Browser incompatibilites with menu and display

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1996 328ti
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Browser incompatibilites with menu and display

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When I view the home page the menu is right justified and wraps each category only in Safari. Netscape (Mac), Explorer (PC) is OK.
http://www.nccbmwcca.org/index.php

When I view
http://www.nccbmwcca.org/index.php?calendar_of_events
The top 5 article headings are too big in Windows Explorer.
Looks fine in Safari.
How can I make the font sizes more uniform?

Also the right shading is OK in Safari but not in Windows Explorer.
It is missing sections.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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Re: Browser incompatibilites with menu and display

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1996 328ti wrote:Also the right shading is OK in Safari but not in Windows Explorer.
if the shade is a png image with alpha, check this -> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pngopacity/
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Post by 1996 328ti »

Thanks but all of the shading is either a jpg or gif.
Another thing I have noticed is that the menu is right justified on all WCMS websites, including this one. The arrow graphic is on the left but the category name is on the right. But note, the menu is correct everywherre except HOME.
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Post by pSouper »

do you have a link to that menu at all?
Pappnase

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hello

please look at this!!

http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.p ... eformation

seems the same error.
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Post by 1996 328ti »

pSouper wrote:do you have a link to that menu at all?
Not sure I understand what you mean.
Above is what my menu looks like when at HOME. When any other category is chosen the menus are fine.
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1996 328ti wrote:When I view
http://www.nccbmwcca.org/index.php?calendar_of_events
The top 5 article headings are too big in Windows Explorer.
Looks fine in Safari.
How can I make the font sizes more uniform?
Use em instead of px in your frontend.css.

Not font-size: 10px;
better font-size: 1em;

Mac and PC display with different DPIs, so the pixelbased Fontsizes are not good.
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Post by 1996 328ti »

Thanks. I'll experiment with em.
I found a website http://pxem.geoffers.uni.cc/ that converts px sizes to em that might help me.

Edit: I converted all of the px sizes to em.
Now on my PC everything is too small but my Mac still look good as if nothing has changed.

Side note. I frequent a few different phpBB boards and everyone I rely on has been great. phpBB must bring out the best in people. :)
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It sounds like you're on the "research" path NOW :wink:
Maybe this link will lead to more possibilities:

http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/relative/

Good luck!!!
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Post by 1996 328ti »

The more I read the more I'm confused. :roll:
My pages always look good on Safari no matter if I use em, px or pt.
I don't know if that's a bug or a feature.

Is one solution maybe multiple CCSheets witha script the chooses the proper CSS?
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