HATE internet explorer coding!!!! Again~

Jojee · 01:05 AM

I can't get tables to show right in internet explorer, but they show perfectly in Firefox. I checked and rechecked a million times to make sure I closed all my tags and that they were correct. For example, let's take this:

<table>
<tr>
<td>

Blah blah
<table>
<tr>
<td>
blah
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>
</tr>
</table>

Now, IE makes it so that when I close the table tags for the table INSIDE the content, it registers it as closing the original table tags, and that completely screws over the layout. T_T

Does anyone know how to fix this?

(My tables are a lot more complicated than that, but I checked and closed everything right!)

EDIT: Okay. I rewrote a lot of the script and tested, and it's due to this in my header:

table {
width:expression(document.body.clientWid th > 1100? "1100px": "auto" );
}

When I removed it, the tables inside the tables close fine, but it brings out other problems with the table after I exceed the 1100px limit and doesn't actually set a max width. There's no way I can get multiple tables and max-width for tables to be compatible?

Screw you, IE people. I hate you all.

rubah · 04-15-2008, 01:15 AM

I would try and spend a few hours helping you if I had immediate access to IE?

I'd say just let the IE users suffer a huge table and run with it.

Jojee · 01:49 AM

It looks soooo bad though. xD It's not just a huge table, it looks cut off and wrong and disjointed.

Edit: And that's even with the width:expression removed, because I have max-width: 1100px for other browsers.

Edit2: Oh, I know what's up with that. If I eliminate width:expression entirely, I have to redo all of my images, and then it won't look disjointed but will have huge tables. Ugh. Can't I have IE max width and tables? Maybe I'll start looking into redoing all my images.

Edit3: Okay I redid all my images and am just letting IE people have a freaking huge table that drags across the screen if they're on high resolutions. xD Anyone dumb enough to be using IE probably doesn't have a big resolution anyway, right >.>

Still if anyone could figure out how to make IE's width expression and multiple tables compatible, please tell me.

o_O · 04-15-2008, 03:00 AM

Here are two solutions:
1. Instead of defining the style for all tables, define a class and set name or id of the tables to be affected.

2.

HTML Code:

<html>

	<head>

		<title>lol</title>

		<comment>

			<style type="text/css">

				table {

					/* define style for other browsers */

				}

			</style>

		</comment>
 

		<!--[if IE]>

			<style type="text/css">

				table {

					/* Define style for IE */

				}

			</style>

		<![endif]-->

	</head>
 

	<body>

	</body>

</html>

Jojee · 04-15-2008, 06:56 AM

It still makes the tables mess up I think. Anyway thanks xD I think I'll just let IE users see huge tables, they deserve it I hate them. xD

So I have a different question now~ using PHP, I'm making a quiz, right? I'm using arrays for the responses...

$answers_array = array(
1=> " Yes|1
No|2",

etc

So that's question #1. A yes corresponds with result #1, and No corresponds with result #2. Is there any way I can get an answer to correspond with multiple results? I'm really a PHP noob.

o_O · 04-15-2008, 12:39 PM

I'm assuming the "1" in "Yes|1" is some piece of data that needs to accompany the "Yes" here (like order, or points, or rank).

You could do something like this:

PHP Code:

  $answers_array = array(

    array('Y' => 2, 'N' => 1),

    array('Y' => 1, 'N' => 2),

    array('Y' => 1, 'N' => 2),

    array('Y' => 2, 'N' => 1),

    array('Y' => 1, 'N' => 2),

    array('Y' => 1, 'N' => 2));

Then to access your array, use something like:

PHP Code:

  foreach ($answers_array as $curr_values) {

    $y = $curr_values['Y'];

    $n = $curr_values['N'];

    if ($y > $n) echo 'Y is greater than N';

    else if ($y == $n) echo 'Y is the same as N';

    else echo 'Y is less than N';

    // Do other stuff with Y and N here

}

I'solé · 04-27-2008, 07:36 PM

Simple solution:
"Will show up better in Firefox".

Baloki · 04-27-2008, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by I'solé ^

Simple solution:
"Will show up better in Firefox".

People who don't make an effort to code cross-browser or just put a cop-out on their sites shouldn't be allowed to make websites.

rubah Site Staff Cid's Knight Dusk and Starshine Location: Don't forget you're not alone	#2 (permalink) I would try and spend a few hours helping you if I had immediate access to IE? I'd say just let the IE users suffer a huge table and run with it.
04-15-2008, 01:15 AM

I'solé Location: Somewhere in the USA	#7 (permalink) Simple solution: "Will show up better in Firefox".
04-27-2008, 07:36 PM

Baloki Site Staff Last Exile Location: Dreaming a dream~	#8 (permalink) Originally Posted by I'solé ^ Simple solution: "Will show up better in Firefox". People who don't make an effort to code cross-browser or just put a cop-out on their sites shouldn't be allowed to make websites.
04-27-2008, 10:57 PM