MY Browser and X-Cart
 

I dont know whats going on with my browser.
Im going back and forth between Firefox and Netscape.
(dont really like Firefox on the puter im using)
When im in Firefox the bkrd image i put in shows up.
When im in Netscape it is not there.
Same with the Vertical Menus
In Firefox a blip is gone, in Netscape its there.

Also i have my container at 800pixels. When i refresh the browser
the left Vert menu stretches out. then when i refresh again it snaps back.
It also seems like im not at 800pixels, its coded in both temps that call for cont w.
it seems like im all the way out to the window, no alley space on each side of the container. close to the edge. Im sure i have something awry, but no clue what.:oops:

Re: MY Browser and X-Cart
 

Hehe what's wrong with testing in IE too ;D
Although we all hate to say it, make sure it's displaying correctly in IE otherwise - nightmares. Firefox and Netscape are almost the same mozilla based browser I thought (dependent on versions).

Perhaps first get it back to a state where everything looked fine and compare, in steps, what the differences made for each particular addition that you made.

Also check if your tables are set up correctly: copy the source directly from your browser and paste it into a testpage.html and see if your html-editor such as Dreamweaver spots any ill-formed (non-closed) tables. The editor will most likely help you spot whats up with the tables going in all sorts of directions - whether it's a typo, a wrong percentage, etc.

Maybe capture the source and paste the code into your editor when you see the page when it is really screwed up and then compare the code to what is on the refreshed still badly screwed page (not sure what could be doing that to be honest).

Another thought without being able to look at your source: look into your css to see if you made any additions in there that could affect the layout. (temporarily remove the skin1.css to see if the layout sits the way it should)

Regarding background images: perhaps this has something to do with the tables too, get another testpage.html to see if they both display the background in a simple state and, again, in steps to see what additional code is making the background disappear. If you haven't already, use css to display backgrounds.

Remember to back up.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Doms

Re: MY Browser and X-Cart
 

The easiest way to get your site to be cross-browser compliant is to adhere to W3C standards. While there are some display issues with IE, if you write a W3C compliant site, you have a much better chance of it displaying correctly across all platforms/browsers. Test it out at w3c.org and fix the validation errors.

Re: MY Browser and X-Cart
 

just noticed my site has issues with internet explorer ! have tried removing mods made recently but hasnt changed the fact lefthand menus are OVER STRETCHED??? fine in opera and firefox......STRANGE thing is when the site is in webmaster mode it is perfect size menus? why would this cure the problem in IE, soon as i close webmaster mode it resumes back to over strecthed menus!!!!

www.surecom.co.uk is the homepage, using latest version of xcart, currently ive resumed skin1.css back to original as well as menu.tpl set to original!!! this is a pain broswer compatablitity.......any advice appreciated here....

Re: MY Browser and X-Cart
 

Just found problem to be the left bottom image! i had placed inside the help.tpl file ! IE doesnt like this for some reason? when removing the skin file and selecting ALL on the page it showed the image with blue space to the right?, when i removed the image full stop it cured the over stretched problem.......instead i have now placed the image link on the home.tpl file just after include help.tpl the image now resides again where it should, and IE is displaying everything how it should!!! be a lot easier if every browser using the same set of rules!