After posting the question/need on twitter, Jonic Linley came back and let me know about the Position Is Everything website that does exactly what we needed.

Normally I’d feature a website like this in one of my posts on Uncover the Internet, but given the topic of CSS styling and how to do it right, I thought it would fit more under the topic of Computers in general.

The Position Is Everything website serves as a helpful resource for CSS questions in general. The focus though is on finding and illustrating the browser differences for some specific CSS design issues that you may or may not face in your upcoming design projects.

Each issue that’s shared on the site links to a very detailed and interactive illustration of the change at hand.

If you’ve got a question about CSS styling bugs, I’d start checking out Position Is Everything website first. When I’ve got a CSS question I try to figure it out myself, unless I’m in a hurry or in a bind, if that’s the case then I go to my meCSSiah, srcoley.

Post from: EveryJoe

Identifying CSS Bugs in Browsers

My boss experienced an weird problem with his installation of Visual Web Developer Express 2008.

When he tried to view a web user control page in the design mode the application only displayed a blank white page. If he clicked on the “Source” view, all the code was there that was expected. Combing through the code didn’t produce anything that should have resulted in the error of things not loading.

It turns out the error was due to confusion on web user controls that also reference a CSS stylesheet. The rendering engine kind of gets choked on what’s going on. Jeff King, Program Manager for Visual Studio Web Tools, states that the quick fix is to just move the CSS style reference to the bottom of the page.

Sure enough everything worked.

For more details and an explanation of what’s occuring by Jeff King, visit the post on his website for all the information you need.

Image Source: Jeff King’s site

Post from: EveryJoe

Disappearing Web User Control in Design View