The Red Stapler Chronicles

What Does Your Blog Look Like With Other Browsers?

I have a problem that I can’t seem to fix. No matter what I seem to do, my blog does not look right when a visitor uses most versions of Internet Explorer. Although it is hard to believe that people still use this browser (hey, there are people still using AOL too), it really frustrates me that they can not view my blog the way I intended it to be seen.

How did I discover this problem? I check my blog with a site called Browsershots This site allows you to see what your site will look like with 60 different browsers. Despite the fact that I can’t fix my IE problem, Browsershots has allowed me to correct how my blog looks like in older versions of Firefox and Safari. This site is a must bookmark for bloggers. Every time I add a plugin or widget to my blog, I make sure that I check Browsershots to see if I did any damage to my display.

Does anyone else have a problem with Internet Explorer? Do any of you view my blog all screwed up every day but were afraid to tell me? Most importantly, has anyone discovered a way to solve this problem?

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6 Responses to “What Does Your Blog Look Like With Other Browsers?”

1. Gradinita, on August 5th, 2008 at 2:00 pm Said:

   I have some similar problems on my blog. Some of my visitors complain to me that they see the header too left and the page takes different background colours when you roll over.

2. Blogging for profit, on August 6th, 2008 at 4:59 am Said:

   I never checked by website with other browsers but Firefox. I’m a bit selfish on this for I love Firefox a lot. But you made me change my mind to have to check my site appearances on other browsers for visitors to my blog may use them. Thanks for sharing this useful tool.

3. greg stevens, on August 6th, 2008 at 10:54 pm Said:

   as long as you code your CSS and XHTML correclty there should never “really” big a big problem between internet explorer and firefox.

4. Picky, on November 19th, 2008 at 2:35 pm Said:

   I have a problem that I can’t seem to fix. No matter what I seem to do, my blog does not look right when a visitor uses most versions of Internet Explorer. Although it is hard to believe that people still use this browser (hey, there are people still…

5. rutgerskevin, on November 22nd, 2008 at 12:53 pm Said:

   @ Picky –I had the same problem–was very annoying. My problem was fixed when i took off the center tags on my sidebars (I was trying to center my ads).

6. Edward.H, on April 28th, 2009 at 12:01 am Said:

   There are many free browser compatibility on-line test tool out there,you may user them to test yr page and then fix the issue.
   http://www.webmasterclip.com

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