js in Chrome 4/5 compatibility

Spikey8D · **Joined:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:50 am **Posts:** 1

Hi,
I have made my website in iWeb 09. It is the white theme and I'm using the standard Nav menu bar and also gallery page. FYI - I haven't published the site yet, I am just viewing it off my hard drive.
The issue I have is Google's Chrome browser version 5 (the latest)(on Windows and Mac) is behaving just like IE in regards to javascript components, ie. my nav menu bar and gallery. JavaScript is enabled in the preferences of all browsers.
Strangely enough, Chrome 4 works fine. I also tried WebCrusher, and there was no change, except the end result was actually completely unreadable in IE. This is the same for iWebFAQ.org
In Chrome 5, there is supposed to be a black dot where it can't load the JavaScript properly (this happens on iWebFAQ.org) but this doesn't happen on my website. A friend of mine suggested that maybe the frame dimensions aren't defined, so the menu bar is there, just outside the frame (like a mask) and off in space.
UPDATE: strangely enough, this website works fine in Chrome 5 http://web.me.com/petber/iWeb_tips/iWeb ... _iWeb.html

I'm thinking since a large percentage of my site's traffic is non-tech savvy IE users, I will unfortunately have to downgrade the menu bar to just links with a similar font, but I really like the gallery the way it is.
I've also found now that my Nav menu bar is temperamental in Firefox as well :-/ (not the same for iWebFAQ.org)

So what I want to know is:
Do 100% of iWeb made websites mess up in IE and Chrome 5?
Does anyone know anything about anchoring/defining the dimensions of the javascript frames for menu bar and gallery?
Are people experiencing the same thing with their iWeb websites?

I will put the site up soon, and then I will link it here. Also, if you would like screenshots, just let me know.
Thanks

iWebFAQ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:49 pm

Hi,

first I'd like to thank you for taking the time to write that. Second I'd like to apologize for being sick of questions about compatibility issues but that's what I am. Third I'd like to tell you that it's nothing against you but I'm just sick of it general and hope you will understand.

Spikey8D wrote:

Do 100% of iWeb made websites mess up in IE and Chrome 5?

You will never find anyone having visited 100% of the iWeb websites in IE and Chrome 5 so probably no one will ever be able to answer this. I can't.

Quote:

Does anyone know anything about anchoring/defining the dimensions of the javascript frames for menu bar and gallery?

No.

Quote:

Are people experiencing the same thing with their iWeb websites?

That's what you read on the web. Thing is people not experiencing any problem are less prone to write it somewhere than people experiencing problems.

Personally I never experienced any problem visiting my iWeb made websites from a PC running on Windows in IE. Nor at the university campus nor at work. Which back then were different versions of IE running on different versions of Windows. I currently have no access to any PC anymore.

If a website works in Chrome 4 but doesn't in Chrome 5 then there's probably something wrong with Chrome 5 which will probably be fixed in Chrome 6... Or not...

Anyway the problems are not just with iWeb created sites. Problems are encountered no matter what you use to create your website. Even hand coding your website following the W3 guidelines you will run into problems with some browsers somewhen. First of all with IE. So there is no real solution to the problem.

That's where you learn that you can't always mind about everything. Again I didn't experience any problem visiting my websites on PCs.

More on this topic here: http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWeb_Compatibility.html

That's all I can tell, sorry.

Regards,
Cédric