I've created my first website with the Visual Site Designer. It's almost done and it looks great but it doesn't appear in every browser like it should. I ran it through the W3 Markup Validation and it found 75 errors and 11 warnings. Because I created it in VSD, I am unable to make any of the corrections. I'm not sure I would know how to anyway. My question is, why would the VSD create a site with so many errors and what do I do now? Also, do these error have anything to do with why it displays incorrectly in some browsers? Thanks.

Jen

Looks like 90% of the errors are from the menu your using not VSD.

What menu? You mean the drop down navigation?

Oh, I figured it out. Thanks. You were right. Now I just have to figure out how to insert a better menu. I used the old Dhtml menu builder because it was the only one that seemed to work. The CSS Menu Builder would not display correctly. It only showed up as a bulleted list and the Flash Menu builder gets all distorted whenever I increase or decrease screen resolution. This has been much more of a project than I thought it would.

So you gave up on the CSS menu without posting back?

It was late and I got frustrated. I am really just learning all of this and I hate to be a bother I'm looking at it now. Do you have any suggestions for how I can get it to work? No matter what I try, it displays as a list of text, not a menu.

Make your menu in the editor and keep the default name just to make things a little less confusing. Read the directions on my page again and follow the steps while you have both VSD and the editor open. It's easy to paste the code into the HTML box but most users miss adding the CSS file correctly. Take your time and give it another try. We'll get you through this.

Thank you. I'll try again. When I create it, the preview displays it perfectly. Ahhh, I appreciate the help. I'll get back to you and let you know how it goes in a little while.

Jen

This is the reason these forums are here is so that users can help users with problems... And when you learn to do it... Maybe one day you will see a post on here that you can answer! Only way someone can bother me, is if they get mean when someone is trying to help.

So please asks away... I do not know about anyone else, but answering questions on these forums is very relaxing for me, it allows me to melt my stress. And if you do not post because you do not want to bother me, then you are bothering me because you did not post! lol Hope that does not sound mean, it is not intended to be in any way. lol

Okay, here is my code:

<ul class="menu-menu">
<li class="first">
<a href="http://">Quick Search</a>
<ul>
<li class="first"><a href="http://">Home</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://">Awnings</a>
<ul>
<li class="first"><a href="http://">Commercial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://">Residential</a></li>
<li><a href="http://">Retractable</a></li>
<li><a href="http://">Roll Up Curtains</a></li>
<li><a href="http://">Aluminum</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://">Signs & Graphics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://">Glass & Screen Rooms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/menu-menu.css" media="screen">


I followed all of your instructions except for step 4:

Step 4. Add a folder to the Root of VSD and name it css. Now browse to where you saved your menu in the editor and look in the css folder and select menu-menu.css if you left the default name. Otherwise look for the name of your menu. It should match the <ul class="menu-menu"> in the HTML Body code above.

This part, I don't really understand. I went to Edit> Add FIles> I created the css folder in the Root Menu. From there, I am lost. The menu I created is the default Untitles name but it won't open for me to look inside.

Right now, this is my site. The menu isn't even there??? I'm sure this last step is the missing piece.

http://tandemmedia.coffeecup.com/