Re: another page layout error with 9.52

["Rijk van Geijtenbeek" <rijk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Op Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:18:27 +0200 schreef Ed Jay <edMbj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> hansa wrote:
>
> > http://www.digitalstreet.nl/index.php?cPath=438_440&osCsid=fcl4gog77d5nfc4rjqco11ihb5
> > Mac OS X 10.5.4
> >
> > Menu is drawn under the content instead of in the sidebar.
> >
> > Safari has no problem here.
> 540 validation errors! It's a wonder it can be rendered in any browser.

In itself the number of errors doesn't tell much. In this case it  
indicates some severe misnesting of tags, which is probaly not what caused  
the problem, though it does tell something about the technical quality of  
the page... The page also uses nested tables with 100% width cells, and  
then uses 100% wide images for spacers and the gray lines between items,  
and then uses NOBR and BR elements and NOWRAP attributes to force  
linebreaks at specific places. Opera interprets this conflicting mess  
differently than other browsers. It could be done much simpler and more  
robust with a simple table or list and a few lines of CSS.

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                                                     Rijk van Geijtenbeek
                                   Opera Software ASA, Documentation & QA
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