Problem or Opportunity? - designed in FF,looks awful in IE

[anand84]

I am a Firefox user,and all along had been checking teh webpage functionality of my new website with only firefox..but recently, when I happened to open it through IE, I was surprised to see that the page was being displayed pathetically, with contents all queued in a single 50 pixel column, large ugly white spaces, etc..My visitor stats show that over 50percent are IE users..noow what do I do..use this as an opportunity to increase my Firefox referral commissions or rework my whole site for IE compatibility..

[Matt Probert]

Take the opportunity to redesign the site in cross-browser compatible HTML.

Matt

[Two Bass Hit]

Definitely an Opportunity...

One element that is often overlooked is the doctype. Make sure you are using the correct doctype. Check here - [w3.org...]

Once you have verified you are using the right one, spend time making sure your site is compatible with all browsers.

[tedster]

Also important information from cross-browser bliss -- Quirks Mode and Standards Mode [webmasterworld.com]

[hakre]

on the way over to IE checkout opera ;) this one might help you building cross-browser compatible pages, indeed it did the job for me.

another important thing is to start with just the plain xhtml document structure and applying gfx and such with a stylesheet later on. that really helps a lot.