http://www.dada.at/trotzdem - a css layout with tabled newsitems
http://www.dada.at/geoff - a html-table layout
Typical problems arise when trying to validate manila layouts:
character encoding
somehow the default html header doesn't contain a valid character encoding scheme.
The head i use for our pages that validate is here: dada header
Meta tags.
The default meta information doesn't validate,
especially the"link relative" xml information seems not to be valid for html 4.01 transitional. On the dada pages that validate i have ommited the meta macro in the layout and have repaced it with my own info. see dada header
font formating of "title" and "bodytext" macros containing tables
especially on news sites, where a table is included and font formating in the layout is automatically outside the newsitem table. this also happens when using the macro, since it also includes a table.
javascript
the correct default javascript setting is:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!-- Begin hiding from older browsers
//End hiding-->
</script>
change this setting in ->prefs ->advanced
(older manila sites ommit the typecommand)
Posted by geoff on 8/14/03; 4:51:26 PM from the
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