Page layout getting messed up

[SlykFX]

im uysing a table to layout my page as i want things to originate from the center of the screen, im using an external css to setup the tables and everything

the page is displaying perfect until i put the doctype declaration in then the whole layout gets messed up

its as though it is affecting the height attributes for the tables

does any one know of a solution to this or is there a work around (other than excluding the doctype?)

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[ChrisHirst]

don't design and test your layouts using Internet Explorer without the correct doctype!




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[SlykFX]

but is there an actual fix for it or not?

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[ChrisHirst]

of course there is!

recode the CSS to be compliant with the doctype you are using.



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[manarth]

IE6 will follow 'strict mode' when you use a DocType (which is supposedly 'standards compliant'). When you don't use a DocType IE6 will use 'quirks mode' which is a similar rendering model to IE5.

The solution is to put a comment before the DTD - IE will stay in quirks mode - giving you the rendering you want - without compromising the code quality. If you're using XHTML, an xml declaration before the DTD will have the same effect.


A WARNING - if IE only renders when it's in quirks mode, your page probably doesn't render properly on Standards-based browsers. Test your page with something like Mozilla.

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