[thelist] CSS site check : www.cache-22.co.uk/index_css.php

R.Livsey R.Livsey at cache-22.co.uk
Fri Apr 12 18:54:12 CDT 2002


> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 03:59:33PM +0100, R.Livsey wrote:
> > Hi, finally got round to doing more on the CSS version of
> my site. Any
> > chance you could take a peek and see if it breaks your
> browser etc..?
> >
> > http://www.cache-22.co.uk/index_css.php
>
> "Unfortunately, you are browsing in Navigator 4.x..."
>
> No I'm not, I'm browsing with lynx. Don't tell people what
> they already know, especially if you don't get it right.
>

Heh - nicked that code/text off css edge without checking it out first.
Will change the message.

> Unfortunately, your web browser is not on that we recognise
> as capable of viewing the CSS of this site. We provide lists
> of browsers that are known to [interpret the site correctly]
> or with few problems, and those that [can not render the site
> successfully]. (Followed by your
> content)
>

Sounds good. Will change the message and make it less confrontational :)

> Meanwhile...
>
> Mozilla renders it OK, but there is a very large gap to the
> left of the menu, this strikes me as a waste of screen space.

Yeah, its meant to have the same margin on both sides - IE does that but
Mozilla doesn't. Will have to look into that.

> Your submit button is well camouflaged, while its easy to see
> it doesn't immediately strike me as a button.

Good point. Just used the CSS from the original page. Will try and make
it more obvious as a button, but I want to try and keep it in with the
style - you can see the effect Im aiming for.

> The links on
> the menu look like the text on the main section, I would make
> them blue like the links on the main section.
>
> Konqueror: Your syntax errors really screw it up as shown at
http://david.us-lot.org/tmp/k.png

Yeah there's some funky stuff going on there!
Looks like I have a busy time ahead :)

>
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cache-22.co.uk%2Finde
x_css.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline

Hmm will look at that - cheers.

--
R.Livsey





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