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Neurologist
08-19-2005, 12:45 AM
My website (http://www.cypherlox.com) seems to only work well in IE and other browsers besides Firefox.

I was wondering if someone could look through and tell me what's wrong, or even tell me the major differences (coding wise) between IE and Firefox.

Thanks.
tokyo bleu
08-19-2005, 12:48 AM
Have you validated your Web site?

http://validator.w3.org
salomeyasobko
08-19-2005, 01:25 AM
on the splash page, you're missing a </div> tag after the </table> tag.

then on your main page, you're missing a <body> tag. put it after the </head> tag.

i've never used ilayers before but i'm sure you need to put a </ilayer> tag between the two </div> tags [after the </textarea> tag]

you put a </textarea> tag but you don't have a matching <textarea> tag so just delete that.

at the very end of your page, you need to add </div></body></html>

there might be more.. but that's all i noticed so far. make those changes and then i'll see if there's anything else that needs to be fixed. :)
mandarinspyce
08-19-2005, 03:13 AM
on the splash page, you're missing a </div> tag after the </table> tag.

then on your main page, you're missing a <body> tag. put it after the </head> tag.

i've never used ilayers before but i'm sure you need to put a </ilayer> tag between the two </div> tags [after the </textarea> tag]

you put a </textarea> tag but you don't have a matching <textarea> tag so just delete that.

at the very end of your page, you need to add </div></body></html>

there might be more.. but that's all i noticed so far. make those changes and then i'll see if there's anything else that needs to be fixed. :)

Oof. This is crucial. Always make sure if you have an opening tag, make sure you have a matching closing tag. I think every tag (save for perhaps the <img src> and <br> tags) need closers. They can royall screw up your site if you don't. Trust me, haha ;) Just letting you know it's something you can't forget.
drewsky_pootee
08-19-2005, 04:54 AM
firefox has a larger screen and less toolbars. that's what you need to address.
salomeyasobko
08-19-2005, 06:15 AM
^ not necessarily.. i don't have any toolbars showing in IE so my IE is the same as my firefox, it's not the physical differences of the browsers.. it's how they receive and interpret coding.
bejayel
08-19-2005, 08:26 AM
Internet explorer uses the Internet Explorer rendering engine (which is currently far behind other engines). Firefox uses the Gecko rendering engine, whcih is a bit more up to date.if you take the acid test you will see what i mean. (mostly css wise)