Here’s a site I coded using CSS: [url=http://blackmatchmade.com/]
It looked great in the first browsers I’ve tried: IE9, Safari, Fire fox, Chrome. (ALL MAC EXCEPT IE9)…IE9 was from my wife’s PC.
But then I check it in IE 8 and firefox on the PC at work and it just looks terrible. The navigation bar is crummy, the style in the navigation bar is thicker than designed, the wording clumps together on the home page and the wording on the “our firm” page cascades terribly.
I’m not even sure what I did wrong to offend IE 8 so much!
css:
/* layoutstyles.css */
/* Universal style rule */
#wrapper{
}
#wrapper2{
width: 980px ;/*was 60em (don't mix px and em widths)*/
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border-top: thick double #333333;
border-bottom:thick solid #000000;
border-left:thick solid #999999;
border-right:thick solid #999999;
/* Center the wrapper */
margin:0 auto;
/*has top go into top of browser*/
margin-top: 30px;
/*creates Gap at bottom*/
margin-bottom: 100px;
overflow:hidden;/*contain inner floats*/
}
body{
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.content{
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #990099;
background: url(Images/adventurebosx_webrose.png);
border-top:thick solid #000000;
border-bottom:thick solid #000000;
}
.content,p{
font-size:16px;
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:20px;
padding-left:10px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left: 60px;
text-align:center;
padding-top:40px;
padding-bottom:90px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.contentblue{
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #990099;
background: url(Images/adventurebosx_webrose.png);
}
.contentblue,p{
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:20px;
padding-left:10px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left: 60px;
text-align:center;
padding-top:20px;
padding-bottom:10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.contentrose{
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #990099;
background: url(Images/adventurebosx_webrose.png);
border-top:thick solid #000000;
}
.contentrose,p{
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:20px;
padding-left:10px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left: 60px;
text-align:center;
padding-top:20px;
padding-bottom:10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.contentrose li{
margin-left: 220px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.contentgreen{
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #990099;
background: url(Images/adventurebosx_webrose.png);
border-top:thick solid #000000;
}
.contentgreen,p{
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:20px;
padding-left:10px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left: 60px;
text-align:center;
padding-top:20px;
padding-bottom:10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.contentgreen li{
margin-left: 220px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.contentgold{
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #990099;
background: url(Images/adventurebosx_webrose.png);
border-top:thick solid #000000;
}
.contentgold,p{
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:20px;
padding-left:10px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left: 60px;
text-align:center;
padding-top:20px;
padding-bottom:10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.contentgold li{
margin-left: 220px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.contentgu{
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #990099;
background: url(Images/adventurebosx_webrose.png);
border-top:thick solid #000000;
border-bottom:thick solid #000000;
}
.contentgu,p{
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:20px;
padding-left:10px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left: 60px;
text-align:center;
padding-top:20px;
padding-bottom:10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.contentgu li{
margin-left: 220px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.contentz{
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #990099;
background: url(Images/adventurebosx_webrose.png);
border-top:thick solid #000000;
border-bottom:thick solid #000000;
}
.contentz,p{
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:20px;
padding-left:10px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left: 60px;
text-align:center;
padding-top:20px;
padding-bottom:10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.contentz li{
margin-left: 220px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.pushred{
padding-top: 30px;
padding-top: 20px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.pushred ul{
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 20px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
display:block;
background-color:;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.pushred li{
font-size:18px;
display:block;
padding-left: 380px;
}
.push{
border:dashed thin #FFFFFF;
padding-top: 30px;
padding-top: 20px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.push ul{
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 20px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
display:block;
background-color:;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.push li{
