Re: Web design question

Chri5123 · 08-11-2009, 10:14 AM

Hey Guys,

Just had a quick question, wonder if anyone can help me?

Basically I have some test showing fine in firefox - it is bold like it is meant to be, althought in IE8 I cannot get it to appear bold!

I have checked the tags and they are fine.

Also checked the code after I have uploaded the page and everything appears fine.

Anyone had this sort of problem before with IE8 or know how to fix it?

Thank you for any help.

Chris

Ron Douglas · 08-11-2009, 10:51 AM

Are you using a css style sheet? I had a problem once where the stylesheet was overriding the html edits I made.

Michael Mayo · 08-11-2009, 10:53 AM

Try going to your site with out the www in front of it.
Or, with the www if you've been visiting the site without it.

You may be only seeing what your system has stored in memory.

Have a Great Day!
Michael

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chri5123

Hey Guys,

Just had a quick question, wonder if anyone can help me?

Basically I have some test showing fine in firefox - it is bold like it is meant to be, althought in IE8 I cannot get it to appear bold!

I have checked the tags and they are fine.

Also checked the code after I have uploaded the page and everything appears fine.

Anyone had this sort of problem before with IE8 or know how to fix it?

Thank you for any help.

Chris

A_Kommon_Man · 08-11-2009, 12:09 PM

You may want to try setting up the attribute of the layout and text of your site with an external CSS instead of using HTML tags.

This may help your problem.

Best regards!

Killer Joe · 08-11-2009, 12:11 PM

Hi Chris,

I don't know if this applies to your problem, this is just sort of a 'catch-all' type of a fix...

If your page code starts out with this line:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">...then your code will need to conform to a much tighter protocol than if it reads like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/transitional.dtd">

I have built websites where I wasn't paying attention to the opening code line when I first started to create the site and have had to go back and change the word "strict" to the word "transitional".

If your code says "strict", perhaps changing it would help.

KJ

Steve Diamond · 08-11-2009, 01:03 PM

Three things. One, as Michael Mayo implied, it may be a browser caching issue. To force your browser to refresh the page from the server (get the latest version) use the Ctrl-F5 key combination. That works in Firefox and IE.

Two, the right HTML tag to use for bold text is  not . The use of  was deprecated some time ago. Even better, use . Or even better, use  and define a style:

Code:

.bold {
    font-weight: bold;
}

And finally, there's a section in this forum where questions like this belong, called Website Design. The main section is for money-making discussions only.

Steve

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Chri5123 Advanced Warrior Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: U.K Posts: 736 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Web design question - Bold text not showing? Hey Guys, Just had a quick question, wonder if anyone can help me? Basically I have some test showing fine in firefox - it is bold like it is meant to be, althought in IE8 I cannot get it to appear bold! I have checked the tags <b> </b> and they are fine. Also checked the code after I have uploaded the page and everything appears fine. Anyone had this sort of problem before with IE8 or know how to fix it? Thank you for any help. Chris
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Killer Joe aka Bill Farnham War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia, USA. Posts: 827 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 245 Thanked 297 Times in 204 Posts	Re: Web design question - Bold text not showing? Hi Chris, I don't know if this applies to your problem, this is just sort of a 'catch-all' type of a fix... If your page code starts out with this line: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">...then your code will need to conform to a much tighter protocol than if it reads like this: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/transitional.dtd"> I have built websites where I wasn't paying attention to the opening code line when I first started to create the site and have had to go back and change the word "strict" to the word "transitional". If your code says "strict", perhaps changing it would help. KJ
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Steve Diamond Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ, USA. Posts: 972 Thanks: 106 Thanked 143 Times in 103 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Web design question - Bold text not showing? Three things. One, as Michael Mayo implied, it may be a browser caching issue. To force your browser to refresh the page from the server (get the latest version) use the Ctrl-F5 key combination. That works in Firefox and IE. Two, the right HTML tag to use for bold text is <strong> not <b>. The use of <b> was deprecated some time ago. Even better, use <span style="font-weight:bold;">. Or even better, use <span class="bold"> and define a style: Code: .bold { font-weight: bold; } And finally, there's a section in this forum where questions like this belong, called Website Design. The main section is for money-making discussions only. Steve
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