I love the simplicity and structure of it all, but it can take some time to make sure all things render well and most of all look great in ALL browsers, Internet Explorer, FireFox, Opera, etc.

Most recent episode included working on a site that took months to put together. Everything was in place, data, content, links, sitemap. When it came time to review with client, the following came up

"It just does not look great!"

What browser? IE6

There is the answer.

In the past, I found that simply taking out the CSS comments helped, but it could be more.

Here are some tools that are helping me resolve a few CSS issues:

CSS Vista

Experiment with your CSS files live on both browsers. This will show the page live in both browsers, but best of all, you get to edit live and see the results right away.

CSSVista is a free Windows application for web developers which lets you edit your CSS code live in both Internet Explorer and Firefox simultaneously.

CSS Validation

Run your site through the online CSS Validation Services. Right away one can see what fails and what warnings your CSS code gives.

IE6 does not run in Vista

Consumers are purchasing new computers with Vista operating systems, not Windows XP or Win 95.

For the developers working with computers stuck in the past, here is a great utility to

Visit http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

Final tip: upgrade your browser

You will enjoy better safety, performance and browsing experience online!

Here are some related CSS tips and posts

http://christopher-scott.org/blog/10-css-tips-you-might-not-have-known-about

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/10/70-expert-ideas-for-better-css-coding/

http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/top_css_tips/

Read before you code!

Some will say the link passes rank with some engines, while others disagree in the previous.

Here is a simple breakdown

Search engines each interpret NoFollow in their own way. Here’s a list of the major search engines, and their actions when a NoFollow link is seen:

• Google follows NoFollow links but simply does not pass on credit to an outbound link that is tagged with the attribute.
• Yahoo follows NoFollow links and excludes the link from all ranking calculations.
• MSN may or may not follow a NoFollow link, but it does exclude it from ranking calculations.
• Ask.com does not adhere to NoFollow.

Source and more explanation on this subject: http://www.squidoo.com/dofollow

Within the previous link you will also find lists of social bookmarking sites, articles submission and blogging services offering the ‘DoFollow’ type of link.

An excellent resource for anyone want to build more links and traffic to their web site.

Additional do-follow resources include:

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/social-bookmarking-sites-which-dont-use-nofollow-bookmarks-and-search-engines/5985/

An extensive list of niche specific sites:

http://tucsonseosolutions.com/dofollowlistoflists

Happy linking!