June 23, 2005

New Wiki Skin Issues

Posted at June 23, 2005 10:51 AM in Computing .

After deploying a new skin on Wiki@Case I am once again reminded of how much I loathe designing web site layouts. The root of the problem is of course Internet Explorer. Why can't I design a single site css file? Why do I have to design special css files for certain browsers? You would think that everybody's implementation of css would be uniform by now. Oh well. Back to the layout design phase...

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What exactly is the problem with the CSS in IE? I've had my share of difficulties getting IE to cooperate CSS-wise, but I've never had to go so far as to create a different CSS file for it. Usually I can find a compromise.

Posted by Nicole Sharp at June 23, 2005 11:36 AM

I was having a fair share of problems with IE displaying the DIV + CSS only page (no tables). MediaWiki by default uses custom skins for separate browsers.

In related news, I believe I have corrected the IE layout issues. My Microsoft rant is on hold.

Posted by Gregory Szorc at June 23, 2005 11:57 AM

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