I think we can both agree that FF interprets the xhtml and css in a more logical way - I am not arguing that.

However I see you badge here is community support member - and your suggestion was to say oh well and put a banner on my site saying that it only looks good in IE.

My client runs IE6 - this is a corporate website on most of the computers in their building (as do most companies still). So I am just saying that is both unwise and unprofessional to tell people to just forget about IE.

-Aaron

Aright well I may not have mentioned this - but I don't need to buy a theme or use someone else's.

I just wanted to see a good example of a XOOPS theme, before I started on my own.

I found a couple elsewhere though.

Also - your views on cross-browser compatibility is unrealistic. Are you saying that XOOPS only supports Firefox?

-Aaron

I saw a theme here that changed its style based on the time.

The theme is called "zephyr" - sorry, have not figured out how to select the theme with the url yet.

From what I gather the theme works on both systems - maybe you can look there?

-Aaron

I just installed XOOPS for the first time... I am a little upset at how much work I have to do just to get the default themes to pass validation.

It is almost as if someone with absolutely zero knowledge of coding standards wrote these themes... As far as I can tell the whole morphogenesis series is complete rubbish.

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That is typical rubbish... Different engines interpret code differently it has nothing to do with "standards". What it really boils down to is the designers either not caring enough to ensure cross-browser compatibility or not knowing how.

Yes, there are a set of standards associated with XHTML and it seems like very few of the themes being released here offer cross browser compatibility. Sure they are aesthetically appealing in firefox... but what about IE? What about opera?

I can understand third party themes - but out of the box.... cmon.

My client wants to use XOOPS - so I am at a loss there - but does anyone know of a designer that understands cross browser compatibility and web standards? I can design the template - but I would like to examine a properly formatted XOOPS theme prior to coding.

Thanks, and sorry if it comes off harsh - I'm just a redneck.

-Aaron