Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

31 Jul 2010, 9:01 AM

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Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

Is it because I use Firefox to do my listings? I have not dared to look using Opera or Chrome. This is my URL;
http://www.topstring.org.uk/shop/
Any replies happily received and if anyone has the chance to view using different browsers I would be grateful for the feedback.
:blush:Mark

31 Jul 2010, 11:37 AM

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stevesh

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

You didn't close the h2 tag here:

<h2>TOPSTRING for Musicians<h2>

Firefox is smart enough to know what you meant to do ...

31 Jul 2010, 12:21 PM

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

£1.00 for the 35 Watt Bass Amp ?

31 Jul 2010, 1:28 PM

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

Dohhh! Thanks Stevesh, as you may have gathered I am still new at this. It still looks better in Firefox but at least IE makes sense now. Keefaz, glad you spotted the (ahem) deliberate mistake, all better now until someone spots another. Thanks for the quick response!

31 Jul 2010, 2:35 PM

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

The red part in my other post needs to be <**/**h2>. Then it'll look the same in all browsers.

10 Aug 2010, 4:00 PM

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topstring

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

still looks different, any more ideas?

10 Aug 2010, 5:00 PM

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

That's because you still haven't closed that tag. From your source:

<div id="tagline"><h2>TOPSTRING for Musicians<h2>

The red part needs to be </h2>

11 Aug 2010, 8:29 AM

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topstring

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

OK. Seems like I am editing the wrong file. I have been working on "public/shop/includes/languages/english/header.php", can you let me know the correct file to edit please?

11 Aug 2010, 8:46 AM

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

Probably includes/languages/english/classic/header.php, but you can search for that string in the DTK:

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=39

11 Aug 2010, 12:17 PM

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Re: Why does my site look so different in IE compared to Firefox?

It Lives! thank you again Stevesh, your skills are much appreciated.:clap: