Menu Debugging through Css

mindscreen_cal

05-15-2008, 01:43 PM

:confused:I have designed a site named http://www.bioedge.org/. The site has some CSS problem in IE7.

In the Menubar of this site The rss feeds drop down is not working properly in IE7 (it disappears before you can click on BioEdge or MediaWatch). But, its work fine in Mozilla.

Following is the code that I m using, this site is designed by Expression Engine :-

<style type="text/css">

.menu2 {
float:left; width: 470px; font-family: verdana, arial,

sans-serif; font-size:11px; border-top:1px solid #c00;
background-image:

url({path=../images/uploads/}bg_bot.jpg); repeat-x;
margin:0 0 20px 0;
color: #FFFFFF;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: -10px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
align:center;
}
.menu2 ul {
padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;
}
.menu2 ul li {
float:left; position:relative;
}
.menu2 ul li.group {display:block; text-indent:30px;

background:#666; color:#ff0; width:152px; padding:4px

0;}

.menu2 ul li a, .menu2 ul li a:visited {
float:left; display:block; text-decoration:none;

color:#FFFFFF; padding:0px 16px; line-height:25px;

height:30px;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover {width:auto;}

.menu2 ul li a:hover {background:

url(../../../Documents%20and%20Settings/Mithilesh/Desktop

/images/sub2a.gif); color:#FF9900;}

.menu2 ul li:hover a {background:

url(../../../Documents%20and%20Settings/Mithilesh/Desktop

/images/sub2a.gif); color:#FF9900;}

.menu2 ul li ul {
display: none;
}
.menu2 table {
margin:0; border-collapse:collapse;font-size:11px;

position:absolute; top:0; left:0;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
.menu2 ul li:hover ul {
display:block; position:absolute;top:29px;

background:;margin-top:1px; left:0; width:152px;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul.scroller {
height:138px; width:172px; overflow:auto;}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul.endstop {
left:-90px;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li ul {
display: none;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; background: #41627E;

color:#fff;height:auto;line-height:15px;padding:4px 16px;

width:120px;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a.drop {
background:#FFFFFF;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
color:#FF9900; background: #888;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a:hover.drop {
background:#888; color:#ff0;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul {
display:block; position:absolute; left:153px; top:-70px;

color:#FFFFFF; left:152px; height:138px; width:172px;

overflow:auto; background:#FFFFFF;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a {background:#888;}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li.group {width:152px;

padding:5px 0;}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul.left {
left:-200px;
}
.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a:hover

{background:#666; color:#0ff;}

/* specific to IE5.5 and IE6 browsers */
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul {
display:block;position:absolute;top:30px; top:29px;

background:#42688F;left:0; margin-top:1px;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul.scroller {
height:138px; overflow:auto;}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul.endstop {
left: -90px;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a {
display:block; color:#fff; height:1px; line-height:15px;

padding:4px 16px; width:152px; w\idth:120px;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a.drop {
background:#888; padding-bottom:5px;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a ul {
visibility:hidden; position:absolute; height:0; width:0;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {
color:#ff0; background: #888;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover.drop {
background: #888; color:#ff0;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul {
visibility:visible; position:absolute; top:-69px; t\op:-70px;

color:#000; left:152px; height:138px; width:170px;

overflow:auto; background:#888;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul.left {
left:-170px;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a:hover

{background:#666; color:#0ff;}

.left {clear:both;}

</style>

<html>
<body>

<table width="938" border="0" cellspacing="0"

cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td color:#FFFFFF >
<div class="menu2">
<ul>
<li><a href="{path=site/index}"

class="menu2one">home</a></li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li><a href="{path=bioethics/about_us}"

class="menu2two">about us</a></li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li><a href="{path=bioethics/contact}"

class="menu2three">contact us</a></li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li><a href="{path=archive/archive_display}"

class="menu2four">archive</a></li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li><a href="" class="menu2five">rss feeds »
<table><tbody><tr><td>
<ul>
<li><a

href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/rss_bioe

dge/">BioEdge</a></li>
<li><a

href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/rss/">M

ediaWatch</a></li>
</ul>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td class="menu2" height=27px

margin-right:10px;>{embed="bioethics/search"}</td>
</div>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Pls, give me a urgent reply, I m waiting for ur quick &

positive reply.

Thanks.
Debasish

effpeetee

05-15-2008, 05:36 PM

There are numerous errors, 12css and 51mark-up. Also no Doctype.

