how to achieve a cross browser compatible webdesign ?

[swifer07]

ei guys do you know a way on how will you make your webdesign to become cross browser compatible? plz answer...:cool:

[leafypiggy]

To make your design cross browser compatible, make sure you design it using the W3C standards. As long as you comply with those standards, your design should work in all browsers.

[Anna]

To make your design cross browser compatible, make sure you design it using the W3C standards. As long as you comply with those standards, your design should work in all browsers.

sorry to break it to you, but following standards alone won't do that, as some browsers refuse to follow the standards (mainly older IE).
Most of the time you need to find the small tricks, like giving a few special rules that apply only to IE...

But following standards is a very good place to start.

[leafypiggy]

Well, I know that. But the quirks in IE 6 and lower are just stupid. No one should be using those browsers anyways, but it is still good to include a style sheet only for IE or w/e.

:P

[Anna]

actually, there's quirks with ie7 as well... I had to implement special rules on my mainsite to make it look good in ie7 due to ie7 handeling padding/margin a bit different then firefox does.

ie8 on the other hand doesn't require as many special codes as ie7 does.

[leafypiggy]

Ah, I forgot about ie7. Most of my designs don't need special implecations. Just as long as they aren't very un-simple, you should be all set.

[Armacci Design]

Essentially, the most important thing for a developer to do in terms of cross-platform support is test the site themselves. My development workstation has every browser you can think of installed, including some of the most outdated (original Netscape... haha) and obscure pieces of software out there. When my company finishes a site for a client, there is an entire day devoted to manually checking different browser compatibility, along with frequent checks during development.

It's often overlooked, but there is no substitute for just going through your site yourself on as many browsers as you can.

[farscapeone]

Developing cross browser compatible sites is a mixture of following standards and having some experience. You newer know what could go wrong with IE The best way of making it easy is useing jQuery, Prototype or some other JavaScript Library. They are mostly compatible with IE6+ and all other browsers +jQuery is compatible with CSS3.

[swifer07]

is that mean to avoid many instances of error about design for cross browser issue one must use jquery? is that right mr. liviathon?

[farscapeone]

In terms of JavaScript cross browser compatibility yes, but that won't fix IE6 bugs like PNG transparency or stuff like that.

jQuery is a perfect way of doing your JavaScript coding cos you don't have to worry that much about cross browser compatibility while writing your code and that's a good start for overall cross browser development.