netscape 4.8 not showing my asp pages.

[weblamer2]

I noticed for the first time today that netscape 4.0 does not seem to want to show any of my ASP pages. I can bring the page up, view the source as well, but nothing is displayed.

Any suggestions?

[Staffa]

It is more likely due to mistakes in the html code, specially the closing of tables, rows and cell tags.

[pageoneresults]

I'm with Staffa on this one. First thing I would look for is a missing closing </body> or </html> tag. That is usually the culprit when pages don't display in NN4.x.

[txbakers]

A third agreement. Netscape 4.X is ultra picky about things like that. Run your generated source code through an HTML validator and fix whatever it finds, then it should work.

Personally I stopped worrying about anything less than Netscape 7.0. If a user has that and wants to use my site I flat out tell them to upgrade or they can't use my site.

[g1smd]

Validate your CSS as well (http://jigsaw.w3.org/), if you are using CSS in your pages. Netscape doesn't do some CSS very well, and can react badly to broken CSS. But priority is to use the HTML validator (http://validator.w3.org/) to check the HTML on the page out.

[gsx]

to add to txbakers: but it still should be valide code. valid code should display on NS 4, if you are getting nothing, work at it until you do. It may not be pretty, but thats NS 4's limitations.

[txbakers]

It may not be pretty, but thats NS 4's limitations.

That's why I prefer it not to work at all. I'd rather get an email asking why it won't work than having people think that's the extent of my web design skill.

[gsx]

I am sure people with NS 4 are used to having poor-looking web sites by now!

And if it does not display - your code is not valid, if your code is not valid - it may not work in other browsers either. I am sure you would be horrified if it did not display in version 5 or IE, but you can't test it in that because you have 5.5 and 6 on your machines.

[g1smd]

... which is why you feed it to the HTML and CSS validators.

[weblamer2]

Any suggestions for a good HTML or CSS validator?

I agree with the thought that old netscape folks need to upgrade, but I would hate to have my boss come tell me that they lost a big sale because someone could not send in a quote.

[txbakers]

I use the one at www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/

You can generate your HTML from the ASP code and then copy/paste the entire thing into their validator. I use it frequently.

[tedster]

I use Opera to view the page, then press ctrl + alt + v

That's a nice Opera feature that sends the page straight to the W3C for validation.

[SuzyUK]

Brilliant, thanks tedster I didn't know that

Suzy

[g1smd]

>> Any suggestions for a good HTML or CSS validator? <<

Repeated from Item 5 above:

HTML: [validator.w3.org...]

CSS: [jigsaw.w3.org...]