Browser Problem.....it's Urgent....

[malav123]

HI,
I have developed alomost 80% my project that is developed in asp.net and i have used some ajax controlls but when i tested the project in diffrent browsers i am not getting proper format of my website.... So what is the tecnique to make the website all browser compatible... is there any tool to debug and to find where is the problem in my website ???
please it's urgent, i needs the help from u all experts....
thanks in advance.....



-malav

[Plater]

http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/#validators

[malav123]

http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/#validators

Hi Plater,
Thank u so much for given me such useful link....
i will test my website with this....... thanks.

[kenobewan]

Hi Plater,
Thank u so much for given me such useful link....
i will test my website with this....... thanks.

That's the good news. The bad news is that last time I checked less than 10% of W3C members own websites past this validator test. In other words there is no sure fire way to guarantee what your site will look like in different browsers.

This should not be cause for undue panic. As part of your testing you will be able to select those browsers who represent your target audience. I think of this as being part of the selected web standard.

IE8 is going to have these W3C standards as in its default browsing settings, along with the ability to select other modes for backwards compatability. This however is of little comfort until it becomes the dominant browser.

You are able to do JS browser detection and act according to which browser is encountered. So be aware that in passing the W3C validator, it is possible that there will be new problems in the browser(s) you tested in.

[malav123]

That's the good news. The bad news is that last time I checked less than 10% of W3C members own websites past this validator test. In other words there is no sure fire way to guarantee what your site will look like in different browsers.

This should not be cause for undue panic. As part of your testing you will be able to select those browsers who represent your target audience. I think of this as being part of the selected web standard.

IE8 is going to have these W3C standards as in its default browsing settings, along with the ability to select other modes for backwards compatability. This however is of little comfort until it becomes the dominant browser.

You are able to do JS browser detection and act according to which browser is encountered. So be aware that in passing the W3C validator, it is possible that there will be new problems in the browser(s) you tested in.

Hi,
So what can i do for problem of browsers ???
is there any another way to accomplish my desired task....
please reply as soon as possible...

[kenobewan]

Hi,
So what can i do for problem of browsers ???
is there any another way to accomplish my desired task....
please reply as soon as possible...

Don't worry this problem has been around for nearly as long as the internet. It is a common dilemma for web designers.

If you cover IE6, IE7 & Firefox, are going to cover 85-90% of internet users (depending on whose figures you look at). In economics there is the law of diminishing marginal utility - in web design you will spend more time, effort and money disproportionat ely the more browsers you try and cover.

This where knowing your target audience is important. That's why they pay those marketing folk the big bucks. Here is one set of browser statistics:
Browser Statistics

Like I said earlier once you detect which browser, you can choose what do next, eg display a message or use a different template:
JavaScript Browser Detection

btw - div's and css in page formatting will generally get you closer to consistant formatting

[malav123]

Don't worry this problem has been around for nearly as long as the internet. It is a common dilemma for web designers.

If you cover IE6, IE7 & Firefox, are going to cover 85-90% of internet users (depending on whose figures you look at). In economics there is the law of diminishing marginal utility - in web design you will spend more time, effort and money disproportionat ely the more browsers you try and cover.

This where knowing your target audience is important. That's why they pay those marketing folk the big bucks. Here is one set of browser statistics:
Browser Statistics

Like I said earlier once you detect which browser, you can choose what do next, eg display a message or use a different template:
JavaScript Browser Detection

btw - div's and css in page formatting will generally get you closer to consistant formatting

Ya it's true.... You are right that now a days most of users are using the IE6,7 and Firefox and that is what i want... i want my website these many browsers compatible but i am not getting how to make my website formatting to all these browsers compatible... i am getting different different layouts in all different browsers... so suggest me some way to accomplish my task....???


thanks for giving me your time.....

[Plater]

If you pass the w3 stuff, you will be pretty close visualy to making your pages look the same.
You can check here: http://browsershots.org/ to see what your pages look like in a variety of different browsers.

I found that by validating and a little practice, my pages look virtually identical in both FF and IE