Website accessability issue

[darrenmtaylor]

I have just set up a pretty basic website using dreamweaver. It looks just how i want it to, although unfinished, on my pc, and every other persons pc, that i have viewed it.
However, on my company pc, and in fact every pc in my company, the first index.html page looks totally rubbish. The other five pages look great, but the first is wonkey, and wrong.
I have read that i need to use percentages instead of pixels, but why if my other pages are fine. I have used css styles so the pages are set up exactly the same.

Any help would be fantastic.

[karinne]

Well ... help is great but we're not mind-readers

PLEASE READ: How and When to post your question!


and since this isn't an Intro ... moving to HTML section.

[darrenmtaylor]

Sorry, i was in the wrong forum. What do you mean, you're not a mind reader?

So you arent sure whats wrong then?

[karinne]

Did you read the rules (i.e. the link I posted)?

Post a link to your site! We're not mind-readers ... we can't see the code if you don't show it to us. It could be a million different thing making your site look wrong in different computers/platforms/browsers!

And stop double-posting your question. Next time, it's an infraction and then it's a 2 week ban!

[darrenmtaylor]

www.visualedgedesigns.co.uk

Im only new tho, dont criticise too much

[karinne]

What browser are they viewing it in that's causing the problem? Platform?

'Cause I don't see a difference (except for a few pixels between the paragraphs) in IE6 or FF on Win2000

And you could validate the site ... 14 errors. One of them might fix your problem.

[darrenmtaylor]

its windows xp, ie5 i think. maybe thats the problem do you think.

Does it look ok apart from that?

[darrenmtaylor]

'except for a few pixels between the paragraphs'

How do you mean?

[karinne]

IE5 huh ... hmmm ... I dropped support for that browser when IE7 launched

This is what your site looks in FF and IE6

FF.jpg IE6.jpg

[darrenmtaylor]

ok, so you wouldnt worry about it too much then? Is there anything i can do like add a plugin or something on my work pc?

[karinne]

I wouldn't worry about it. If people get get with the times and download the latest browsers to view sites properly than that's their problem. At least the information is there.

Adda plugin for what? To check in IE5? You can install it - http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone

[spinal007]

Well done karrine, very good service, lol

My $0.02's worth:
- The site looks fine for me in FF2, IE6 and IE7
- IE5 (and IE5.5) is no longer supported, one less browser to worry about...

And Darren, try be be very clear whenever your post into any forum. YOu have to make it easy for people to help you. It's not everyday you find a bunch of really dedicated forum admins willing to spend the time working out what your problem is...

Welcome to webfourmz btw.

[darrenmtaylor]

thanks a lot. Im currently reading up on cross browser compatibility as we speak. I should check it on macs, etc really too.

Cheers