[Jbo9]

my problem is when I activate any themes on wordpress it doesn’t display correctly on certain browsers like internet explorer , but when I use Firefox it shows perfect! I don’t know what I'm doing wrong

[tomdkat]

Which version of IE are you using? If anything later than IE8, upgrade to IE8.

Peace...

[caraewilton]

Different browsers render pages differently. Take for instance this template. Look at in firefox and then look at it in internet explorer? How many differences can you find. Hint... drop shadows, rounded corners and bevel text. To fix the differences on that template, I would need to create images as the reason IE does not display the rounded corners etc it because they are all created using CSS3 that IE does not support.
In this case it does not matter in my opinion as they just enhance the design, but are not critical as in the page is still 100% functional in IE.
In your case you need to look at what the differences are, if they are critical, changing your browser is not enough, you will need to fix them or change your theme.

If you post a link to the webpage, we may be able to give you more specific advice.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by caraewilton

Different browsers render pages differently. Take for instance this template. Look at in firefox and then look at it in internet explorer? How many differences can you find. Hint... drop shadows, rounded corners and bevel text. To fix the differences on that template, I would need to create images as the reason IE does not display the rounded corners etc it because they are all created using CSS3 that IE does not support.

Is this really a fair comparison? I mean everyone knows IE doesn't support CSS3 much, if at all, so using CSS3 as an example of how browsers render things "differently" (talking about modern browsers now) isn't really fair, is it?

Personally, I think the examples on Eric Meyer's site are a great example to show browser rendering differences since those examples focus on CSS1 and CSS2.1, which are (or should be) mostly supported by modern browsers. This is one of my favorite examples. View that in IE8 and then in IE7 (compatibility mode in IE8) to see the differences. CSS3 is relatively new where CSS2.1 isn't.

Still, I do agree with you that browser bugs and incomplete support for web standards can cause grief when developing sites to work across browsers.

Peace...

[caraewilton]

except we have no idea what the problem is, thus it may or may not be unfair

[Jbo9]

check out my website in firefox and IE and see all the differences like for example: the music don't match, it doesnt show all the post, takes away the categories.....

[caraewilton]

I am not sure the problem is template related at all but instead has to do with the imbedded flash!

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by caraewilton

I am not sure the problem is template related at all but instead has to do with the imbedded flash!

Either that or other changes made to the template.

I found a demo of the original template here. For me, that loads just fine in IE8 and IE7 (as well as Firefox and Chrome). The original template validates clean.

Jbo9's theme doesn't validate clean, so some of those issues might be causing IE to render the pages incompletely.

@Jbo9: Does the original template load cleanly for you in IE? What happens if you remove the Flash objects you've got on the page?

Peace...

[colinsp]

With Wordpress when you are debugging something like this it is commonly caused by a poorly coded plugin. This is usually the cause of failed validation also. The best method of debugging is to turn off all your plugins and widgets and then check the display and validate. The add the plugin / widgets back in one by one checking and validating as you go. This will show you where the problem lies. This is just an amplification of what tomdkat is suggesting above.

[tomdkat]

Turning off plugins to identify the problematic one is excellent advice!

I feel like an idiot for not mentioning that myself!

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