CSS - Which Font Does The Browser Actually Use?

In my web docs, in FF, the text size can be adjusted in the browser, but not in IE. Why would this be? I'm using points to define font size by the way.

I'm having a bit of trouble getting my font to align itself in the middle of a DIV (as it has a background). In FireFox it looks fine, in the middle of the div. But in Netscape and IE it is at the very top of the div (in Netscape) and really high (in IE). Usually I would just add padding-top to the div to position the text in the center, although this then knocks out FireFox.

Not sure the best way to solve this?

Would I have to import a different CSS file for the browers? I guess this would be best so I can target the little issues with each. How would I do this and make the browers know which is which?

Thanks

PHP Code:
#searchBox {
    float:right;
    margin:0em;
    padding:0em;
    margin-right:0.2em;
    clear:right;
    background-image:url(/images/site/backgrounds/searchBox.jpg);    
    /*border:black solid 1px;*/
}
#searchBox input {
    margin:0em;
    padding:0em;
    background-color:#d2c5a2;
    
}
.submit {
    background-color:#6F5F42;;
    color:#483e2b;
    font-size:smaller;
    font-weight:bold;
    margin:0em;
    padding:0em;
} 





and html

PHP Code:
<div id="searchBox">
            <form action="search.php" method="post" style="margin:0em; padding:0em;">
                <fieldset style="border:1px solid #a29383; margin:0em; padding:0.1em;">
                    <label>What are you shopping for?</label><input type="text" name="search" size="14"/>
                    <input class="submit" type="submit" name="submit" value="Search" />
                </fieldset>
            </form>        
        </div> 





i dont know but for some reason in firefox the three elements of form (label, input & submit) are on the same line but in IE they are in two lines.. I have just tried width:55%; but the submit box goes outside the top box.. but in FF the searchbox goes haywire and take the whole box!!

also is there anyway to make sure that the font sizes are same/similar in both IE and FF?

http://www.zahra-zahra.com/fullpage.html


EDIT: to say i have tweaked it and firefox problem is solved but IE still puts the form OUTSIDE The box..

So when using Netscape 7.2 & Opera 7.5 and MSIE 6.0,


How do you get a simple tag like

body {
font-size:small;
}

to be equal in all browsers?

Setting IE Text Size to Medium, and Opera's Zoom to 100% (both defaults) and Netscape 7.2 to 120% (not the default) is one way, but is there a CSS way?

By the way, the child element hack "body>div {property}" wasn't working no matter what I tried, by not working I mean to say Netscape never would read it or apply it.

It appeared to be that Opera & IE need to read the same value while Netscape needs to apply a larger size to be equal to IE's and Opera's rendering.

B

My first post.... ok... First I would like to say THANK YOU to anyone who has time to bestow some knowledge to me on what I am sure is a highly noob-esqe situation. I would also like to say that I have thoroughly search this and other forums for my issue, unfortunately I dont think I understand CSS or any web design enough to comprehend the solutions given. I think this may require someone with the knowledge I lack to come down to my level... if you can bend that low.. and walk me thru layman term-style. Again thanks in advance for anytime spent helping out.

That being said

I was recently trying to jazz up my website that is hosted by a certain music community. I do a decent amount of business thru this site so I wanted to step up the interface a little and get away from using the standard page setup they give you. They do offer the option to edit CSS to construct your own for a little more customization. I jumped in, and after a few days of struggling, I got it looking how I wanted it. I was excited until I realized it looked different on almost every computer i visited the site on. My Background is fine, but the links to paypal and other content is all over the place(e.g. song player, twitter link, buttons) I have tweaked and tweaked, but have not been able to remedy this apparently common problem due to my lack of knowledge and experience. My only hope is to post the coding here and have a Smart Guy/Girl guide me in the right direction. I hope Im not asking too much guys... here goes

(I know I can post my url here, how can I redirect you guys to veiw my site??)


/********* SoundClick CSS Template (based on custom version Mon, Sep 28 2009) ***********/
Quote:
/* general */
body {background: url((MyBGJPEGforbackground)); margin:0px;}
body,div,tr,td,select,textarea,input,option {font-family:Verdana; font-size:11px;}
a, a:link, a:visited {color:white; text-decoration:none;}
a:hover {color:#ff0000; text-decoration:underline;}
.pageFooter {clear:both; color:gray; padding:1px 0px 50px 20px;}
.infoBox {width:650px; margin:50px auto; background:white; color:black; border:silver solid 1px; padding:30px; font-size:14px;} /* hardly used, its for error messages to user */
.infoBox .quotes {margin:20px; border:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; font-style:italic; padding:10px; background:;}

