Html checker

printerman · 26-04-2005, 12:02

Hi ,i've done a website for work and it looks great in explorer but is not correct in Firefox....i've researched this (I'm not a webhead) and found out its due to the way editors build up the exported code and it sometimes causes problems. Is there a free checking/repair program i can use. Ie run each exported pages code through a program to remove problem/ un-needed tags etc..?

Thanks

P

MikeyB · 26-04-2005, 12:13

Hi,

There is a HTML validator here you can use, it points out any errors, but it's up to you to fix them!
http://validator.w3.org/

I'm not aware of one that will automatically fix any pages.

Millay · 26-04-2005, 12:26

Printman, you may find it quicker postign a link here, If you did the site in frontpage, then frontpage extensions can be causing your problems, otherwise its likly that it just needs a little tweak here and there..

there is no way really to autmoatically fix pages... just plain old detective work..

printerman · 26-04-2005, 12:29

I actually did it in Webplus( i know its not great!), and my website is www.aci-solutions.net.

I'm told that in some browsers the products pictures cover over some text and also the scrolling text covers our address.

Thanks.

Gareth · 28-04-2005, 02:29

Looks fine in Firefox for me... screen resolution is 1024 x 768

printerman · 28-04-2005, 08:21

No, its actually not correct.

The little blue arrow should sit along side the menu text running accross the top of the page (under the little pictures). Also the address along the bottom should have the phone number but that is being chopped off.

dilli-theclaw · 28-04-2005, 08:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by printerman

No, its actually not correct.

The little blue arrow should sit along side the menu text running accross the top of the page (under the little pictures). Also the address along the bottom should have the phone number but that is being chopped off.

And when you click on the 'map' link the maps cut the words off at the top...

ikthius · 28-04-2005, 10:33

for your little arrow, did you position that on your page with a div tag or a span tag?

I am currently looking at your code at the moment.

ik

EDIT: most of your items are using div tags, when they would probably be best of using the span tag.
for example your arrow, you said it should be inline with the links, then this should have used the span tag not the div tag.

div tag forces the rest of the code to start again after it&beneath it, in my experience, so the span tag just stops and the code restarts immediately after the end span tag.

does this make sense?

another thing, when you are showing images, make sure their absolute positioning is lower than your links, so that they are not coverred up, try another 10-20 pixels lower than they are just now, so all you would need to do is change the css part at the start of your file.

printerman · 30-04-2005, 14:22

Hi, thanks! But you are talking in a speak i don't understand. I used a web editor to do this as i have no clue of html.....

I used a free program called webplus6 which was okay (considering my company has no website!). I'm actually looking at using Netobjects fusion 8 as i'm told it it much better and has a lot more options.

Do you have an opinion?