter-spacing: 4pt;
font-weight: bolder;
font-size: 12pt;
margin: 25px;
padding: 10px;
height: 50px;
border-style: double;
border-color: #ff66cc;
border-width: 6;
}

#menu
{
position: absolute;
left: 25px;
top: 100px;
width: 200px;
padding: 10px;
border-style: double;
border-color: #0099ff;
border-width: 6;
}

#content
{
top: 0;
margin-left: 240px;
margin-right: 25px;
padding: 10px;
border-style: double;
border-color: #00cc00;
border-width: 6;
}

Thank you!

jtchange
06-21-2004, 10:16 PM
one thing, netscape pixels don't exactly equal ie pixels, it's strange, but they don't always work out that way, try using percentages instead

Dude128
06-22-2004, 04:46 AM
one thing, netscape pixels don't exactly equal ie pixels, it's strange, but they don't always work out that way, try using percentages instead

a pixel is a pixel is a pixel. it's just that with divs, IE adds weird spaces and things (usually 3 pixels around edges and stuff), and IE doesn't follow the CSS standard on how margin and padding and all that works.

Calidris
06-23-2004, 06:49 PM
A pixel is always a pixel.

The problem lies with IE, not Netscape.

Any of the CSS column examples on the following link would probably benefit you:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ThreeColumnLayouts