/* main containers */
.mainTable {background: url((MainTableBGPicWentHere)) ; color:#999999; width:750px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; text-align:center;}
.mainContent {background:url(/images/siteNav/transbgblocks/black/bg_0.png); color:#999999; width:725px; float:left; overflow:hidden; margin:0px 0px 20px 5px;} /* IE6 doesnt support our preferred overflow:visible */

/* left navigation */
.navigation {background:url(/images/siteNav/transbgblocks/black/bg_0.png); color:white; width:300px; float:left; overflow:hidden; margin:10px 0px 20px 0px;}
.navigation a:link, .navigation a:visited {color:#999999;}
.navigation a:hover {color:#ffffff;}
.navigationDivider {height:6px; line-height:6px; border-bottom:#232323 dashed 1px; margin-bottom:6px;}

/* general elements */
.headline {background:transparent; color:transparent; font-weight:bold; border-bottom:transparent dashed 0px; border-top:transparent solid 0px; padding:330px 1px 50px 50px;}
.headlineBig {font-size:22px; font-weight:normal;}
.headlineSuppl {float:right; margin:0px 0px 0px 100px; color:#666666; font-size:11px; font-weight:normal;} /* for text/links on the right side of main headline (e.g. song count on main page) */
.headlineSuppl a:link, .headlineSuppl a:visited {color:#666666; text-decoration:none;}
.headlineSuppl a:hover {color:black; text-decoration:underline;}
.pageturner {background:; color:#cccccc; border:#4b4b4b solid 1px; text-align:right; padding:10px; font-size:13px; font-weight:normal;} /* pages menu (previous, next..), e.g. on music page, message board */
.pageturner .nonactive {color:#666666;}
.pageturner a:link, .pageturner a:visited {color:#cccccc; text-decoration:none;}
.pageturner a:hover {color:#ff0000; text-decoration:underline;}
.listedPicsBox {border:#4b4b4b solid 1px; width:114px; height:160px; overflow:hidden; padding:2px 1px 4px 1px; margin:0px 4px 10px 4px; float:left; font-size:11px; text-align:center;}
.listedPics {width:110px; height:125px; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin:2px 0px 4px 0px; overflow:hidden}
.breaker {height:1px; line-height:1px; clear:both}

/* general color and font assets */
.color_supplemental {color:#666666;} /* used e.g. for song pages comments count */
.alternateBG0 {background:none;} /* used as background colors for comments */
.alternateBG1 {background:none;} /* alternate color */

/* main page (the default entry page) */
.mainContent .contHeadline {clear:left; font-size:16px; color:#cccccc; padding:1px 0px 2px 20px;} /* interview questions */
.mainContent .contText {clear:left; padding-left:15px;}
.mainContent .contInterview {clear:left; padding-left:30px;}
.mainContent .newsBox {clear:both; background:transparent; color:white; border:transparent solid 0px; margin:6px 20px 0px 20px; padding:100px;}

/* main page: video box (different from video page) */
.videoBox_mainPage {padding:5px; margin:0px 100px 20px 100px;}
.videoBox_mainPage .video {padding:5px; margin-bottom:10px;}
.videoBox_mainPage .title {font-size:15px; text-align:center; margin-bottom:3px;}
.videoBox_mainPage .shareLinks {float:right; padding:2px; border-bottom:#4b4b4b dashed 1px;}
.videoBox_mainPage .labels {color:#666666; width:100px; padding-right:20px; text-align:right; float:left;}
.videoBox_mainPage .info {padding-left:120px;}
.videoBox_mainPage a:link, .videoBox_mainPage a:visited {font-size:13px; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;}
.videoBox_mainPage a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}

/* main page: upcoming shows */
.liveshowsBox {background:#cccccc; color:#000000; width:300px; margin:15px 2px 15px 10px; float:right; clear:right;}
.liveshowsItems {padding:4px 0px 0px 0px; font-size:11px; clear:both;}
.liveshowsBox a:link, .liveshowsBox a:visited {color:#000000; text-decoration:none;}
.liveshowsBox a:hover {color:#666666; text-decoration:underline; cursorointer;}

