Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE

dickie0228 · 09-10-2008, 12:47 AM

What have I done wrong? If you type in my url or click link to my site in Firefox, the site loads my source code. Seems to work on Internet Explorer.
Recession Proof Your Income

Please help.

Richard
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RonRea · 09-10-2008, 02:57 AM

I'll take a look, but one quick tip I found when working with FF. Keep an eye out for double dashes "--" within comment blocks, etc. Even "- -" (with spaces) caused an issue in FF. IE tries to take care of you and keep things from blowing, so -- in comments isn't a problem. In FF, putting --, even within a comment block, caused the rest of the code to puke and show on the screen. Again, I haven't at this yet, but maybe this has something to do with your issue of FF.

wardo · 09-10-2008, 05:20 AM

Looks like your doctype is wrong. It probably becuase you are using html and you are self closing this line:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />

Just take the forward slash at the end off.

If you have any more trouble i would just run the page through validator.w3.org as you quite a few other errors on that page.

Billy Deakin · 09-10-2008, 05:59 AM

That foward slash shouldn't break the page...

What file extention are you using? The URL is Recession Proof Your Income which would default to index.html or index.htm by default (or .php etc.) but I can't find them?

It's possible that the browser isn't rendering the page because it thinks it is plain text - make sure that the file extension matches those which your server is set up to serve (if in doubt trl .html first)

Bill

KarlWarren · 09-10-2008, 11:59 AM

Billy,

I think you're right... the file itself doesn't seem to have an extension.

To check this theory add a / after the url - I thought it might have been an index file within a directory, but it doesn't seem to be.

Dickie, if you add .htm as the extension using your ftp program it should work in all browsers.

Kindest regards,
Karl.

ncovill · 09-10-2008, 12:48 PM

ncovill · 09-10-2008, 12:53 PM

I just found out something very strange. I use Firebug to debug in FF and such, and what this is showing is there is an <html></head><body> BEFORE your actual code, lol.. very strange. So what it's doing is it's putting ALL of your code inside of your body.

I would still try to take out the commented out styles first.

dickie0228 · 09-11-2008, 06:52 AM

Thank you to all replies. I will try them and let you know.

dickie0228 · 09-17-2008, 10:51 PM

Thanks all! Turns out it was not uploaded in html, so Firefox did not recognize. It has been repaired.
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09-10-2008, 12:47 AM	#1
dickie0228 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE What have I done wrong? If you type in my url or click link to my site in Firefox, the site loads my source code. Seems to work on Internet Explorer. Recession Proof Your Income Please help. Richard dickie0228

09-10-2008, 02:57 AM	#2
RonRea Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 33 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE I'll take a look, but one quick tip I found when working with FF. Keep an eye out for double dashes "--" within comment blocks, etc. Even "- -" (with spaces) caused an issue in FF. IE tries to take care of you and keep things from blowing, so -- in comments isn't a problem. In FF, putting --, even within a comment block, caused the rest of the code to puke and show on the screen. Again, I haven't at this yet, but maybe this has something to do with your issue of FF.

09-10-2008, 05:20 AM	#3
wardo Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wales Posts: 61 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE Looks like your doctype is wrong. It probably becuase you are using html and you are self closing this line: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> Just take the forward slash at the end off. If you have any more trouble i would just run the page through validator.w3.org as you quite a few other errors on that page.
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Billy Deakin Active Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE That foward slash shouldn't break the page... What file extention are you using? The URL is Recession Proof Your Income which would default to index.html or index.htm by default (or .php etc.) but I can't find them? It's possible that the browser isn't rendering the page because it thinks it is plain text - make sure that the file extension matches those which your server is set up to serve (if in doubt trl .html first) Bill
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KarlWarren www.eCoverNinja.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 5,424 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 34 Thanked 43 Times in 26 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE Billy, I think you're right... the file itself doesn't seem to have an extension. To check this theory add a / after the url - I thought it might have been an index file within a directory, but it doesn't seem to be. Dickie, if you add .htm as the extension using your ftp program it should work in all browsers. Kindest regards, Karl.
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09-10-2008, 12:48 PM	#6
ncovill Nate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE <style type="text/css"><!-- .headline { font-family: Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; } --></style> the comments you used here in the stylesheet I believe is your problem. Commenting things out in a stylesheet is different than HTML (you use /font-weight: bold;/ instead of the standard <!-- comments)
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09-10-2008, 12:53 PM	#7
ncovill Nate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE I just found out something very strange. I use Firebug to debug in FF and such, and what this is showing is there is an <html></head><body> BEFORE your actual code, lol.. very strange. So what it's doing is it's putting ALL of your code inside of your body. I would still try to take out the commented out styles first.
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09-11-2008, 06:52 AM	#8
dickie0228 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE Thank you to all replies. I will try them and let you know.

09-17-2008, 10:51 PM	#9
dickie0228 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE Thanks all! Turns out it was not uploaded in html, so Firefox did not recognize. It has been repaired. Check it out: Recession Proof Your Income