Firefox and IE Incompatibility

  • site: https://www.titanspace.net

    When viewing https://www.titanspace.net in IE, you’ll notice the obvious margin errors that occur in the “comments” and “postings” sections. When my site is viewed in firefox, there are no problems.

    How can I configure my site to work in both firefox an internet explorer?

    I’ve attempted to use the w3c validator, and followed some of its guidelines, however, this has failed to properly frame the problem and direct me to a clear answer. Please provide clear examples: I need to know both the code that must be added to my site, as well as the place wherein I must place it. I am willing to provide any further information you may need. Thanks in advance!

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  • You’ve got 102 validation errors, and you’re missing the <!DOCTYPE declaration at the top. Validation errors can have unpredictable errors from browser to browser, and they’re the first place to start when you notice cross-browser differences in your site’s appearance.

    If the validator’s explanations aren’t clear to you, you may want to start here for a refresher:

    https://w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_intro.asp

    Thread Starter dejidiah

    (@dejidiah)

    Thank you. Can you direct me to WHERE SPECIFICALLY IN WORDPRESS I am to put the Doctype?

    Also, which Doctype is the best to use in wordpress-formatted web pages?

    I have attempted to place these doctypes and fix some of these errors, but so far to no avail. Thanks again in advance. I’m not having any of these problems on other websites: I may end up un-installing and re-installing.

    NO NEED TO SHOUT.

    It’s not really a WP issue. It’s a theme issue. You could write a them to use HTML, XHTML transitional, XHTML strict, or whatever. The appropriate doctype depends on how you’ve coded the theme. It tells browsers (and the validator) what sort of HTML coding to expect. It’s your call entirely.

    It has nothing to do with WP, so don’t bother un-installing and re-installing. Again, this is entirely from your theme.

    If you wrote the theme yourself, then it’s just a matter of cleaning it up (the doctype should be at the top of your theme’s header.php). If you got the theme from somewhere else, then consider switching to a better-coded theme.

    Thread Starter dejidiah

    (@dejidiah)

    Adam, thank you for the very clear and well addressed response. I’ll switch themes as soon as I am able.

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