detox — Wed, 26 Dec 2001 13:25:01 +0000

from memory, webreference.com has quite a few reference charts, from DOM to CSS etc

Another good thing to do would be to go to netscape.com and download their javascript reference. As far as I can remember microsoft has a Jscript documentation download as well.

And of course the best way to learn crossbrowser javascript is a combination of trial and error and good support from others more knowledgeable. TWF is a great forum to post your problems, we will all try to answer the question as soon as possible.

cheers

what about the dom?

akohl — Wed, 26 Dec 2001 06:33:12 +0000

I'm using asp. So I can redirect to netscape browser javascripts. But I don't know how to write them!

I remember hearing or reading somewhere that the DOM in netscape is different. If so, a simple comparison chart or graph between the different doms would be helpful.

In the meantime I'll look at the sites mentioned here.

Regarding Vinny's post, I had a really wierd rendering in netscape 4. It was just a table layout with an centered with a div tag inside a table cell. The picture presented on top of (like a layer where you could see the lsyer underneath.) the text in a different table cell!

How might that happen?
Thanks!

Vincent Puglia — Wed, 26 Dec 2001 03:09:03 +0000

Hi akohl,

Some crossBrowser tips:

1) use tags (You can access an element in IE without one, but the form element will never appear in Netscape without encircling form tags)

2) selection list syntax is: document.formname.selectname.options[document.formname.selectname.selectedIndex].value (or .text) --> do not use the IE shortcut.

3) close all tags that have closing tags (, , , etc. etc)

4) Netscape 4 does not recognize display='none'

5) Netscape 4 layers/divs must be positioned absolutely (not relatively) if you wish to manipulate them.

If interested: the vast majority (99%) of the script/tutoritals at my site are crossBrowser compatible.

Vinny

detox — Tue, 25 Dec 2001 14:35:49 +0000

If you have a specific development crossbrowser problem, then one of the best places to go is irt.org

otherwise there are plenty of great sites out there that cover a lot of crossbrowser javascript and html issues.

Justice — Tue, 25 Dec 2001 05:36:21 +0000

is your site dynamic or standard html? If it's dynamic, php for example, you'd look for a browser detection code... if it's static html, you should use a javascript redirect script.