Hi People
I have just completed a web small web site.
The html is all hard code no editor used and i am pleased with it in IE and netscape6.
I have set the font size using style, in IE its good font remains constant but in netscape6 style does not work but then there is more scope to enlarge the font in netscape6 i have given you my URL can you see any error in css style or shall it be better left alone as no one really wants a large font well to large anyway.
http://www.btinternet.com/~kristophe.mai/
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Robby
11-05-2001, 12:16 PM
to start, you should NOT use upper case in your <html> tags.
The class "fixed" is not attributed to any tags, you should do something like... table.fexed or p.fixed.
in your case... span.fixed { font-size: 16px }
Also when you call a class they should be in quotes...<span class="fixed">
one last thing, I would place all the JavaScript and CSS in external files. (in this case you don't have much CSS so skip that part)
Oh, and Netscape will never give you what IE does in appearance.
If you want to view the standards CSS Click Here (http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp ) and HTML Click Here (http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_reference.asp)
Derek Stone
11-06-2001, 01:33 PM
There is absolutely no reason why you can't use uppercase tags if you wish to.
HTML tags are not case sensitive, and often times uppercase tags are more apparent in the code, and therefore easier to find and change.
Of course it all boils down to preference.
Regards,
-cl
Robby
11-06-2001, 04:20 PM
At the present time there is no difference, but the W3 consortium states the following...
Why do We Use Lowercase Tags?
If you want to prepare yourself for the next generations of HTML you should start using lowercase tags. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommends lowercase tags in their HTML 4 recommendation, and XHTML (the next generation HTML) demands lowercase tags.
Also, you will notice that certain tags do not have a closing tag ie. <br> , in this case they recommend that you use thie following...<br /> instead
Derek Stone
11-06-2001, 06:55 PM
While you are absolutely correct about XHTML we are talking about HTML, and therefore rules that are necessary for other markup languages (and extensions of older ones) do not apply.
Browsers will have to support regular old HTML for years to come, regardless of all the sites that utilize XML, XHTML, DHTML, and numerous others, both now and in the future.
Even Microsoft's website uses uppercase tags, and let's face it, they DO make the rules.
W3C can suggest standards all they want, but Microsoft has the final say when they realease the next version of IE.
And by all means I'm not fighting with you. I simply like conversations of these sorts. We both have very valid points, and I certainly value any input that you have.
Regards,
-cl
Robby
11-08-2001, 01:23 AM
It's funny, in the past I always used upper case for all my tags. Then when I read that article and obviously not closely enough, I then changed to lower case. I would say over a year now. Oh well.