Re: Need help with a site that only looks right in Explorer

**Stanimir Stamenkov** · Sep 24 '08, 07:45 PM

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:07:51 -0500, /Dennis M/:

it has some kind of
HTML bug that makes it look weird in every browser except Internet Explorer
(in non-IE browsers there's a big "hole" in it, and the frame that should
be in the "hole" is scrunched up beneath the top frame).
>
http://www.superseventies.com/watchtv/index.shtml

Yes, it is a bug in IE but you could see it the same in IE by using
a DOCTYPE declaration which triggers its standards-compliance mode:

Doctype - Glossary | MDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535242(VS.85).aspx

In HTML, the doctype is the required preamble found at the top of all documents. Its sole purpose is to prevent a browser from switching into so-called "quirks mode" when rendering a document; that is, the doctype ensures that the browser makes a best-effort attempt at following the relevant specifications, rather than using a different rendering mode that is incompatible with some specifications.

Internet Explorer for Developers

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250395(VS.85).aspx#cssenhancements_topic2

The problem seen on the page is related to:

Internet Explorer for Developers

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250395(VS.85).aspx#cssenhancements_topic3

You may try removing the whitespace between the two adjacent IFRAME
elements and then set their 'frameborder' to 0 as the sum of their
widths is 100% of the containing block width, then their border
widths are added which causes them to break.

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Stanimir