/* main page: standard song box on artist page (only this song box or the embedded player is used. Never both together) */
.playerBox {float:left; clear:left; padding-left:20px; margin:300px 0px 100px 0px;}
.playerBox .playerHead {background:#000000; color:#cccccc; border-top:#4b4b4b solid 1px; border-bottom:#4b4b4b solid 1px; text-align:right; font-size:13px; padding:3px 5px 3px 3px;}
.playerBox .playerHead a:link,.playerBox .playerHead a:visited {color:#666666; text-decoration:underline;}
.playerBox .playerHead a:hover {color:#ffffff; text-decoration:underline;}
.playerBox .songBox {background:#cccccc; border-bottom:#4b4b4b solid 1px; width:330px; padding:100px 0px 0px 1px; overflow:auto;}
.playerBox .songBox .singleSong {color:#000000; font-size:13px; padding:1px;}
.playerBox .songBox .singleSong:hover {background:#000000; color:#cccccc; cursorointer;}

/* main page: VIP embedded player (only this embedded player or the standard song box is used. Never both together) */
.embeddedPlayer {margin:1px auto; width:750px;}

/* main page: tabbed content headers (fans,stations) */
.tabbedCont_header li a:link, .tabbedCont_header li a:visited {background:#000000; color:#666666; text-decoration:none; margin:0px 20px 0px 0px; padding:3px 6px 3px 6px; border:#666666 solid 1px; border-bottom:none; }
.tabbedCont_header li a:hover {color:white;}
.tabbedCont_header li.selected a:link, .tabbedCont_header li.selected a:visited {background:#111111; color:#999999; border:#111111 solid 1px; border-top:#999999 solid 1px; font-weight:bold;}

/* main page: fans, stations (tabbed content) */
.fansBox {padding:30px 20px 20px 20px; clear:both;}
.fansBox a:link, .fansBox a:visited {}
.fansBox a:hover {}
.fancount {background:#111111; color:#666666; text-align:right; padding:3px 5px; margin-bottom:8px; font-size:11px; font-weight:normal; border-bottom:#232323 dashed 1px; border-top:#222222 solid 1px; }
.fancount a:link, .fancount a:visited {color:#B8B8B8; text-decoration:none;}
.fancount a:hover {color:#E6E6E6; text-decoration:none;}
.fansBox_content {background:url(/images/siteNav/transbgblocks/black/bg_20.png) important; background:#111111;}
.fansBoxLastLine {background:#111111; color:#666666; clear:both; text-align:right; padding:3px 5px; margin-top:8px; font-size:11px; font-weight:normal; border-bottom:#222222 solid 1px; border-top:#232323 dashed 1px;}
.fansBoxLastLine a:link, .fansBoxLastLine a:visited {color:#B8B8B8; text-decoration:none;}
.fansBoxLastLine a:hover {color:#E6E6E6; text-decoration:none;}
.stationItem {clear:both; color:black; border-bottom:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; padding:0px 1px 0px 1px;}
.stationPicBox {float:left;}
.stationPics {width:70px; height:70px; background-position:center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin:0px 0px 1px 0px; overflow:hidden}
.stationButtonsBox {float:left; padding:2px 15px 0px 5px; height:60px;}
.stationsText {color:#999999; height:80px; overflow:hidden;}
.stationlink a:link, .stationlink a:visited {color:#999999; font-size:16px; text-decoration:none;}
.stationlink a:hover {color:#ff0000; text-decoration:underline;}

/* music page */
.songsBox {border-bottom:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; width:510px; float:left; padding-bottom:2px; margin-bottom:10px;}
.songsBox a:link, .songsBox a:visited {text-decoration:none;}
.songsBox a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
a.songtitle:link, a.songtitle:visited {color:#999999; text-decoration:none; font-size:16px; font-weight:bold;}
a.songtitle:hover {color:#ff0000; text-decoration:underline;}
.songsBox .actionlinks {font-size:14px;} /* the links for full song info, add to station, rate this song... */
.songsBox .topSong {color:#666666; float:left; text-align:left; font-size:13px;}

/* comments page */
.commentsWelcome {background:; color:#cccccc; margin:0px 20px 20px 20px; padding:20px; border:#4b4b4b solid 1px;}
.commentsBox {border-bottom:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; padding-top:5px;}
.commentsBox a:link, .commentsBox a:visited {text-decoration:none;}
.commentsBox a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
.commentsBox .songComment {border-bottom:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; font-size:11px; padding:1px 3px; margin-bottom:5px;}
.commentsBox .postdate {color:#666666; font-size:13px; font-weight:normal; text-align:right; margin:0px 5px 10px 0px;}
.commentsBox .postdate a:link, .commentsBox .postdate a:visited {text-decoration:none;} /* for delete/edit links */
.commentsBox .postdate a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
.commentsBox .comment {font-size:14px; padding:0px 5px 0px 140px;}
.commentsBox .bandSignature {border-top:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; color:#666666; width:310px; margin-top:15px; line-height:20px;}
.commentsBox .ratingsBox {float:right; width:220px; border-left:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; margin-bottom:10px;}
.ratingsBox .label {width:115px; text-align:right; float:left; padding-right:20px;} /* also used for .commentsPostBox .ratingsBox */
.commentsPostBox {padding:10px; margin:20px 0px; background:#FFCC99; color:#000000; border-top:black solid 2px; border-bottom:black solid 1px;}
.commentsPostBox .ratingsBox {background:#ECECEC; color:#000000; clear:both; padding:7px 0px; margin:0px 250px 20px 30px;}

