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CSS failing in IE / Works with Firefox/Netscape/Opera

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WizyWyg

Technical User
Jan 31, 2001
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JP
I have this in my CSS page:

Code:
a.mainlevell:link, a.mainlevel:visited {
	display: block;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	margin-bottom: 1px;
	font-size: 12px;
}
a.mainlevell:hover {
color: #FFFF00;
font-size: 12px;
}

And I use this style for four links:
Code:
<a href="mobile.html" class="mainlevell">Home</a>
<a href="m_about.html" class="mainlevell">About Us</a>
<a href="m_games.html" class="mainlevell">Games</a>
<a href="m_links.html" class="mainlevell">Links</a>

When viewing in IE, all the URL's using m_* in the file name works with the CSS; the one referencing mobile.html doesn't.

However, putting an m_ in front of the mobile.html makes the link work.

Why?

This happens only in IE. firefox/opera/netscape/etc ; the links all show up fine and work as supposed to.

However, I have a similar set up for another menu that does almost the same CSS as the above:

Code:
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3">
                  <tr>
                    <td align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><img src="images/dmp_off.gif" name="home" width="14" height="14" id="home"></td>
                    <td bgcolor="#990000"><a href="mobile.html" class="menulevel" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('home','','images/dmp_on.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()">Home</a></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="18" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><img src="images/dmp_off.gif" name="one" width="14" height="14" id="one"></td>
                    <td bgcolor="#990000"><a href="m_blah.html" class="menulevel" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('one','','images/dmp_on.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()">Blah</a></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="18" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><img src="images/dmp_off.gif" name="two" width="14" height="14" id="two"></td>
                    <td bgcolor="#990000"><a href="m_blah.html" class="menulevel" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('two','','images/dmp_on.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()">Blah</a></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="18" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><img src="images/dmp_off.gif" name="three" width="14" height="14" id="three"></td>
                    <td bgcolor="#990000"><a href="m_blah.html" class="menulevel" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('three','','images/dmp_on.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()">Blah</a></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="18" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><img src="images/dmp_off.gif" name="four" width="14" height="14" id="four"></td>
                    <td bgcolor="#990000"><a href="m_blah.html" class="menulevel" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('four','','images/dmp_on.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()">Blah</a></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="18" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><img src="images/dmp_off.gif" name="five" width="14" height="14" id="five"></td>
                    <td bgcolor="#990000"><a href="m_blah.html" class="menulevel" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('five','','images/dmp_on.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()">Blah</a></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="18" align="center" bgcolor="#990000"><img src="images/dmp_off.gif" name="six" width="14" height="14" id="six"></td>
                    <td bgcolor="#990000"><a href="m_blah.html" class="menulevel" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('six','','images/dmp_on.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()">Blah</a></td>
                  </tr>
                </table>


and this one works fine ( even with the mobile.html)
 
If it wasn't just a typo, then you have one "l" missing in your mainlevel[red]l[/red]:visited declaration. If you visited mobile.html before that could break the look for that link. That is the only thing I can find. I tried your code on my system and had no problems in any browser. Is that all the code of the page or is there more? Do you have an online example of this oddity?
 
Wizy,

How are you referencing the .css file in the head of your web page?

~Daniel

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
- Jim Elliot
 
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