Opera Compatability

site doesn't like right with Opera

[kshane]

Yesterday I finally downloaded and installed the Opera browser. I've been running my site for a couple of years and never had code compatability problems with IE or Netscape. Lo and behold, my site does not appear correctly in Opera. My whole site is hand coded. Where can I get some tips on how to adjust the coding so that the page will appear correctly in the Opera browser? Thanks.

Ken

[RonPK]

Hello Ken, welcome to WebmasterWorld.

The best thing to do is to make sure your code is valid HTML. Try [validator.w3.org...] to validate your site (or, in Opera, just press Ctrl-Alt-V).

Please note that even with valid HTML there's no guarantee that your pages will display exactly the same in all browsers.

[lorax]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

Along with validating comes the DOCTYPE declaration - which is important. Adding it (if you don't already have one) may improve your results. But go for the whole ball of wax and validate your code.

[griz_fan]

What version of Netscape were you testing in? If 4.x, I'm willing to bet that many of the same display problems you see in Opera will also show up in Netscape 6+, Mozilla, Safari, etc...

RonPK and lorax offer sound advice, make sure you have a valid DOCTYPE specified, then do the CTRL+ALT+V to validate your HTML. Writing valid HTML and CSS is sure a lot easier than tweaking your code to work in each individual browser. Valid code should get you pretty close in all major browsers and will make things a lot easier when you need to make adjustments...