Netscape serious display problem

Netscape doesn't display page correctly

[wedesign]

I am having a very difficult time trying to understand why my pages display so awfully in Netscape, but fine in IE. I made a template in Dreamweaver which I use on all the pages of this particular site, but when viewed in Netscape the right side of the header is all jumbled up.
I would welcome any help at all on this matter.
I made a separate example page, with no content at all, for the purpose of showing how the header displays in Netscape at: <snip>

Thank you!

[edited by: BlobFisk at 4:03 pm (utc) on Aug. 24, 2004]
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[Hester]

Code?

[BlobFisk]

Which version of Netscape are you seeing this problem in?

[tedster]

Just a guess here, but you may be dealing with a "quirks mode vs. standards mode" problem. Netscape (Firefox, Opera, etc.) are much more standards compliant than IE and often serve up surprises for pages that were first developed to "look right" in IE.

For this reason, many people are now developing for the minority browsers first, and then checking the page in IE as a later step.

That may sound a bit crazy, given IE's huge market share - but by first making sure that your mark-up is 1) valid and 2) renders well in standards-compliant browsers, you almost always have an easier time of it.

References:

Standards vs. Quirks Mode [webmasterworld.com]
W3C Validator [validator.w3.org]