Website and IE

[Pam]

Ok...I have no clue what is going on here - I have a website at
http://www.passionfortruth.com - we just sent out a e-newsletter and found
out that some computers none of the links are working??!!

I usually run Firefox - but I've also opened up IE and the links work fine
for me - however 2 people running xppro (which is also what I have) say that
the links do not work for them.

Can some of you check out this site and see if you are having trouble
getting the links to work - and if so, do you have any ideas why?

thanks so much
pam

 

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[C A Upsdell]

Ok...I have no clue what is going on here - I have a website at
http://www.passionfortruth.com - we just sent out a e-newsletter and found
out that some computers none of the links are working??!!

I usually run Firefox - but I've also opened up IE and the links work fine
for me - however 2 people running xppro (which is also what I have) say that
the links do not work for them.

Can some of you check out this site and see if you are having trouble
getting the links to work - and if so, do you have any ideas why?

Step 1: validate your code. There are 40 HTML and 10 CSS validation
errors, some apparently arising from a poor understanding of HTML (e.g.
a CLASS tag is used, but there is no such thing as a CLASS tag: CLASS
is an attribute only.) I also note that you appear to have a DOCTYPE
which occupies 2 lines, and I suspect this will cause problems for IE6.

You also have a missing image file.

There is also questionable JavaScript.

The design starts falling apart when the font size grows a bit larger
than you expect.

 

[Pam]

I know......it's an old site that has been added to by so many people....and
unless I start from scratch ... well, one day I'll have to - the thing is
that up until today - all the menu links were working for everyone... I'd
love to turn this site over to a 'professional' ..... unfortunately the
expense would be prohibitive .. so I do the best I can.

I'll try the doctype and hopefully that might help - what do you mean about
the font size growing bigger?

thanks
Pam

 

[Pam]

I did the quick fix on the doctype line - but that didn't help - some people
are still not able to use the menu links ... do the menu links work for you?

http://passion-for-truth.com/index-home.html

 

[C A Upsdell]

I did the quick fix on the doctype line - but that didn't help - some people
are still not able to use the menu links ... do the menu links work for you?

Well, the links work for me with IE7. I have not tested IE5.01, 5.5, or
6.0. But there is a problem with the Home, Site Map, Blog, ... links:
if the page is not wide enough, some of these links are not visible
without scrolling.

Re your query about increasing the font size: just use one of the
browser's commands to increase the font size; when it is a bit too much,
the header/banner area starts falling apart.

 

[bojimbo26one]

Ok...I have no clue what is going on here - I have a website at
http://www.passionfortruth.com - we just sent out a e-newsletter and found
out that some computers none of the links are working??!!

I usually run Firefox - but I've also opened up IE and the links work fine
for me - however 2 people running xppro (which is also what I have) say that
the links do not work for them.

Can some of you check out this site and see if you are having trouble
getting the links to work - and if so, do you have any ideas why?

thanks so much
pam

Just a thought ; are the newsletters being seen as spam - if so ,
might be being blocked ?

 

[Pam]

What OS do you have? the people having problems with the links are all on xp
pro with IE 7 (and I have that also - but everything works for me) so have
no clue.

Well, on the font size, if I do the control + thing on any website it falls
apart and I can't click on any of the links - I have to go back down to the
original size before the links will be clickable - so I thought that was a
general thing.

The size of the page has been one of the things I have not been able to
figure out as well. I have it set up in a defineable table - and its
supposed to sit in the middle of the page with space on both sides - it
looks fine of course on my machine, but when looking at it on my husband's
15" laptop (my screen is 21") not only does it fill the screen - the
pictures are 'bigger' and almost stretched ... I must be missing something
on making it 'stay' in the table as well.

any help you can offer would be appreciated.

Pam
http://passion-for-truth.com/index-home.html

 

[Pam]

well, even if they would be seen as spam, it shouldn't block the menu links
on the actual website would it?

Pam

 

[C A Upsdell]

What OS do you have? the people having problems with the links are all on xp
pro with IE 7 (and I have that also - but everything works for me) so have
no clue.

I also have XP Pro with IE 7. I have XP SP3 installed.

Well, on the font size, if I do the control + thing on any website it falls
apart and I can't click on any of the links - I have to go back down to the
original size before the links will be clickable - so I thought that was a
general thing.

Without looking at the code in detail, my guess is that page elements
are being over-constrained, i.e. you have set absolute sizes instead of
letting the various page elements flow naturally. E.g. at some point
the code has "width=854", but it would be better to simply use 100%
(say) of the space available at that point. By specifying a width as
you do now, you guarantee that the site will have problems when the
browser window is narrower than you expect.

 

[Pam]

ahhh got ya - will c heck that out

thanks
Pam

I also have XP Pro with IE 7. I have XP SP3 installed.


Without looking at the code in detail, my guess is that page elements are
being over-constrained, i.e. you have set absolute sizes instead of
letting the various page elements flow naturally. E.g. at some point the
code has "width=854", but it would be better to simply use 100% (say) of
the space available at that point. By specifying a width as you do now,
you guarantee that the site will have problems when the browser window is
narrower than you expect.