Kenoli Oleari wrote:
> Usually Safari is the browser that works for everything, but the  
> following page works on Mac versions of FF and IE perfectly and  
> completely breaks on Safari.  I have validated both the xhtml and the  
> CSS.  Can anyone help me?
>
> It seems to be ignoring the div background colors and screwing up the  
> absolute positioning.  I've gone over and over the code, pulling  
> sections and looking for small errors and can find nothing.
>
> http://www.communityassemblies.org/staging/index_nan.php
>
> (It has a php extension because there is some php code in it that I  
> have removed, though it causes the same problem regardless of the  
> extension or the code.)
>
> The styles that relate to the divs are included below.
>
> --Kenoli
>
>   
Unfortunately, valid files are no guarantee that a site will actually 
work, function, and be usable cross-browser. The problem is the use of 
absolute positioning to layout the page. And while it may seem to you to 
be only a Safari problem, I regret that that is just not so. A simple 
float layout will handle that content without any problem. No absolute 
positioning is necessary. A simple structural layout test is to zoom the 
fonts to 200%. In xp ff, this turns your page into quite a turmoil. Even 
though the fonts are frozen in ie6.0, the page bears no resemblance to 
its compliant browser sisters. While it may be a difficult pill to 
swallow--  personally, I'd consider a less ambitious, but workable 
cross-browser solution that doe not include absolute positioning.
Best,
~dL

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