Windows SP magically screwing up my blog.

[eSite]

Hi,

First of all :
- I'm on Mac OSX, thus I can't use SP or any Windows thing.
- The site is valid XHTML Strict 1.0
- It displays ok in Firefox and Safari on Mac.

It seems that while using :
- SP1 all the content is displayed but it takes a lot of time to load (even though the page normally loads fast)
- SP2 all the source is retrieved but not all the content is displayed (only the header (logo, title and AdSense) and 2 drop down menus from the sidebar.

That happens over HTTP, locally everything displays fine.

I have no idea what element of my blog is causing this thus I just can't fix it.

Any help would be strongly appreciated.

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[edited by: tedster at 6:31 am (utc) on Oct. 19, 2004]

[tedster]

My first thought is that this may be a server problem. If your mark-up validates, then major browsers are usually fine, no matter the platform. So the page hanging sounds more like a server issue.

[eSite]

My host said it is not.

[tedster]

OK - you said the code is valid. Is the CSS also valid?

W3C CSS Validator [jigsaw.w3.org]
W3C HTML Validator [validator.w3.org]

I would recommend NOT validating your local code, but run the validator online so that it is looking at exactly what comes from the server.

Also, I assume your friends are using IE on Windows XP. How about a newer PC browser,like FireFox or Opera? Even Netscape 7?

If none of this helps, then to troubleshoot you should try to create the minimum amount of code that will recreate the symptoms - just taka page start eliminating one feature and then another until you see things working. Then back up and look at the elements you just got rid of and dig in there.

[eSite]

CSS is valid except where I used CSS3 stuff.
I've been told that it is ok with Windows SP2 + Firefox.
I don't have "friends that can help me to debug" so I can't remove piece of code until I find the responsible one.
BTW I don't have extra pieces of code, all is required.

[eSite]

I added height:100% to #content and it seems to be fixed (though it's not a logic fix to me)
Can you guys confim all is ok on any page?

[tedster]

Sorry, eSite, we don't do site reviews here (see Terms of Service [webmasterworld.com])

I suggest a trip to a local copy shop or Internet cafe. I did that for testing on Mac browsers until I finally got one in the office.