manstraw

IE interprets the box model incorrectly. Basically, you need to include a conditional comment, so that you can have separate rules just for IE.

Basically, if you do something like this in your header.php file in your theme:

<!--[if IE 6]>
<style>
div.logo {
margin-left: 10px;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->

Then only the stuff in the style tags will be applied to ie6. You can also use the following

<!--[if IE]>
<!--[if IE 5.0]>
<!--[if IE 5.5]>
<!--[if IE 5]>
<!--[if lt IE 7]>

So, you can make your style.css work for firefox, then put the code bits that will work for Internet Explorer in your header.php file (within the head tags, but after where your style sheet is called) using the above conditional comment system.

Oh, one reason you might not want to use just IE is because when IE7 comes out, it might not work right. Until it becomes final, we don’t really know how ie7 will render the css box model (and plenty of other things). For this reason, I generally refrain from using only IE. I’ll get specific, and start with IE6. Checks your logs to see if anyone is even using older than 6. You might not need to worry about ie5. You’ll notice that last one in the list uses a lt. Basically applies to lower than version 7. You can use that if the rules are good for every version of ie before 7.

And I’ve finally found the page where Microsoft discusses the official way to do hacks to accommodate their browsers with conditional comments. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/ccomment_ovw.asp

about how links should appear with underline. in your css file for your theme, under main links, change

a, .feedback a, .meta a {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: 1px dashed;
}

to

a, .feedback a, .meta a {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: underline;
}

Then, about the lowercase in your side menu.

in your css, a little past 3/4’s of the way down, under side menu, you’ll find

#menu ul li {
font: 150% Verdana, Arial, Serif;
letter-spacing: -1px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
color: #000000;
text-transform: lowercase;
}

change it to

#menu ul li {
font: 150% Verdana, Arial, Serif;
letter-spacing: -1px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
color: #000000;
}

Basically, remove that last line.

I truly don’t understand why the discussion can’t just be about tables versus css for layout. I give up.

I have a problem with reading words like geeks, idiots, and nazism as you have used them. I don’t think they have a place in a responsible discusson.

Monopoly != Standard. There is more to it than that. The purpose of a standard is not to establish what *is*, but rather to establish a direction for the future that will overcome the shortcomings of progress without forethought. The fact you may or may not agree with some of the decisions of the w3c in no way indicates they have a biased mission. I’m tired of reading these kinds of accusations without anything backing them up. And frankly, they don’t have a place in this thread.

The title of this thread is “What’s so bad about tables?” I really hope we can keep this discussion within that context, and stop discussing the politics of the w3c, hidden agendas, or nazism.

I maintain that tables are less flexible than css for page layout. I maintain that tables are not suitable for alternative browsing requirements. I maintain that properly coded xhtml with css for layout and separated content and style is easier to read and modify than an equivalent page layed out using tables. I maintain that tables are very suitable for the display of tabular data.

I’m not interested in the rest of it. /me is hoping we all can keep it on track.

edit: I wrote the above while podz and lady also responded. I would be very curious to read the result of podz’s suggestion.

Swipe good content from other blogs. They will complain about you here, and a bunch of people will go and look at your blog. 🙂

ok, that was sooo a joke, please don’t actually do that anyone!

I second the vote for good content. It doesn’t hurt to leave comments on other people blogs, and include your url in the field they allow for it. But don’t just comment to get your link in, add something to the discussion at the other persons blog. Giving gets blog karma on your side.

I always just use http://magpierss.sf.net. I find easy to use and configure how I want.

the photopress plugin can add watermarks. make it say anything you want. size control too as i recall.