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jameschambers · 13-01-2006, 12:25

Hi everyone

I am working in dreamweaver mx and am having problem with position divs.

When previewing the design in the program and in IE 5 the layour is fine but when previewing in firefox or safari some elements have moved about 10px up.

I am told this is something to do with the IE box modelling being different to others.

Any advice on how to get round this?

Thanks

finbarr · 13-01-2006, 12:51

test in Firefox if you can...get it looking right in that browser first then worry about IE

dont rely on DW design window preview as its pretty much fucked all the time.

Also can you provide a link?

jameschambers · 13-01-2006, 13:05

Its still in development so the content is irrelevant

http://www.jameschambers.co.uk/50up%20orange/index.html

emil · 13-01-2006, 13:41

do not use absolute position
have a look at http://css.maxdesign.com.au/ and chrck the floattutorial

jameschambers · 13-01-2006, 14:14

so should I use float for positioning everything?

pgo · 13-01-2006, 21:52

And don't resize my browser window. I hate, hate, hate that. I keep it maximized for a reason.

emil · 14-01-2006, 04:09

Just use absolute positioning sparingly.

I disabled window resizing in Firefox, it seems to be working, pgo

jameschambers · 14-01-2006, 05:38

Thanks guys, point taken about window resizing.

13-01-2006, 12:25	#1 (permalink)
jameschambers Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 31	css positioning ie & firefox Hi everyone I am working in dreamweaver mx and am having problem with position divs. When previewing the design in the program and in IE 5 the layour is fine but when previewing in firefox or safari some elements have moved about 10px up. I am told this is something to do with the IE box modelling being different to others. Any advice on how to get round this? Thanks

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13-01-2006, 12:51	#2 (permalink)
finbarr who the fuck am i? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: london Posts: 2,500	test in Firefox if you can...get it looking right in that browser first then worry about IE dont rely on DW design window preview as its pretty much fucked all the time. Also can you provide a link?

13-01-2006, 13:05	#3 (permalink)
jameschambers Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 31	Its still in development so the content is irrelevant http://www.jameschambers.co.uk/50up%20orange/index.html

13-01-2006, 13:41	#4 (permalink)
emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 6,971	do not use absolute position have a look at http://css.maxdesign.com.au/ and chrck the floattutorial

13-01-2006, 14:14	#5 (permalink)
jameschambers Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 31	so should I use float for positioning everything?

13-01-2006, 21:52	#6 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,358	And don't resize my browser window. I hate, hate, hate that. I keep it maximized for a reason.

14-01-2006, 04:09	#7 (permalink)
emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 6,971	Just use absolute positioning sparingly. I disabled window resizing in Firefox, it seems to be working, pgo

14-01-2006, 05:38	#8 (permalink)
jameschambers Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 31	Thanks guys, point taken about window resizing.

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