font-size:18px;
display:block;
padding-left: 380px;
}
.pushy{
padding-left:;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
}
.pushy ul{
list-style: square;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 200px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
margin-left: 40px;
margin-rght: 20px;
}
.pushy li{
font-size:20px;
display:block;
}
.pushd{
padding-left:;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.pushd ul{
list-style: square;
padding-right: 10px;
padding-left: 200px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
margin-left: 40px;
margin-rght: 20px;
}
.pushd li{
font-size:20px;
display:block;
}
.pushg{
padding-left:;
background: url(Images/stopwatch2.png) no-repeat top left;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
}
.pushg ul{
list-style: square;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 210px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
}
.pushg li{
font-size:20px;
display:block;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.pushc{
padding-left:;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
}
.pushc ul{
list-style: square;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 270px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
}
.pushc li{
font-size:20px;
display:block;
}
.pushgu{
padding-left:;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
}
.pushgu ul{
list-style: square;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 270px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
}
.pushgu li{
font-size:20px;
display:block;
}
.pushz{
padding-left:;
background:url(Images/code2.png) no-repeat left;
border:thin dashed #000000;
}
.pushz ul{
list-style: square;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 270px;
text-align:left;
list-style:none;
}
.pushz li{
font-size:20px;
display:block;
}
#logo{
margin-left:720px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
padding-top: 20px;
}
#blackmatch{
}
#blackmatch img{
float:left;
margin-top:20px;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
border: thick black solid;
border-bottom:none;
margin-right: 5px;
}
#blackmatched{
}
#blackmatched img{
border:thick solid #000000;
float:left;
margin-top:30px;
}
.jas{
float: left;
margin-right: 280px;
padding-left: 30px;
color:#000000;
}
.style1 {
font-size: 50px;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
color: #000000;
}
.style2 {
color: #CC99FF;
font-size:24px;
padding-left: 400px;
}
h1{
text-align:right;
color: #FFFFFF;
padding-bottom: 10px;
font-style:italic;
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:150px;
margin-top:10px;
display:block;
}
h2{
color: #FFFFFF;
font-style:italic;
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding-right:50px;
padding-left:170px;
margin-top:10px;
text-align:;
display:block;
font-size:26px;
width: 670px;
height:auto;
border:thin dashed #FFFFFF;
}
.style4 {
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
font-size:23px;
display:block;
padding-left: 300px;
}
.once {
font-size: 13px;
color: #FFFFFF;
display:block;
width: 390px;
height: 160px;
margin-left: 470px;
margin-right: 470px;
border:thin dotted #000000;
background: #000000;
padding-right: 33px;
}
#center{
font-size:15px;
color: #000000;
font-style:italic;
background-color:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
display:block;
padding-top: 50px;
padding-left: 20px;
}
.bottom{
margin-top: 40px;
}
.bottom p{
padding: 2px;
font-size:18px;
color:#000000;
}
.bot{
font-size:12px;
padding: 2px;
color:#000000;
}
.logo2{
text-align:center;
margin-bottom: 30px;
margin-top: 50px;
}
#navbar{
background-color:#000000;
height:30px;
}
#navbar ul{
list-style-type: none;
}
#navbar li{
float: left;
}
#bnavbar{
background-color:#000000;
height:30px;
text-decoration:none;
list-style-type:none;
}
b#navbar ul{
list-style-type: none;
text-decoration:none;
}
#bnavbar li{
float: left;
text-decoration:none;
list-style-type:none;
}
#bnavbar a,
#bnavbar a:link,
#bnavbar a:visited{
text-decoration:none;
list-style-type:none;
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #FFFFFF;
padding-top:12px;
display:block;
width: 138px;
text-align:center;
}
#bnavbar a:hover,
#bnavbar a:active{
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #666666;
}
#navbar{
background-color:#000000;
height:30px;
background:url(Images/adventurebosx_web_scrollbar.gif) right top;
}
#navbar ul{
list-style-type: none;
}
#navbar li{
float: left;
}
.form{
float:left;
border:thick solid #000000;
margin-top: 30px;
margin-left: 10px;
background: ;
color:black;
}
.formf{
float:left;
border:thick solid #000000;
margin-top: 5px;
margin-left: 10px;
background: ;
color:black;
}
#navbar a,
#navbar a:link,
#navbar a:visited{
text-decoration:none;
font-family:Eurostile, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #FFFFFF;
padding-top:12px;
display:block;
width: 137px;
border:thin dotted #000000;
text-align:center;
}
#navbar a:hover,
#navbar a:active{
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #666666;
}
Note: I validated the code but it won’t say so because I switched to HTML5 and my dreaweaver is CS3 and some of the new invalidations would cause me to lose the visual togetherness of my site. Considering HTML5 is backwards compatible, those particular invalidations shouldn’t effect these pages.