Try validating at http://validator.w3.org/

Frank

Aceramic

05-15-2008, 06:03 PM

I got it down to 3 CSS errors and about 5 HTML errors. In the future, please enclose your code with the [ code][ /code] tags.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>

<style type="text/css">

.menu2 {
float:left;
width:470px;
font-family: verdana, arial,sans-serif;
font-size:11px;
border-top:1px solid #c00;
background-image:url(../images/uploads/bg_bot.jpg) repeat-x;
margin:0 0 20px 0;
color:#FFFFFF;
align:center;
margin:0 -10px 0 0;
}

.menu2 ul {
padding:0;
margin:0;
list-style-type:none;
}

.menu2 ul li {
float:left;
position:relative;
}

.menu2 ul li.group {
display:block;
text-indent:30px;
background-color:#666;
color:#ff0;
width:152px;
padding:4px;
}

.menu2 ul li a, .menu2 ul li a:visited {
float:left;
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
padding:0px 16px;
line-height:25px;
height:30px;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover {
width:auto;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover {
background:url(../../../Documents%20and%20Settings/Mithilesh/Desktop/images/sub2a.gif);
color:#FF9900;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover a {
background:url(../../../Documents%20and%20Settings/Mithilesh/Desktop/images/sub2a.gif);
color:#FF9900;
}

.menu2 ul li ul {
display:none;
}

.menu2 table {
margin:0;
border-collapse:collapse;
font-size:11px;
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
.menu2 ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:29px;
background:;
margin-top:1px;
left:0;
width:152px;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul.scroller {
height:138px;
width:172px;
overflow:auto;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul.endstop {
left:-90px;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li ul {
display: none;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block;
background:#41627E;
color:#fff;
height:auto;
line-height:15px;
padding:4px 16px;
width:120px;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a.drop {
background:#FFFFFF;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
color:#FF9900;
background:#888;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li a:hover.drop {
background:#888;
color:#ff0;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
position:absolute;
left:153px;
top:-70px;
color:#FFFFFF;
height:138px;
width:172px;
overflow:auto;
background:#FFFFFF;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a {
background:#888;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li.group {
width:152px;
padding:5px 0;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul.left {
left:-200px;
}

.menu2 ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#666;
color:#0ff;
}

/* specific to IE5.5 and IE6 browsers */
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul {
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:30px;
background:#42688F;
left:0;
margin-top:1px;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul.scroller {
height:138px;
overflow:auto;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul.endstop {
left: -90px;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a {
display:block;
color:#fff;
height:1px;
line-height:15px;
padding:4px 16px;
width:152px;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a.drop {
background:#888;
padding-bottom:5px;
}
.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a ul {
visibility:hidden;
position:absolute;
height:0;
width:0;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {
color:#ff0;
background:#888;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover.drop {
background:#888;
color:#ff0;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul {
visibility:visible;
position:absolute;
top:-69px;
color:#000;
left:152px;
height:138px;
width:170px;
overflow:auto;
background:#888;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul.left {
left:-170px;
}

.menu2 ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#666;
color:#0ff;
}

.left {
clear:both;
}
</style>

</head>

<body>

<table width="938" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td color="#FFFFFF">
<div class="menu2">
<ul>
<li><a href="{path=site/index}" class="menu2one">home</a></li>
<li><a href="{path=bioethics/about_us}" class="menu2two">about us</a></li>
<li><a href="{path=bioethics/contact}" class="menu2three">contact us</a></li>
<li><a href="{path=archive/archive_display}" class="menu2four">archive</a></li>
<li><a href="" class="menu2five">rss feeds »</a></li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/rss_bioedge/">BioEdge</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/rss/">MediaWatch</a></li>
</ul>
<td class="menu2" height="27" margin-right="10">{embed="bioethics/search"}</td>

</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

There's still a few things in there that I don't think you need, but I can't really be sure. It says in your CSS things like "/* specific to non IE browsers */", and such, but... There's nothing actually applying it to just those browsers. You would need conditional comments or another method of doing that.

effpeetee

05-15-2008, 06:54 PM

I have put the result here. But there is no display.

http://exitfegs.co.uk/15e.html

This is as far as I got. It appears to work.

http://exitfegs.co.uk/15d.html

.

Frank

effpeetee

05-15-2008, 09:54 PM

I have just updated this. See if it is OK.

http://exitfegs.co.uk/15d.html

You may have to trim the table cells. It's not my field I'm not very good at tables..
Note that in html you do NOT put px after the figure. width="120" is the style.
For css - width:"120px" ; is used.

Frank

effpeetee

05-16-2008, 03:50 PM

Here is a screenshot.

Frank