cross-browser

[collymellon]

Is there any way to find out exactly what makes such a nice page display perfect in I.E but then looks completly miss-aligned in other browsers.

It must be something to do with width/margins?

[4css]

If its displaying correctly in IE then something isn't correct with the styles. IE is very forgiving of things.

One of the things that is different with IE and the other browsers is that IE doesn't see the box model the same as the other browsers, it gets it wrong. You can do a google on box model and you will get lots of information to read on this as well as hacks to make IE cooperate.

Also, make sure you validate your html/xhtml and css.

[HelenDev]

Most people find it easier when creating a site which uses css to preview it in Firefox/Mozilla first, and then when it's done, look at it in IE and then you can find out about how to tweak any problems which occur.

Doing it the other way round causes lots of problems...