/* video page */
.videoBox {background:black; color:#E0E0E0; padding:5px; line-height:22px;}
.videoBox .video {padding:20px; margin-bottom:10px;}
.videoBox .title {text-align:center; background:#121212; color:#F3F3F3; font-size:16px; padding:1px;}
.videoBox .labels {color:#666666; width:200px; padding-right:20px; text-align:right; float:left;}
.videoBox .info {float:left; width:440px;}
.videoBox a:link, .videoBox a:visited {color:#0099CC; text-decoration:none; font-size:11px;}
.videoBox a:hover {color:red; text-decoration:underline;}
.videoListBox {border-top:#4b4b4b dashed 1px;}

/* photo pages */
.photopage {background:black;}
.selectedPhoto_box {text-align:center;}
.selectedPhoto_box .selPhoto_title {background:#111111; color:#cccccc; border-bottom:#666666 solid 1px; font-size:15px; padding:4px;}
.photolist {padding:10px 0px 0px 30px;}
.photolist .photobox {background:none; float:left; width:118px; height:180px; margin:5px 0px 20px 10px; padding:5px 0px 10px 0px; overflow:hidden; cursorointer; text-align:center;}
.photobox .photo {height:150px; width:118px; overflow:hidden;}
.photobox .photoComment {color:#444444; font-size:11px;}
.photolist .photobox_on {background:#222222; float:left; width:118px; height:180px; margin:5px 0px 20px 10px; padding:5px 0px 10px 0px; overflow:hidden; cursorointer; text-align:center;}
.photobox_on .photo {height:150px; width:118px; overflow:hidden;}
.photobox_on .photoComment {color:#999999; font-size:11px;}

/* reviews page */
.reviewsBox {padding:10px 30px; border-bottom:#4b4b4b dashed 1px;}
.reviewsBox .rev_headline {color:#cccccc; font-size:16px; font-weight:bold;}
.reviewsBox .rev_text {padding:5px 5px 5px 30px; font-size:14px;}
.reviewsBox .rev_source {text-align:right; font-size:13px; color:#666666;}

/* licensing page */
.licenseSummary {margin:0px 20px 20px 20px; padding:20px; background:; color:#cccccc; border:#4b4b4b solid 2px;}
.licenses {margin-top:70px;}
.licenses .headline {font-size:14px;}
.lic_tableSongs {border:none;}
.lic_tableSongs .columnHeaders td {border-bottom:#4b4b4b solid 1px; font-weight:bold; font-size:11px;}
.lic_tableSongs tr td {border-bottom:#4b4b4b dashed 1px; padding:5px 0px;}

/* widgets page */
.widgetMargin { padding:8px 0px 8px 35px;}
.widgetSpacer {width:100; height:15px; clear:both;}

/* tag cloud */
.tagCloud {padding:10px;}
.tagCloud .cloudItem {float:left; padding:2px; white-space:nowrap; margin:0 6px 0 0;}
.tagCloud .cloudItem:hover {background:#005782; color:white; cursorointer;}
.tagCloud .cloudS10 {font-size:10px; color:#aaaaaa;}
.tagCloud .cloudS20 {font-size:11px; color:#aaaaaa;}
.tagCloud .cloudS30 {font-size:11px; color:#999999;}
.tagCloud .cloudS40 {font-size:12px; color:#999999;}
.tagCloud .cloudS50 {font-size:14px; color:#666666;}
.tagCloud .cloudS60 {font-size:16px; color:#666666;}
.tagCloud .cloudS70 {font-size:18px; color:#333333;}
.tagCloud .cloudS80 {font-size:22px; color:#333333;}
.tagCloud .cloudS90 {font-size:28px; color:#111111; }
.tagCloud .cloudS100 {font-size:36px; color:#111111;}
.tagCloudMore {padding:6px 0 0 0; margin:0 10px; text-align:center; border-top:#ccc solid 1px; font-size:11px;}
.tagCloudMore a, .tagCloudMore a:link, .tagCloudMore a:visited {color:#999; text-decoration:none;}
.tagCloudMore a:hover {color:red; text-decoration:underline; cursorointer;}