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Question I have problem with my first website ( SitePoint Forums Just Starting Your Design )
Updated: 2008-08-12 05:50:54 (15)
I have problem with my first website

Hi everyone, this is my first time looking at the site and I'm glad I found it. I bought one of the books from this site "Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS" by Ian Lloyd. After reading most of the book (I don't want to mess with forms and blogs right now, just trying to keep it simple), I decided to make my own simple website. My Website.

I know it's not that good but it's a start Now I have a problem, the website looks the way I want in firefox but I became aware that it's messed up in Internet Explorer. In Internet Explorer the white boxes come up to high and block the heading, while in Firefox the white boxes are below the heading. If you see the website you should see what I mean, I hope.

I think the problem must be with my css so I'm going to include it here and hopefully you can help me out and possibly explain to me why there is a difference between the browsers.

Code:
/*
CSS for Hector M. Ayuso's personal website
*/

body {
  font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  background-color: #8080ff;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

#header {
  border-top: 5px solid yellow;
  border-bottom: 5px solid yellow;
}

h1 {
  font-size: xx-large;
  background-color: navy;
  color: yellow;
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 1em;
  padding-bottom: 0.1em;
  padding-left: 0.2em;
}

#navigation, #extra, #content {
  background-color: white;
  border: 2px solid navy;
}

#content {
  padding: 0.5em;
}

h2 {
  font-size: x-large;
  color: navy;
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 1em;
  border-bottom: 1px solid navy;
}

#navigation {
  font-size: large;
}

h3 {
  font-size: large;
  color: navy;
  padding-left: 0.2em;
  padding-top: 0.2em;
  margin: 0;
}

.highlight {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: large;
  color: navy;
}

#extra ol, #extra ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 0.1em;
  padding-left: 2em;
} 

#extra ul {
  list-style-type: none;
}

#navigation ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 0.4em;
  list-style-type: none;
}

/*
This section deals with the position of items on the screen.
*/


#navigation, #content, #extra, #header {
  position: absolute;
}

#navigation, #extra, #content {
  left: 2%;
  top: 100px;
}

#navigation {
  width: 16%;
  height: 150px;
}

#extra {
  top: 270px;
  width: 16%;
  height: 150px;
}

#content {
  left: 20%;
  width: 75%;
  height: 750px;
}

#header {
  width: 100%;
}
Any advice, critiques, and suggestions are welcome.

Answers: I have problem with my first website ( SitePoint Forums Just Starting Your Design )
I have problem with my first website

Unfortunately, your chances of getting cross browser compatibility using Geocities is pretty slim because of the javascript they insert at the top of your page. This puts IE into quirks (broken box model) mode which means it calculates widths and heights differently from other browsers.

Tyssen

I have problem with my first website

I had a feeling that could be the problem. Is there another free web hosting that I could get better cross browser compatibility?

eektor

I have problem with my first website

Any web host that doesn't insert junk at the top of your page will do. So before signing up with any, view the source of some of the sites hosted with them - if there's anything above the doctype, they're no good to you.

Tyssen

I have problem with my first website

Ok thanks for the help, Tyssen

eektor

I have problem with my first website

Freewebs dont place anything on your site, they just ask that you place "Hosted by freewebs" somewhere on your page. I used these guys before I got a server.
Back when I used them they did however have a 50 file limit.

Mr Blonde

I have problem with my first website

I would suggest that you pay few bucks per month and get a decent paid hosting plan

Dark Tranquility

I have problem with my first website

Quote:
I would suggest that you pay few bucks per month and get a decent paid hosting plan
I agree, decent hosting space can be bought for less than $10 a month these days... then you don't need to worry about horrible javascript and advertising ads appearing on your website... looks more professional that way too :-)

nadia

Nadia P

I have problem with my first website

Thanks for the suggestions. The reason why I do not want to pay for web hosting is that the only people that look at my website are some friends and family. It is something very simple I wanted to put up. Maybe it is because I'm a cheapskate too

I do plan on paying for webhosting when I decide to create a webpage for my business, but that will come later.

eektor

I have problem with my first website

Off Topic:

Hi Hector,

While that is a basic site as you put it, for a first site I do have to say it looks pretty neat.

Dan Schulz

I have problem with my first website

Thank you Dan, that's very encouraging. I look at all the web sites from the people here and realize I got a long ways to go if I want to make a professional looking website.

Anyways, I decided to go for it and pay for hosting. Less than $10 a month isn't that bad at all. I was looking at 1and1 and I saw a plan of theirs for two domain names. Does that mean I can have www.website1.com and www.website2.com with the appropriate email addresses for each one? If that's the case that would be great so I can have one for my personal website and one for my business.

Do you have any ideas on good inexpensive web hosting for simple sites?

Edit: Oh wow I didn't realize those websites actually linked to real websites.

eektor

I have problem with my first website

Hi, you might want to check with your ISP before paying for hosting as they probably include some free, ad-free hosting with your internet service.

Yes, two domain names does mean you can have 2 .coms. I don't know specifically what 1and1 offers, but I would assume that you would get hosting for both and a certain number of email addresses per domain.

paulgb

I have problem with my first website

I've heard a LOT of bad things about 1and1; I'd be very careful with them.

Check the Web Hosting board here on Sitepoint for hosting reviews and other infomration on choosing a quality Web hosting provider.

Dan Schulz

I have problem with my first website

It looks good for a first site.

electroskan.com

I have problem with my first website

Quote:
Originally Posted by eektor
Do you have any ideas on good inexpensive web hosting for simple sites?
here's a few that I use and they are great - excellent support - choice of linus or windows servers as well:

www.webstrikesolutions.com
www.hostmysite.com
www.crystaltech.com

all come with various plans, but there are a few basic ones there as well.

Nadia

Nadia P

I have problem with my first website

hmm, never had any problems with 1and1 myself. Great control panel as well.

Perhaps it is because I am only a beginner eh??

Blue Sky

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