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marlon_jbt
10-10-2003, 13:25
Hey everyone. I know a couple of you have been to my site in the past to discover that I used Tripod's web page builder.

Well, now, I'm programming in HTML myself, but I've come upon a serious problem... Internet Explorer hates my webpage! It just won't show up right, and I have no idea what's wrong.

Check out the site:

http://marlon_jbt.tripod.com

Could anyone help me or tell me what's wrong?
David Kelly
10-10-2003, 15:41
How is it not showing up correctly. I need more details to be able to help. :]
Stu Bloom
10-10-2003, 15:58
Originally posted by marlon_jbt
... It just won't show up right, and I have no idea what's wrong...

... Those who hate Macs, have never used them.
I think I found your problem ...
Adam Y.
10-10-2003, 17:23
What is wrong with it??
Sunny Thaper
10-10-2003, 17:37
Originally posted by Adam Y.
What is wrong with it?? The problem occurs on the Mac version of IE so if you don't have a Mac you don't see a problem.
robot180
10-10-2003, 20:43
I don't have Mac, but let me guess. You have a <DOCTYPE> tag at the top of your script and the rest of the coding doesn't follow the XHTML standards. This could cause it to not show up to well in some browsers. I didn't get much time to look through the rest of it, but I always use xhtml. I always close tags. <input type="text" /> or <br /> I also use code to hide my javascript.

<script>
<!--

// -->
</script>

These are just some ideas though.
Sunny Thaper
10-10-2003, 21:02
He didn't use an xhtml doctag so in that regard he is fine.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
HFWang
10-10-2003, 22:20
Possibly its an invalid doctype?

Perhaps you might want to read this? http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=RenderingMode

Not having IE mac, I really can't help you though.
djcapelis
10-10-2003, 22:37
Why do people with macs still use IE... it sucks enough on windows...

Just download a real browser and rest at ease.

Only the old macs are really affected anyways... OSX and up uses whatchacallit... KHTML core... ummm.

right, safari.
marlon_jbt
15-10-2003, 08:37
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look at them.

However... IE for Windows/Mac still has problems. What I don't understand is why...maybe the link will help me through it. I still can't code correctly, but I'm trying. I have no idea why some of you are not seeing the problem, but I will try to test different versions of the Microsoft Internet Explorer operating system...oops, I mean Windows OS. I know IE6/WinXP and IE5/Win2k don't render it correctly.

By the way, I do NOT use IE. The only thing it is good for is downloading a better browser. I've been a Safari user since 7-04-2003 (Which is also the same day I got my Mac). While there are a couple things that I could use in Safari, like resumable downloads, I still enjoy using it.

I don't have time to check it, too much to do. I'm trying to help get our team back together (only 3 of us left, argh!) and I've got some school projects to finish. Maybe this weekend?

Thanks again.
HFWang
15-10-2003, 21:07
Originally posted by djcapelis
Why do people with macs still use IE... it sucks enough on windows...

IE mac > IE win

The two are very different browsers. IE mac is actually pretty good (if outdated).

Also, please don't play games of "Mystery Bug". Tell us what isn't working, and we'll try to fix it!