Website display prob in Netscape

Displays fine in IE 5.1/Mac but not Netscape 4.7/Mac

[waynesworld]

The URL is:

[home.together.net...]

All images including backgrounds do not display only in Netscape. Any solutions?

Thanks, Wayne

[MikeFoster]

Hi Wayne,

I don't think you're using the base tag properly. It looks like the target attribute is correct, but... is the href attribute correct? I don't have alot of experience using the base tag so I may be wrong.

[rcjordan]

Hey Wayne, and welcome. (Also, welcome to cross-browser hell. A special place reserved for anyone that goes looking, most simply remain oblivious to it.)

I'm not able to answer your question directly, but start by checking this list [css.nu]. I've been using it a lot lately.

[Brett_Tabke]

Ya, looks like a case where the html validator would have cleared up the problem.

[validator.w3.org...]

Also, we normaly don't do, "review my site" posts...
[webmasterworld.com...]

[waynesworld]

Thanks for responding and trying to help. As you might figure, I am pretty much in the web novice category.

Brett, sorry for misunderstanding the intentions of this site. As to the html validator, wow, that's pretty amazing! Of course I tested it out and it submitted many errors in code, but it doesn't answer my concern since the site works perfectly in IE but not in Netscape. I guess it's just a case of a newer, better and more "forgiving" browser. I'll live without the apparent dwindling 15% that still use Netscape.

Wayne

[mivox]

waynesworld, the validator answers your problem perfectly. If you fix the errors in your code, I almost guarantee netscape will render the page perfectly, and you may learn some new details about proper HTML coding.

It's always the best idea to make your code validate when possible. Not only will you not lose out on Netscape driven traffic, but you also won't endanger your search engine rankings with "garbage" code... think of a search engine spider as another browser looking at your site. Will the spiders be as "forgiving" of bad code as IE? Maybe not... Is that a risk worth taking? I'd say no.

[waynesworld]

Mivox,
Thanks...I will definitely keep the Validator in mind--it's in my Favorites. Meanwhile, if you're interested (although I'm not sure this discussion is welcome here), with the help of a friend I corrected the basic problem:

the right frame was changed from this:

<BASE HREF="rframe">

to this:

<!--BASE HREF="rframe"-->

and the left frame was changed from this:

<BASE HREF="lframe" target="Frame437657">

to this:

<!--BASE HREF="lframe" target="Frame437657"-->
<BASE target="Frame437657">

Thanks,
waynesworld