CSS layout design 1

[frozenpeas]

A former tables-whore, I am now starting to develop websites using CSS layout and no tables, unless they're displaying data.

Are there any general tips for cross-compatibility when using CSS? Or is it going to be a game every time?

Thanks.

frozenpeas

 

[ChrisHirst]

general tips are,

use a valid (full) DTD (doctype).

test in something other than IE.

don't worry about NS4.x or IE4.




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[tgreer]

Most differences, I've found by exploration, is because of leaving properties unset in block-level elements.

Particularly:

position
padding
margin
top
left
width

Also, you need to understand what the position property values actually mean.

I recently converted my site from tables to CSS. If you go to

http://www.tgreer.com,

you can load different styles and look at the CSS.

In particular, go to the Articles page.

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