Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Guru?

date posted 27th August 2005 00:28

Tony Crockford wrote:
> There's a major validation problem - which is probably causing issues:
>=20
>
>=20
> is what you should have and
>
> is what you have.
>=20
> closing the html tag like that probably is a very bad idea and is
> likely causing IE to go quirky.

I noticed that earlier from the w3 xhtml validation, and forgot to
mention it. Sorry. A book that Tony recently recommended (Stylin' with
CSS) points out how incredibly ironic it is that the link to the very
xhtml standards document that insist that ALL tags are closed cannot
actually have a closing / on it.

Actually, I'd recommend both the book (it will make you see design for
CSS from a much better viewpoint), and the Web Developer Toolbar for
Firefox that has all sorts of easy ways to tweak and validate your CSS
and XHTML to get it right.

Should I also assume, from the fact that I can see no purple box on
your test page, that Tony's advice sorted your problem out?

Adam